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Stevie Emilia
Currently a Features Editor at The Jakarta Post daily based in Jakarta, Indonesia, she is in charge of several daily feature pages, including science & technology and environment pages. Over the years, she has reported different issues, from politics to social issues, but took special interest in environmental issues, especially climate change. She developed the interest after taking part in a course on environmental reporting at the International Institute of Journalism in Berlin, Germany. Since then, she has also been assigned as the paper’s environment correspondent and has covered several climate change conferences, including the one in Bali, where she was one of editors for the paper’s team of reporters covering the event.
Posts by Stevie Emilia
The Bumpy Road To Copenhagen
No commentsParties agree that a first draft of the text for a new treaty would be available for the interim meeting slated to take place in Bonn in June of 2009.
»“We Can’t Negotiate The Facts.”
No commentsAl Gore reminds negotiators to stick to scientific facts when faced with doubt or fear during climate change negotiations.
»Climate meeting warms up with money talks
No commentsClimate negotiations in the cold city of Poznan in Poland got warmer this week with hints of progress on a climate adaptation fund and on a mechanism to compensate forest countries that halt deforestation in order to help bring down emissions.
»Poznan talks in full swing
No commentsHigh-level talks started Thursday at the UN climate change conference in the Polish city of Poznan, with a strong call from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for developed countries to show their leadership.
»Poznan enters final week after little progress
No commentsClimate change negotiations resumed Tuesday in the Polish city of Poznan after a slow first week which only produced a little bit of progress.
»Young voices take a center stage
No commentsChildren are among the most vulnerable to climate change. But without political power, most of them can only rely on others to decide on their future.
»Weathering Losses
No commentsMore than 15,000 people across the world died from extreme weather events last year, with damages accounted at US$80 billion, a report launched at the ongoing UN climate change talks in Poznan, Poland, revealed on Thursday.
»Jungle Book
No commentsTwo reports call for forestry adaptation — climate change could have a devastating effect on the world’s forests and the nearly one billion people who depend on them for their livelihoods.
»Happy Feet
No commentsAmong the 120 exhibits at the green technology exhibition at the UNFCCC in Poznan is a dance floor that generates electricity, a device that catches fog, and even hanging vegetable gardens.
»Minister: economy will bounce back, climate may not
No commentsThe global financial crisis is casting a shadow over the two-week climate change summit in Poznan, Poland which opened Monday, with concerns that industrialized countries might be reluctant to commit necessary funds to fight the disaster.
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