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Broken trust and lack of ambition in climate talks mean there is a desperate need for some leadership. Where will it come from? Why do our the self proclaimed ‘leaders’, send out mixed message to us? And what exactly is the United Kingdom doing (or not doing)?
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Once again, the lobbyists advocating for the interest of carbon intensive industries have managed to prevent EU climate action, guaranteeing a discount rate for pollution in Europe. This disappointing votes brings me back to the starting point of my engagement with the climate movement.
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There are only two days left till COP18 winds down. Yesterday night the negotiations went on till the wee hours…
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UK’s recent pledge of £1.8 billion in climate finance is certainly a big news at COP18. But due to lack of MRV systems in place, it is difficult to tell if the money is new and additional or just a “mistaken articulation for action”
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Bangkok begins with a good old Twitter tease between @EU and @Venezuela
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What can we learn from Syria and London that might help the push for a solar-thermal plant in Port Augusta
Read post →A poem to the RiO+20 negotiators
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I have been a naughty tracker. For today, on the last day of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, I stopped tracking. In fact, I was not even allowed to go into the Rio Centro conference centre this morning as, yesterday, I turned in my accreditation badge. I stepped out of the proceedings, and abandoned my negotiators.
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The first step we take on Monday in transitioning to a green economy, is to realise that we actually…
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Disillusion turned to anger today, when I went along to the reception for UK participants, and had an argument with Nick Clegg! Or, let’s call it a reasoned debate.
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Young people unite in protest against the Rio+20 declaration
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The bigger picture is getting lost as we deal in details.
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