Hillary: U.S. Supports $100B Fund
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Ben Jervey in U.S.A., bits
This strikes me as pretty big news. Secretary of State Clinton just announced that the U.S. would support a $100 billion global fund for mitigation and adaptation, and that the U.S. would pay it’s fair share into this. It would come from a wide variety of sources: public and private, bilateral and multilateral commitments, and [...]
Último día en el Titanic / Last day on the Titanic
Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Ferran Esteve in E.U., Spain
Enfado y frustración ante unas negociaciones que no avanzan / Anger and frustration. The negotiations don’t advance
Zapatero ¿dígame? / Zapatero speaking. Hello?
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Ferran Esteve in E.U., Spain
Una llamada de atención a los líderes europeos / A wake-up call to European leaders
A Long Time Coming
Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Ben Jervey in U.S.A.
President Obama’s going to Copenhagen with numbers in hand. Will either bit be enough?
La familia crece / Family grows
Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by Ferran Esteve in E.U., Spain
Ferran se encuentra con la directora general de la Oficina de Cambio Climático/ Ferran meets the general manager of the spanish Climate Change Office
Waiting for America
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by Ben Jervey in U.S.A.
As the last round of “intersessional” climate talks before Copenhagen opened today in Barcelona, all eyes were looking in the same direction they were when we left Bangkok three weeks earlier: at the United States.
Barcelona: A fork in the road in the road to Copenhagen
Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by Philip Ireland in Australia
With less than 5 negotiating left before Copenhagen, the world faces a momumental challenge at Barcelona. The Australian Government must step up and demonstrate strong political leadership with higher mitigation targets and serious financing commitments
The hopes and fears of all the years..
Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by annac in United Kingdom
As I sit in an afternoon negotiating session on mitigation action, I can’t quite believe we are already on week two of negotiations here in Bangkok.
Every week that passes I seem to be saying the same thing; this is it, this is the week that must change things!
Then I follow up at the end of [...]
Guest tracker: Sitting down with New Zealand’s Climate Ambassador, Adrian Macey
Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by adoptanegotiator in New Zealand
Barry Coates from Oxfam New Zealand, joins our ranks for a few weeks to help us track what the New Zealand delegation is up to
Which side is EU on?
Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by Jonathan Sundqvist in E.U., Sweden
Things start to happen in the plenary, but on what side are really on while claiming to be the climate leader?