Currently viewing the tag: "South Africa"
As the first month of the year passed by in a flash and the New Year hype came to an…
Read post →
At 5am this morning, the final session of Durban’s COP 17 came to a close over a day and…
Read post →5.18am, International Convention Center, Durban
The verdict is out. What was accomplished at Durban.
1) Something called the Durban railtrack…
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.
Read post →
We’re back in the ICC this morning, as talks failed to wrap up as planned last night. The mood here…
Read post →On this, the final day of COP 17, a more human side to the process is beginning to slip through…
Read post →
Tensions are rising rapidly in Durban, even as the negotiations continue on (in theory), somewhere behind closed doors. Normally the…
Read post →A wolf in sheep’s clothing, we’ll all agree, is a dangerous beast. Yet, here in the UNFCCC wolves are walking…
Read post →
Just as Kent began his speech, six youth stood and turned away from the Minister revealing the message “Turn your back on Canada” prominently displayed on their shirts.
Read post →
Since the opening of COP17 in Durban, the US has insisted that a new legally binding treaty regime will be…
Read post →Instead of an environment of creative expression, to motivate ambition and real progress towards an effective climate change agreement, we are instead subjected to an atmosphere that only facilitates mediocrity.
Read post →
While Peter Kent states that “Canada came to Durban to make a real contribution toward a global solution to this global issue; this signals that,” – I am thinking that despite the fact that fast start financing is absolutely necessary we have to put the current government’s path into context.
Read post →