CLIMATE TALKS: ALL EYES ARE ON AFRICA
WILL AFRICA LEAD THE WORLD WHERE RICH COUNTRIES HAVE FAILED? DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 2 December 2011 – Continued strong and united leadership by African governments is essential at the UN […]
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A Recipe for Carbon Farming
by Stephen Leahy. Published in Inter Press Service. DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 2 (IPS) – Civil society has warned of the danger of turning Africa’s food-producing lands into “carbon farms” […]
Agriculture and the Green Climate Fund: Two U.S. bargaining chips at the climate talks
A blogpost by Steve Suppan from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) A bargaining chip is usually something withheld to get consent for something bigger, not smaller. The […]
500 Activists arrive in Durban to campaign for One Million Climate Jobs
Last night 500 activists arrived in Durban to campaign for one million climate jobs now. Climate jobs present a joint solution to the crises of unemployment and climate change, and […]
Deep disagreements as Kyoto Protocol talks begin
Durban, 30 Nov (Lim Li Lin) – The Ad hoc Working Group on further commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) opened its session in Durban on […]
The African Group and Durban: The United African Position at UN Climate Talks
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Durban, South Africa, between 28 November and 9 December 2011, represents a critical moment in the international climate change negotiations.
Climate Justice Groups Call for Binding Deep and Drastic GHG Emissions Cuts by Developed Countries
Civil society organizations from different countries and regions gathered at the “Speakers’ Corner” near the International Convention Center to demand that governments in the climate talks renew binding agreements for […]
CBDR must guide work on international transport emissions, say several developing countries
29 November, Durban, (Chee Yoke Ling) – Several developing countries stressed that work undertaken at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) must be guided […]
One Year Since Cancun and Just Days Away from Durban: More than 4°C
Balance sheet and perspectives on the climate change negotiations by Pablo Solon (http://pablosolon.wordpress.com/) (*) Almost a year has gone by since the results of the climate change negotiations in Cancun […]
Facing the COP17-Durban and Rio+20: NO to the market mechanisms as solutions to climate and environmental crisis
Declaration of Brazilian movements and civil society organizations Despite successive failures related to market based solutions proposed in the last almost 20 years of UNFCCC negotiations, some governments, and Brazil […]