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?
What a difference a week makes……
Posted on 16. Aug, 2009 by adoptanegotiator in E.U., United Kingdom
So Bonn III is over, the end of another set of negotiations and the time has come to look at exactly what has been achieved over the last week. Have we had any progress on getting the unwieldy 192 page negotiating text, down to something we can start to work with? Have we seen [...]
How do you generate emissions from beneath the sea?
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by annac in Adopt a Negotiator, United Kingdom
Day two at Bonn III and negotiations are in full swing. I can picture perfectly in my head what it’s like as people run between rooms, follow the negotiations, have meetings by the fountains and try and find time in-between all that’s going on to grab some food. If any one is reading this in [...]
'Titanic' or 'Ambition'?
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by annac in Adopt a Negotiator, E.U., Uncategorized, United Kingdom
Just because Bonn is over does not mean that negotiations stop. Every time governments meet climate change remains firmly on the agenda. In fact is at these meetings outside the formal negotiations that many issues are discussed and decisions made.
Last week the EU heads of state met in Brussels. Following on from Bonn their talk [...]
Is India Questioning the Science?
Posted on 04. Jun, 2009 by deepagupta in Adopt a Negotiator, India
On the 2nd of June India stood up once again to question the science stated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), one of the top scientific bodies to prove the existence of climate change. And although it sounds ridiculous, if you look deeper into the Indian argument there is some legitimacy. Or so [...]