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Who is blocking or rocking Barcelona? WWF on Africa’s recent moves

By Christian Teriete | Published: November 4, 2009

Over the first two days of the UN climate talks in Barcelona, the group of African nations has insisted on a bigger focus on emission reduction targets for industrialized countries before it would be ready to further debate some other elements of the draft UN treaty. Here is the comment from Kim Carstensen, Leader of the [...]

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Brazil fails to play a strong role at the climate talks

By Ashwini Prabha | Published: November 3, 2009

The Brazilian government were on the verge of announcing their emissions reduction targets and sharing numbers on how much they will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions but however they decided to sit back and wait at a time when the world is calling for ambitious actions on climate. Carlos Alberto de Mattos Scaramuzza from WWF Brazil [...]

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Fossil of the Day for Saudi Arabia, Canada and United States

By Ashwini Prabha | Published: November 3, 2009

Today, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Canada were shamed at the UN Climate talks in Barcelona for their efforts ‘to drag down the climate talks’ and for being un-constructive in the climate negotiations.

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Legally binding vs politically binding, and other hot news from Barcelona

By Christian Teriete | Published: November 3, 2009

Connie Hedegaard, the Danish Climate Change Minister and President of the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Copenhagen, gave a clear and very urgent speech at the opening of the talks on Monday. Five negotiating days are left before the end game in Copenhagen, and there are still fundamental unresolved issues in many sections of [...]