An Assessment of the Failure of the Durban Summit on the Climat
By Esther Vivas and Josep maria Antentas We will save the markets, not the climate. That is how we can summarize the outcome of the 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) […]
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Going Deeper On What Happened In Durban: An Ethical Critique of Durban Outcomes
By DONALD A. BROWN I. Introduction: What Is Missing In Reporting About The Durban Outcome? It has now been two weeks since negotiations at the 17th Conference of the Parties […]
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 […]
The Durban Package: “Laisser faire, laisser passer”
By Pablo Solon (December 14, 2011) The Climate Change Conference ended two days later than expected, adopting a set of decisions that were known only a few hours before their […]
Climate: Disastrous “Durban Package” Accelerates Onset of Climate Catastrophe
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 13 DECEMBER 2011 – The UN climate talks in Durban were a failure and take the world a significant step back by further undermining an already flawed, […]
Climate finance should not add to the external debt burdens of poor recipient countries, says UN expert
A news release issued by the United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner. GENEVA (8 December 2011) – The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human […]
Mic Check: Protesters take up camp inside COP17 conference centre
by Tim McSorley, Published in The Media Coop At 15h00 local time in Durban, SA (8am EST), dozens of protesters gathered inside the International Conference Centre where the COP17 negotiations […]
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 […]
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 […]