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It’s 11:00 p.m. on a Friday night and I’m sitting in the Qatar National Convention Center helplessly watching as my country blocks and bullies any real progress on a climate deal.

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My relationship with my negotiators primarily consists of me running after them in the halls, stopping them whenever I can, sitting directly behind them in open sessions, and barging into the U.S. delegation office.

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Week 2 of COP18 has started. Ministers have started arriving, high level ministerial meetings will soon commence. Perhaps in…

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Regardless of how sympathetic individual negotiators might be to the issues we are raising on equity, mitigation, and finance, the U.S. remains committed to moving forward with an unjust agreement.

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The tone adopted by U.S. negotiators is setting a low bar. Expectations were relatively low for Doha, but getting the hint that they should be even lower is a little disconcerting.

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Obama signs the EU airline emissions ban a year before the EU carbon reduction plan is slated to go into effect, sending the message that U.S. business interests will continue to take priority over responsible action on climate change.

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A poem for the UNFCCC inspired by Jonathan Pershing

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Are decisions at COP17 delayed or derailed? Read more to know.

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The One Climate Team gives a quick video overview of Day 2 of the Durban Climate Change Conference

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A veteran campaigner’s view from inside day 2 of the Durban Climate Change Conference. What TckTckTck partners are up to. How you can get involved.

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I’m following the UN climate talks with Adopt a Negotiator not only because I care about the fate of our…

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Our US negotiator tracker, Alex Stark, sat down with One Climate to share what she knows about the US positions in the climate talks on Day 1.

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