Longues discussions à Cancun, pour un long chemin
Posted on 11. Dec, 2010 by thomasmatagne in E.U., France
Quelques mots très rapides pour faire l’état des discussions sur le climat à Cancun. La 16ème Conférence des Parties de la Convention Cadre des Nations Unies contre les Changements Climatiques devait se conclure aujourd’hui vendredi à 18h ; mais elle se finira dans la journée de samedi sur ce qu’on peut qualifier de succès relatif. Ce [...]
Espinosa appreciating Jai Ram’s efforts
Posted on 11. Dec, 2010 by Leela Raina in India
Mexican COP16 President Espinosa calls out Jai Ram Ramesh, in the informal plenary, for his efforts of to resolve political deadlock and bridge consensus for the Cancun outcome. Ramesh has been able to bridge the divides between the G77 group of countries who consist of vulnerable group of countries, island states and least developed countries [...]
Liveblogging: Last day of the Cancun Climate Change Conference
Posted on 11. Dec, 2010 by adoptanegotiator in Liveblogging
3:40, Moon Palace, Cancun Success for the multilateral process! After more interventions from Bolivia, the LCA text was also adopted as a COP Decision. The US Lead, Todd Stern, intervened to suggest an alternative basis for moving forward (in case consensus -1 isn’t consensus). After declaring the decision, Mexican President Felipe Calderón walked in to [...]
Tears and cheers in the Plenary hall. Signs of progress?
Posted on 11. Dec, 2010 by adoptanegotiator in Australia
I just witnessed a sign of great hope at the climate talks in Cancun. Today new drafts of the new climate agreement were released. Initial responses have been mostly positive and it appears that there has been significant compromise from many countries. This text forms the framework for a new climate treaty and makes a [...]
Liveblogging the Cancun Climate Change Talks (part I – archive)
Posted on 10. Dec, 2010 by adoptanegotiator in Liveblogging
Happening now: Click here for more recent liveblog updates 5:47pm, the Moon Palace, Cancun Texts are out and feedback from NGOs seems not to be too bad. The tracker team is looking for perspectives now. We’ll see how parties react. Leela is reporting that the Indian’s are confident that they’ll play the role of constructive [...]
Daily Documents – Tuesday, December 9th
Posted on 09. Dec, 2010 by adoptanegotiator in Daily Docs Overview
Each day, the Adopt a Negotiator team collects digital versions of most well-read documents floating around the conference center: UNFCCC Daily Programme: » Daily Programme for Thursday, 9 December Climate Action Network’s ECO: » ECO - December 9, 2010 Institute for International Sustainable Development’s Earth Negotiation Bulletin & Side Event report: » ENB Vol. 12 [...]
‘Excuse me, can you tell me how I can get to the Kyoto Protocol?
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by adoptanegotiator in guest post
This guest post is written by Isobel Tarr, a a Comparative American studies student at Warwick University, UK, where she became active in campaigning with People and Planet and Climate Camp before joining the UKYCC delegation in 2010. Her interests are in Latin American politics, direct action and playing the Ukelele. Why are negotiators wandering [...]
Daily Tck – December 6th
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by adoptanegotiator in Daily Tck
Every day during the Cancun climate talks, The TckTckTck campaign hosts an open meeting for people to discuss areas of concern and opportunity, and for people & organizations to collaborate on taking action. The following is based on that meeting. by Paul Horsman, Global Campaign for Climate Action Summary of the Current status/situation Success in [...]
Daily Documents – Tuesday, December 7th
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by adoptanegotiator in Daily Docs Overview, Daily Documents
Each day, the Adopt a Negotiator team collects digital versions of most well-read documents floating around the conference center: UNFCCC Daily Programme: » December 7th, 2010 (COP)(MOP) Climate Action Network’s ECO: » ECO - December 7, 2010 Institute for International Sustainable Development’s Earth Negotiation Bulletin & Side Event report: » ENB Vol. 12 No. 494 [...]
Video: Andrea Cinquina give his December 6th Update
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by adoptanegotiator in Italy