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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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On Friday, Australian Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet announced that Australia intends to sign-up to ‘Kyoto2’ and remain part of a…
Read post →While France has received praised from many for imposing a financial transaction tax earlier this year, the tax falls short of the Robin Hood tax suggested to promote global development and climate justice…
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Heya, my name is Jonathan and I’m a member of the New Zealand Youth Delegation. We’re a group of ten…
Read post →Sitting in an uncomfortably air-conditioned room listening out for nuggets of Twitter gold to send off to your legions of (read: 20) adoring followers, you start finding anything and everything funny to have a sliver of sanity to hold on to.
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Our friends at One Climate ask Alden Meyer from the Union of Concerned Scientists about his expectations for this round of talks
Read post →Just in time for COP17, the second issue of Southern Voices News, which promotes and distributes news from climate networks in the South.
Read post →The thousands of delegates preparing to descend on Durban for COP17 should read Robert F. Kennedy’s famous “Day of Affirmation” speech en route. They will discover a call to action as powerful today as it was almost half a century ago.
Read post →As the week-long talks in Panama wrapped up on Friday, the United States was praised for taking a few small…
Read post →This story was originally published on the WRI insights blog
If one thinks of the ongoing climate negotiations as a…
If negotiators want to spin their role in the Panama climate talks as a good, they could rightly point to…
Read post →Well you must understand that money is an important issue and these things can’t be rushed. I know we bailed out the banks overnight when they were in trouble, but that was important.
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