Climate Change Media Partnership 2009 » Radio stories

Adaptation becomes hard to adapt in climate summit

Navin Khadka — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:36:29 +0000

Officials and experts say negotiations on climate adaptation have become ever more complicated, leaving least developing countries badly frustrated as they badly need funds to cope with inevitable impacts of climate change.

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Secretary General requests Nepal to play positive role

Navin Khadka — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:31:46 +0000

As the difference between develooped and developing countries deepen over who should make how much carbon cuts, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon requestes Nepalese Prime Minster Madhav Kumar Nepal to play positive role in negotiations.

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PNG seeks to contribute to a legally binding copenhagen deal

Nasayau Lurang — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:33:48 +0000

Papua New Guinea seeks to contribute to a legally-binding, robust and effective outcome as soon as possible in this current high level segment of talks at the United Nation’s Framework Convention on climate change held in Copenhagen.

These were the words of the Prime Minister Guinea, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare when delivering a speech at the Conference of parties plenary held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Nepalese prime minister admits climate negligence

Navin Khadka — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:47:03 +0000

Even as he heads the government of climatically one of the most vulnerable countries, Nepalese Prime Minister Madhab Kumar Nepal has admitted that Nepal had not been serious in terms of dealing with climat change. In a special interview with the BBC Nepali service, he said that because of lack of proper homework and an unstable politics, the Himalayan country was unable to raise and push its agenda in the climate summit.

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Energy Saving Stoves to cut emissions and diseases in Africa launched

Emmanuel Okella — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:58:26 +0000

As the world desperately eyes to reduce emissions and save trees, the World Food Programme has launched a multi million dollar project to distribute fuel efficient stoves in Africa where over 80% of the population still rely on firewood and charcoal for cooking. The ‘safe stoves’ project has been launched by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the sidelines of the ongoing climate negotiations in Copenhagen Denmark. Emmanuel Okella reports that the project is being started in Sudan and Uganda.

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You have our future in your hands; children tell world leaders at UN climate negotiations

Emmanuel Okella — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:52:51 +0000

As the United Nations climate negotiations draws to conclusion in Copenhagen, children are cautioning world leaders that the coming generation will judge them harshly if they failed to save the world from the cruel impact of climate change on the world’s population. Positioning themselves as a generation that will inherit decisions taken at the ongoing COP conference, children say they are the most vulnerable to climate change effects and want a binding agreement that is sensitive to their security. Emmanuel Okella reports.

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No new commitments on the reduction of emmisions for the new term of Kyoto from developed countries

Nasayau Lurang — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:08:44 +0000

Negotiations that will pave way for new commitments in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from Developed countries under the Kyotol protocol is far from being completed.

This was evident from a draft negotiation paper that was obtained yesterday which showed that no new commitments were made at this stage by developed countries.
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Youths in the Pacific voice their concern on climate change

Nasayau Lurang — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:47:02 +0000

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A number of youths from the South Pacific have added their voice to the push for the target of a temperature increase of only 1.5 degrees Celcius as proposed by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) to slow down the melting of ice in the Arctic that have caused sea level rises.

Maylene Sese, from the Solomon Islands, Rebbecca Asigau, from Papua New Guinea, expressed similar concerns about the impacts of sea level rises that are affecting their small island homes in the South pacific. Both are members of the Australian Youth Coalition on Climate Change.

Maylene Sese is also calling on Papua New Guinea to work alongside AOSIS despite its main agenda being REDD.

PNG’s position on REDD may give rise to human rights issues

Nasayau Lurang — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:12:32 +0000

Papua New Guinea’s position in opposing the safeguard on the rights of indigenous peoples under the Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation or REDD is expected to give rise to human rights issues.

This was a concern that was highlighted today by Dr Rosalind Reeves from Global Witness’ when speaking on human rights and the rights of indigenous people to have a say on how their forest resources are developed.

Nasayau Lurang has more on this story.
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Dr Rosalind Reeves from Global witness says there was strong opposition from Papua New Guinea and Ghana in Africa on the safeguards on the rights of indigenous people to have a say on how their forest resources will be developed.
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Dr Rossalind Reeves from Global Witness.

Tuvalu working towards being a role model country in terms of renewable energy

Nasayau Lurang — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:24:08 +0000

Alofa TuvaluTuvalu, a small island state in the South Pacific is trying to be a role model country for renewable energy to other small island states including Papua New Guinea.

This was revealed by the president of an NGO group based in Tuvalu, called Alofa Tuvalu Association , Gilliann Le Gallie.

Ms Le Gallie says Alofa Tuvalu Association was created to help Tuvalu survive climate change, specifically sea level rise.