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Liveblogging COP15 on December 18th

Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by adoptanegotiator in Adopt a Negotiator

With one tracker inside and most of us out, we’re doing our best to track the progress of the last day of COP15

Interview with the Dutch Minister of Environment

Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by adoptanegotiator in India, bits

From inside the Bella Centre, Thursday:

Liveblogging COP15 December 17th

Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by adoptanegotiator in Adopt a Negotiator

Heads of State invited in, the hosts (all of us who asked them to come) get the boot, most observers locked out, but we’re still tracking. Follow us as we follow it live.

LIVE BLOGGING Day 9 of COP15

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by adoptanegotiator in Adopt a Negotiator

Protests outside, Heads of State speaking inside, many observers locked out, it’s an interesting day at Bella Centre. Follow us as we follow it live.

Here Todd Stern yesterday defending the US mitigation numbers in a press conference:

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by adoptanegotiator in U.S.A., bits

I wanted – just before we get into questions, I thought I might take a
minute to make a few comments about the U.S. mitigation commitment.
The – I frequently talk about or am asked about issues of
comparabilities between the U.S. and other developed countries. And I
frequently say that our numbers are quite comparable by any [...]

Morning update: fossil fools

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by adoptanegotiator in U.S.A., bits

Forgive the shaky penmanship (or typos) here–I’m dealing w/ little sleep after a night of riveting (er…not so much) negotiations. The U.S. annoyed a lot of folks late, late last night, when the LCA session finally kicked off around 1am, but got pretty immediately delayed after the US strongly opposed the 1(b)i part of the [...]