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G8 climate talks: It’s progress but still not fair
The 3 day G8 Summit ends today. Rich and poor nations have not been able to overcome divisions and mistrust during the Major Economies Forum (MEF) and the G8 summit and while some progress was made, leaders of wealthy nations failed to take responsibility for climate change.
The two meetings saw positive developments but much more [...]
Posted in Campaign news, G8 Summit July 2009, Policy news Also tagged climate change, G8 Summit, global climate deal, global warming, Japan, USA, WWF Leave a comment
Canada and Japan topping the table in the league of shame
The second week in Bonn didn’t differ from the first in terms of moments that made observers from the NGOs shake their heads in confusion or make angry faces to express their dismay: there were many, and as usual they won Fossil of the Day awards. On Monday, Canada was the only country to earn [...]
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Climate wars 2030
Clive Tesar, Head of Communications for the Arctic Programme, attended the ‘2030 North’ conference in Ottawa, Canada. The challenge of the conference was to try to imagine what life in Canada’s North will be like in 2030, and to devise a plan to deal with that new reality.
By Clive Tesar
WWF’s contribution to the 2030 North [...]
Selling Arctic snake oil
Clive Tesar, Head of Communications for the Arctic Programme, attended the ‘2030 North’ conference in Ottawa, Canada. The challenge of the conference was to try to imagine what life in Canada’s North will be like in 2030, and to devise a plan to deal with that new reality.
By Clive Tesar
There have been lots of media [...]
Fossil of the Day for Saudi Arabia, Canada and United States