Green Climate Fund: FOR PEOPLE OR POLLUTERS?
The GREEN CLIMATE FUND should serve the needs of the peoples of developing countries. But Parties of developed countries are doing their utmost to ensure that the Fund operate based […]
Durban / Negociations
Ministers to address difficult issues
Durban, 8 Dec (Meena Raman) – With less than two days left for the conclusion of the Durban climate talks, Parties are still far apart on many critical issues that […]
Leaders outline expectations for Durban
Durban, Dec 7 (Meena Raman) – Leaders at the opening session of the joint-high level segment of the 17th Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC and the 7th session of […]
Deep divide over Russian proposal to amend UNFCCC Article 4.2(f)
Durban, 7 Dec (Chee Yoke Ling) – There is deep divide over the proposal from the Russian Federation to amend Article 4.2(f) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, […]
The Stage is Set for Climate Talks Failure
by OILWATCH SOUTH EAST ASIA The stage for the failure of climate talks has been set long before the 17th Conference of Parties (COP) in Durban, South Africa. The United […]
Kyoto Protocol work still unresolved
Durban, 8 Dec (Lim Li Lin) – A contact group of the Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) was held […]
COP17: The Great Escape III, by Pablo Solon
by Pablo Solon (*) After 9 days of negotiations there is no doubt that we saw this movie before. It is the third remake of Copenhagen and Cancun. Same actors. […]
CLIMATE AGENDA OF SOUTH AFRICAN ENERGY GIANT SASOL EXPOSED
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 7 December 2011 – Polluting companies and multinational corporations are exerting pressure on government climate policies and seeking to undermine global action on the climate crisis, Friends […]
African Anger at European Calls for A ‘New Mandate’, Civil society groups attack ‘Durban Mandate’ proposal as a ‘great escape’
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Today – Civil society leaders from across Africa, with support from global movements, launched a letter to climate negotiators that warns that focusing on launching a […]
Building on the Bali Mandate
Robust mandates already exist to conclude negotiations covering 100% of global emissions. In Bali, in 2007, the world agreed to a negotiating roadmap that consisted of three essential pillars: a […]