Carbon Emissions Hit a New Record
By Environment Editor March 14 (Sydney Morning Herald) — GREENHOUSE gases have risen to their highest level since modern humans evolved, and Australian temperatures are now about a degree warmer […]
Reports and Publications
Obama to Decide Greenhouse-Gas Cap Seen Blocking New Coal Plants
By Mark Drajem March 9 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama is close to issuing the first U.S. greenhouse-gas limits, rules that may preclude the construction of new coal-fired power plants.
La Vía Campesina Call to action: Reclaiming our future: Rio +20 and Beyond
On 20-22 June 2012, governments from around the world will gather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to commemorate 20 years of the “Earth Summit”, the United Nations Conference on Environment […]
Technology committee decides on work plan, evaluation panel
Published in SUNS #7313 dated 21 February 2012 Geneva, 20 Feb (Meena Raman) – The second meeting of the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on […]
Trade war looms over EU’s tax on airlines
Published in SUNS #7313 dated 21 February 2012 Geneva, 20 Feb (Martin Khor) – A trade war is looming over the European Union’s move to impose charges on airlines on […]
The EU’s Emissions Trading System Isn’t Working
By Alexander Jung Emissions trading, the European Union hoped, would limit the release of harmful greenhouse gases. But it isn’t working. The price for emissions certificates has plunged, a development […]
UN Climate Conference:The Durban Disaster
By Anne Petermann and Orin Langelle This year’s UN Climate Conference of the Parties (COP-17) in Durban, South Africa, nicknamed “The Durban Disaster,” took the dismal track record of the […]
The Durban Package: escape hatches, empty shells, and a death notice to equity
IBON assessment of the Durban climate change summit The next ten years could decide whether the world’s fight against climate change is lost or won. The Durban Package – the […]
Durban’s climate Zombie tripped by dying carbon markets
By Patrick Bond Looking back now that the dust has settled, South Africa’s COP17 presidency appears disastrous. This was confirmed not only by Durban’s delayed, diplomatically-decrepit denouement, but by plummeting […]
How not to tackle climate change and call it a success: the Durban package
Nele Marien (*) The official package deal of Durban consisted of 4 main documents, apart of several other decisions, most of them less critical, that have been adopted: