Flash points on the road to Cancun
Posted on 08. Oct, 2010 by Philip Ireland in Australia
War poetry was evoked on the floor of the main plenary at the UN climate negotiations this week.
Its time to step up Australia!
Posted on 08. Oct, 2010 by Philip Ireland in Australia
Talking with Australia’s head of delegation in China I had the opportunity to get a handle on Australia’s negotiating position in our new political context.
A day of anger and optimism
Posted on 07. Oct, 2010 by Philip Ireland in Australia
Things are stirring at these negotiations. Participants are getting impatient. The Australian delegation is getting impatient.
From blue skies to haze….
Posted on 05. Oct, 2010 by Philip Ireland in Australia
This morning I had the opportunity to speak with a senior negotiator from a different delegation to Australia. When I asked about progress he was tight-lipped. After a few moments he paused and said “well, you can think of it this way, there were blue skies yesterday… but today we can’t see far at all because of the haze”. I think the negotiator was correct in both literally and metaphorically.
Waiting for a mandate… Send the Australian delegation your climate fortune.
Posted on 04. Oct, 2010 by Philip Ireland in Australia
It’s the opening day of the climate negotiations in Tianjin, China. As I am writing this, the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Christiana Figueres is giving her opening address to all the nations of the world.
A season for change? China and the new frontier in Australian politics
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Philip Ireland in Australia
Earlier this week, our newly formed Parliament sat for the first time. This weird and wonderful configuration of people brings both challenges and opportunities.
Australia needs YOU! Overcoming the elephants and lies
Posted on 02. Aug, 2010 by Philip Ireland in Australia
I confess I have been putting this off for a while I have been avoiding it. But the time has come put things straight. To tell all. To raise my voice with the chorus of others expressing their discontent. I met with the Australian negotiators last week on the meeting international climate negotiations and Australia’s [...]
Copenhagen is over: our future in crisis?
Posted on 19. Dec, 2009 by Philip Ireland in Australia
Read Phil’s final blog from Copenhagen.
As the clock in Copenhagen ticks down, I feel hopeful
Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Philip Ireland in Australia
Today Australians, yet again, did whatever they could in their power to remind our Prime Minister, to remind leaders of the world, exactly what is at stake in the climate negotiations.
Shut out! But its not all bad.
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Philip Ireland in Australia
I am shut out of the negotiation centre, but it’s not all bad news.
