There is a major international event occurring this week that is receiving very little coverage in the mainstream media. More than 20,000 indigenous, environmental and civil society delegates from 129 countries have gathered in Bolivia to attend the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, which is being chaired by Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Some of our ActionAid colleagues attending the conference have reported that Mr Morales has been quoted as saying: “the main cause of the destruction of the planet Earth is capitalism” and he is absolutely correct.
After nearly two weeks of snail paced negotiations in Copenhagen, ActionAid decided that enough was enough. We decided it was time for our 
