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Australia introduced the most ambitious policy in the world to regulate cigarette packaging, but Australia’s lack of ambition here at the UN climate negotiations threatens the health of all of us.

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During a Rio+20 side event on Intergenerational Dialogue, I met a gent: Brazilian; visibly in his late sixties: there were…

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Born in an island in the midst of one of the most brutal civil wars in history, with my disciplinarian…

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20 years ago, in this very city; negotiators at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: rightly termed, the “Earth…

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Rio Plus 20 is more than just a three-day summit. It is rather a long process during which every step is important. Small overview of these key steps (explained in the context of a sport-intense summer).

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The countries might show callous disregard, but we need to show them we are watching everything and they are answerable, even if it means making Rio+20, COP 17.5!

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Video: Occupy COP17?

On November 28, 2011 By

One Climate interviews Pablo Salon, former lead negotiator for Bolivia, and Durban resident Stephen Murphy at Occupy Durban.

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With time running out for the intersessional in Bangkok the Adopt A Negotiator team delivers the tcktcktck hourglass inside of the UNFCCC meeting as a reminder of the little time left before COP 15.

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A Non Annex 1 girl’s perspective on commitment, financing dinners, hating your mother etc.

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Canada’s Prime Minister Sings At National Arts Centre Gala While The Countries Negotiation Tactics Cause No Progress At The UNFCCC Meetings In Bangkok.

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U.S. President Obama gave a short, but important, speech at the UN Climate Summit convened by Ban Ki Moon at the United Nations in New York, marking the first time a US President gave a major speech on climate change on the international stage.

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Canada has committed to emission reductions at home of 2.7% below 1990 levels by the year 2020. (Or 20% below…

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