Nobel Peace laureate and South Africa’s favorite cleric, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, called for COP17-CMP7 action at the “We Have Faith – Act Now for Climate Justice” concert and rally he hosted at the King’s Park Stadium in Durban on Sunday the 27th of November 2011.

"Apartheid seemed an overwhelming challenge that could not be defeated but we mobilized and defeated it. We need the same passion and determination to defeat climate change,” said Tutu. Read more.

The UN climate talks in Durban have kicked off amid an atmosphere of distrust between countries at odds over carbon emission cuts, and worries that the Kyoto Protocol would "die on African soil".

In a speech to the 194-nation forum of the Conference of the Parties 17 (COP17) on Monday morning, President Jacob Zuma pointed to a series of disasters in the country as a sign of the impact of climate change. Read more. Source: Mail and Guardian (RSA).