You can watch live coverage of Cochabamba, “The World People’s Climate Summit” via the video below.

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Watch this video for live coverage of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, April 20-22, courtesy of OneClimate.net

The pioneering OneClimate Channel has already enabled millions of people around the world to participate in global climate talks – most recently during the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December 2009. But in Bolivia, the promise of an ‘open process’ (there will be no secret discussions behind closed doors) combined with OneClimate’s groundbreaking interactive coverage, means that anyone with access to the internet will have a free pass right to the heart of the summit.

The following is an unbelievable development, reported by  DemocracyNow:

US Cancels Climate Aid to Bolivia, Ecuador over Copenhagen Opposition

“…The Obama administration has confirmed it’s denying climate aid to at least two countries that refused to sign on to last year’s Copenhagen environmental accord. The State Department has canceled funding of $3 million to Bolivia and $2.5 million for Ecuador. Bolivia vocally opposed the accord, while Ecuador has issued its tacit rejection by refusing to sign on so far. A coalition of southern, island and developing countries opposed the non-binding accord largely over its exclusion of mandatory and robust emissions cuts at the levels recognized as necessary to avert devastating climate change. There are fears the funding cuts could signify the Obama administration will attempt to punish nations financially for defying the US stance on climate agreements. In a statement, Kate Horner of Friends of the Earth said, “The US is acting like a bully, strong-arming the most vulnerable countries to get them to sign onto an ineffective and unfair deal that will not move the world closer to a just climate agreement.”

If this is in fact true, it’s a ridiculously bad move by the Obama administration.  By this rationale, the United States should stop sending aid to Israel because they have defied us and continue to build settlements in Palestinian areas. That is much more serious than a country speaking out against an ineffective non-legally binding Accord,  reached by only a few countries in Copenhagen last December.  It’s unconscionable that the U.S. is denying climate aid to countries that need it, especially after the American corporation Bechtel’s attempt to steal and profit from Boliva’s water years ago.  What is the matter with the Obama administration on climate aid, especially when the U.S. is one of the world’s biggest polluters?