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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”
Read post →Guest blog from the ECO editorial board on transparent and coordinated provision of financial support
Read post →The negotiations in Durban should conclude with the establishment of a process for countries to report in a transparent and reliable manner. And there’s the rub, as without the effective involvement of NGOs in this process, countries are most likely to not take any proper climate actions without any consequences.
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 →From B, to C, to D. Mapping the road to Durban from Brazil, where it all began.
Read post →Last year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh outlined a mandate to the Indian negotiating team lead by Shyam Saran-“India should be…
Read post →At the daily U.S. delegation press briefing yesterday afternoon, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern struck a less…
Read post →Another Monday morning, another early start, another week of negotiations beginning here at the un climate talks in Cancun. With…
Read post →TWN #7: Mexican Presidency “small group” meets on mitigation; Co-facilitators issue non-papers on MRV
Read post →Finally, some resoundingly positive news from the Cancun UN climate talks: the United States and China may be close to…
Read post →Le chapitre sur la vérification internationale des émissions, actions et financements est un point clé des négociations. Cancun s’ouvre en se focalisant sur la question. Et il y a un peu d’espoirs.
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