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Canada’s lead negotiator, Mr. Guy Saint-Jacques, gives Adopt a Negotiator an update on negotiations and the future of Kyoto from…
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Most countries by now have successfully mapped the space between where they are and where many aspire to go in terms of international agreement. As any good sailor knows, however, there is a big difference between a map and a chart, and governments have yet to fill in all of the policy details or plot their entire course.
Read post →In Bonn, it quickly became clear to me that there are still a lot of big gaps in the negotiations. The talks are now over but these gaps remain unresolved ahead of the talks in Durban in December.
Read post →In the last night of climate talks in Cancun, parties to the UNFCCC decided to set up workshops over…
Read post →Agenda fights passed, work begins. Canada awarded dubious honor - best at being worst in talks. Figueres calls for optimism.
Read post →As a Brit here at the UNFCCC I have complained on multiple occasions that as nice as it is to…
Read post →Latest status of talks - an email someone sent on one of the climate list-serves yesterday probably summed it up nicely: “I feel like I’m waiting for Godot.”
Read post →While high-level ministers make their plenary speeches throughout the day, some serious informal meetings are going on in the adjacent…
Read post →By Thea Whitman, from the Canadian Youth Delegation
Everyone says it: expectations are lower here in Cancún than they were…
This article I wrote is cross-posted from Edmonton’s See magazine.
CANCUN, Mexico — Canada’s actions at the international climate meetings…
Liberal MP member Stéphane Dion and I spoke briefly about the negotiations and Canada’s role. Stéphane was a central…
Read post →The high level segment of the meetings started today and I am struck by the change in tone and energy…
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