Saturday morning excerpts
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Rosa Kouri in Canada, bits
The convention plenaries were very interesting this morning. They were intended to take stock of different country positions after the last few days of closed negotiations and contact groups. Discussion opened on the broader set of talks (called the COP stream), which includes the US, discussing a draft text on long-term cooperative action. Tuvalu opened with a [...]
Redd and development is … incompatible?
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Jonathan Sundqvist in Sweden
The way to sustainable development seems to be a rocky way, because we need both development and that to be sustainable.
Brasil vs. Brazil
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by Juliana Russar in Brazil
The position advocated by Brazilian negotiators in the UNFCCC is REALLY the Brazilian government position?
“This is not charity”: U.S. Special Climate Envoy Defends Key Financing Measures
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Ben Jervey in U.S.A.
Last week, the U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change, Todd Stern, testified before Congress on the international negotiations, offering some promising words on international investment in adaptation, deforestation, and technology transfer.
What’s Bonn got to do with it?
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by Cara Bevington in Adopt a Negotiator, Australia
I’d like you to come on a journey with me from the Hotel Maritim in Bonn, Germany, to the forests of Indonesia, to government offices in New Zealand, to north Queensland in Australia, and back again… so strap yourself in…
Yvo de Boer, the UN’s top climate official, officially opened the Bonn 3 negotiations on Monday, [...]
RED(D) ALERT – India at Bonn 3
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Leela Raina in Adopt a Negotiator, India
As the climate talks are revisited at Bonn, we are keeping our eyes and years open to catch all the activity at the conference despite not being able to make it physically there. From Birds- eye view we will be reporting to you any upcomings springing up on this brief intercessional in Bonn.
On contacting the [...]