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Farewell to Yvo de Boer
No commentsIn his farewell speech the UN’s outgoing climate chief, Yvo de Boer, told his audience: “To use World Cup imagery: we got a yellow card in Copenhagen and the referee’s hand will edge towards the red one if we fail to deliver in Cancun and beyond”.
»Long Haul Ahead for Climate Talks
No commentsCristiana Figueres, the new head of the UN Climate Change Convention, thinks the world may have several more decades to wait for agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions – time which many scientists say is simply far too long.
»Rich ‘do too little to slow temperature rise’
No commentsPromises by rich countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions made at the Copenhagen climate summit will fail to prevent catastrophic climate change, warned the World Resources Institute.
Together, the commitments made by developed countries by Jan. 31 mean global emissions would fall by between 12 and 19% by 2020, but scientists say cuts between 25 and 40% are needed. The WRI says the promises so far will see the global average temperature rise by more than 3C, even though one of the most important achievements of the Copenhagen climate talks was agreement to keep the increase below 2C. This article examines the results of the summit, analyses Colombia’s participation, and looks at the prospects for the next round of talks in Mexico in December.
»Africa incenced by talks progress
No commentsThe fate of the ongoing climate negotiations in Copenhagen hangs in the balance after African nations suspended talks today. Even though the talks later resumed, the African Group and G77 plus China accused the Danish host government of trying to sideline talks on setting emissions cuts under the Kyoto Protocol. The Africa Group is rooting for a two track system, in which the Kyoto Protocol is continued in conjunction with other long term agreements.
»Todd came, Todd saw, Todd threw a spanner in the works.
No commentsA lot of newsprint will go into reporting and analysing Todd Stern’s statements from this evening in Copenhagen. Here’s the short version: “We don’t care”.
»Minister getting ready to ‘rescue’ Copenhagen talks
No commentsAnxiety is growing at the Copenhagen climate talks as ambitious deal looks increasingly unlikely. Some analysts say pressure will now shift to the political leaders who have started arriving in the city to ‘salvage’ the talks.
»Philippines throws support behind “weak” climate pact
No commentsThe Philippines has thrown its support behind the Copenhagen accord, a non-binding climate agreement criticized for its weak provisions and the non-transparent, non-inclusive process by which it was formulated.
»Copenhagen a Danish Overture to Mexican Coda?
No commentsAccording to American think tank Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a binding deal will definitely be coming out of the two-week climate talks, albeit something that may have yet to ripen in the next gathering of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Mexico in 2010.
»Jairam Ramesh on the State Of Play
No commentsJairam Ramesh, India’s environment minister, speaks to Indian journalists at around the halfway mark of the Copenhagen talks. Here, he talks about how the BASIC group solved the Africa walk-out, on how the US could be brought into a deal and on how the negotiations are moving.
»Talks split wide open
No commentsDeep disagreements between the European Commission and developing countries spill out off the negotiating rooms and into full public view. Watch here as Karl Falkenberg of the EU and Ambassador C Dasgupta from India clash over the issue of ‘climate justice’ and who should be taking responsibility for cutting emissions.
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