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How many delegates did your country bring to the climate conference?

By: Jeff Kelly Lowenstein on December 9th, 2011

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For about 95 countries (those in colours other than red), this map shows the number of pre-registered participants and the climate risk index for 2010 as determined by GermanWatch.

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Malawi and climate change: strength in numbers?

By: Tiwonge Ng'ona on December 9th, 2011

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Negotiating blocks help small countries stand toe to toe with the most powerful in the UN climate change negotiations, but even so the main power lies in the hands of large individual nations.

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No place at the climate table, Nepali communities say

By: Ramesh Prasad Bhushal on December 7th, 2011

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Members of a federation of community forests from Nepal accused the government of Nepal of being biased towards them by refusing to accept their representative as a party delegate at UN climate talks.

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Jamaica’s voice absent in high level discussions

By: Carol Francis on December 6th, 2011

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Jamaica will not be among those making a statement at the high level segment of COP 17 as the Jamaican delegation does not have a high level representative such as a Minister or head of state in attendance. This is due in part to the country’s upcoming general election.

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Scrambling for a climate deal in Durban

By: Deodatus Mfugale on December 5th, 2011

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UN climate talks entered their second week here in Durban, South Africa, with pressure mounting to salvage the UN climate change system. The EU is pushing for a new road map toward a deal that includes all countries in a binding deal to cut carbon emissions. But resistance remains over how long that ride might be and who would be on it.

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Brazil gets its first ever ‘fossil’ award for new forest policy

By: Flavia Dias De Souza Moraes on December 5th, 2011

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Brazils earns its first ever “fossil award” for suggesting that a new forest law would help it reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Small islands don’t warm to EU proposal

By: Carol Francis on December 4th, 2011

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Islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific are in peril from rising sea levels due to warming waters. The European Union is calling for a global deal to be reached by 2015 and implemented by 2020. Dessima Williams, chair of the Alliance of Small Island States says that’s too late.

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Small Islands calling for firm decisions at Durban climate meetings

By: Indi McLymont-Lafayette on December 3rd, 2011

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Small islands pressing for climate decisions urgently

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Future of climate treaty looks grim

By: Deodatus Mfugale on December 3rd, 2011

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UN climate talks ended their first week Friday with some delegates resigned to the effective death of the international climate treaty, the Kyoto Protocol.

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The Fossil Awards: Canada’s ‘winning streak’

By: Heather King on November 30th, 2011

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The Fossil Awards act as a dramatic lens on each day’s negotiations at UN climate talks here in Durban, South Africa. The awards call out countries that the Climate Action Network says are impeding the negotiation process. Given reports that Canada is backing off the Kyoto Protocol, it continues its ‘winning’ streak.

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