FROM BELEM TO COPENHAGEN: CHALLENGING DOMINANT GOVERNANCE PARADIGMS
Salma Maoulidi
As the United Nations Climate Change Conference approaches its final day, Salma Maoulidi writes in this week' s Pambazuka News of her elation at "the stance of African countries and other developing nations against a unilateral pollution emissions framework being imposed by rich, industrialised and polluting nations". But, Maoulidi argues, unless key global governance structures are reformulated to make them relevant and accountable to global citizens, not just imperial and financial interests,
the outcomes expected of international forums will remain elusive for Africa, no matter how well resourced and empowered the continent's delegations.
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