Yesterday Friday 7th of December 2012 was supposed to have been the closing day of COP18. It’s 5:02pm on Saturday,…
Read post →There are only two days left till COP18 winds down. Yesterday night the negotiations went on till the wee hours…
Read post →U.S. Special Envoy Todd Stern announced that United States would like to discuss climate equity and the principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibility.
Read post →A recent report by the Asian Development Bank highlights the critical need for Asia’s negotiators to take hold of COP18 and ensure faster progress in the negotiations
Read post →Common accounting is turning out to be a hot potato tossed around Bangkok
Read post →Day 2 and trust and cooperation is holding us back
Read post →联合国里约峰会正式闭幕,大会文本缺乏政治意愿与切实的行动,遭到民间组织的广泛抗议。各国在里约,错过了这次“一代人一次的机会”,并挫伤更多公众对联合国多边治理机制的信心。
Read post →20 years ago, in this very city; negotiators at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: rightly termed, the “Earth…
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This is part 1 in a 10-day series of blog posts bringing you live conversations, observations, and inquisitions…
Read post →让联合国193个国家步调一致却永远不是一件容易的事情。尽管1992年,世界领导人就雄心勃勃地制定了改变人类发展道路的进程,但20年来,人类生活面临更大的环境与社会发展压力,已经到必须停下来深刻反思发展系统问题的时刻了。但眼下里约+20峰会,谈判进展缓慢,令人担忧。
Read post →Longing for agreement on the Durban Platform work-plan; questions about the number of negotiating days before COP18; a fight over ADP chairs; Fossil of the day; perverse subsidies and more…
Read post →Between a sinking national carrier and confirming to the aviation scheme of the EU, every time the EU wants to go green, India has been seeing red.
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