Diving into the Draft: What I like and dislike Chris Wright December 12, 2014 Australia, Tracking, Uncategorized I get into the new text so you don't have to...highlighting what I like, what I don't, and what I'm totally surprised by.
Australia finally pledges to GCF, fund managers barely notice Diego Arguedas Ortiz December 9, 2014 Americas, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Tracking, Uncategorized You might have heard the big news this afternoon: Australia finally pledged to the Green Climate Fund, as they should have done weeks ago. It was $165.8 million and they didn't even say if it was apart from...
Understanding COP19 in 10 old sayings Sébastien Duyck December 9, 2013 Australia, COP19 - Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Europe, Japan, Pacific, Poland, Tracking, Uncategorized The Warsaw climate conference was expected to be the stage for only low-key negotiations with little of the drama involved in some of the previous annual climate conference. The UK energy and climate secretary...
Developed world still won’t clean its mess! Avik Roy November 22, 2013 Asia, Australia, China, COP19 - Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Europe, India, Pacific, Tracking, U.S.A. No one knows when this madness will get over! WARSAW, November 22/ 11:45PM (CET): The National Stadium went alive today with hundreds of people chanting aloud ‘Stop climate madness’ as the...
G77 Chair Fiji Hits Out Krishneil Narayan November 21, 2013 Asia, Australia, China, COP19 - Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Fiji, Pacific, Tracking Dr. Jiko Fatafehi Luveni, Minister for SocialWelfare, Women, Poverty Alleviation, Fiji,speaking on behalf of the G-77/China. Picture: IISD Fiji, as chair of the Group of 77 and China (G77+China)...
First week of UN climate talks in Warsaw: Outlook gloomy Helena Wright November 18, 2013 Australia, COP19 - Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Europe, Japan, Pacific, Philippines, Poland, Tracking There has been a severe lack of good news in the first week of the United Nations talks on Climate Change here in Warsaw, so far. Here is a brief run-down of events so far, as we enter the final...
One week gone: How far did the ship sail? Avik Roy November 18, 2013 Africa & Middle East, Americas, Asia, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, COP19 - Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Europe, Fiji, India, Japan, Pacific, Poland, South Africa, Tracking, U.S.A., United Kingdom One week is over at the 19th session of the Conference of Parties here at Warsaw. One whole week of that precious and much-hyped two-week long annual saga is told. The emotional plea of the Philippine...
The Definition of Madness David Tong November 18, 2013 Americas, Australia, Canada, COP19 - Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Pacific, Russian Federation, Tracking, U.S.A., Ukraine My father used to tell me that the definition of madness was to keep on doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result each time. A sane person, he claimed, would try one thing, find it...
Ambition, Finance, and the Unyielding. Carlie Labaria November 16, 2013 Australia, COP19 - Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Pacific, Tracking - co-authored by Edna Odhiambo- This is a simple thank you note to the nations who have extended humanitarian assistance to the Philippines and other affected countries. No amount has been too much or too...
Australia sends Koala to Climate Change Negotiations Chris Wright November 12, 2013 Australia, Pacific, Tracking According to an unreliable non-wiki leak, the Australian government plans to announce that it will send a special representative Koala to the UN Climate Change negotiations starting today. While not holding...
