Leaving Bonn with hope
The Bonn Climate Change Conference came to an end after eleven days of intensive negotiations, workshops, expert meetings, informal consultations, press briefings and side events. In the spotlight were the...
INDCs for Dummies
There is one acronym here in Bonn which has been in the tip of everyone‘s tongue, on the edge of their tweets and at the end of every intervention. Although everybody is talking about it, there is no...
The world goes carbon neutral
The Paris protocol has to take us to a zero-carbon future. This was the call made by German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks last week at the ministerial roundtable in Bonn, focused on issues related to...
Climate and the City
Yesterday, at least six people died in four cities in North Rhine-Westphalia due to one of the most violent thunderstorms in the region for the last twenty years, immediately following the hottest Pentecost...
Green Climate Fund, or a bill to pay
The international climate talks taking place in Bonn are the first UNFCCC session after the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) agreed in May on eight essential requirements, making the fund ready to start...
From Bonn to Paris – a timeline of key moments along the way
Throughout the weekend and next week, countries are negotiating the different elements of what will eventually become a new legally binding and universal climate agreement – set to be completed in Paris at...