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As the last night (?) of the COP17 begins in Durban, the chairs of the negotiating tracks shock the delegates in the room with an approach to negotiations reminding us of the COP15 drama.

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While Canada’s Environment Minister claims he will be defending tar sands industry at these negotiations, the South African High Commissioner is making allegations of Canada ‘arm-twisting’ vulnerable nations to leave the Kyoto Protocol.

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The work has begun and all eyes are pinned to the International Convention Centre for a deal. Will we have a deal or no deal?

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德班会议进入第四天,随着欧盟重新开始推动全球新协议,谈判形势越来越类似哥本哈根会议。那么,两年前对中国的攻伐会重新上演吗?我们做好准备了吗?

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Insanity has famously been described as “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Does this maxim apply to the UN climate negotiations? If so, are those of us flying to Durban later this month about to join an exercise in mass madness?

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In nine days, delegates from 194 countries will huddle together at the palm lined International Convention Centre in Durban,…

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The American author Tom Peters once wrote “if a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade”. Next week’s UNFCCC session in Panama is the penultimate stop in what has been a long and at times difficult year in the climate negotiations.

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We bandy the acronym LCA around at the UNFCCC on a daily basis. LCA is one of the 4…

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Mahlet Eyassu took a few minutes to share the climate finance state of play, midway through the UN Climate Change Conference Conference in Bonn.

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Today in Bonn, delegates are taking a first step towards understanding and fixing the remarkable limitations placed on civil society participation at the UN climate talks.

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L’accord de Cancun sur le climat de décembre 2010 ne pouvait qu’être incomplet… mais c’est un succès malgré tout. Cependant énormément reste à faire. Explications dans le détail !

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Last time i deleted Copenhagen and replaced it with Cancun.. it looks like i have to do this again…

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