Next week, international climate-change negotiations begin in Cancún following 12 months of setbacks. Tan Copsey explains why chances of serious progress towards a global climate treaty are looking slim. The need for action on climate change has never been more urgent. Greenhouse-gas emissions for 2010 are likely to be some of the highest ever recorded.

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  Paying attention to the ratification of Indigenous Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO C 169) and adoption of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( UNDRIP) by the government of Nepal,Realizing the Anchorage Declaration of the Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on Climate Change held in Anchorage Alaska in the United States of America, Considering

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With the disappointment of Copenhagen firmly fixed in the minds of many, the expectations as to what may be achieved from Cancun in 2010 seem to be more realistic (if not a little pessimistic). With the international climate change negotiations taking place later this month, we look at some of the areas where progress could

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