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Tag Archives: UNFCCC

Industrialized countries try to play down Copenhagen

We are now reporting from Copenhagen, Denmark, where ministers from 43 countries have gathered for two days of ministerial meetings on 16 and 17 of November. This meeting sets the scene for the next act on the political road towards the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, ‘COP15′. The big discussion topic is the recent news from the APEC [...]
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10 little things the world needs to agree on

The Copenhagen Climate conference is just around the corner and we are working on clear goals for the negotiations, a “simple” menu of what the world needs to agree on. There are the 10 little points which will help us face climate change and start the basis of a new, cleaner economy: Governments need to create a [...]
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Islanders take on end of Barcelona climate talks

Ben Namakin, South Pacific climate policy officer shares his view on the closing of the climate talks in Barcelona and explains that for Pacific communities survival is at stake if a strong agreement is not reached in Copenhagen.
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Don’t trust the spin doctors: Ambitious Copenhagen climate deal still possible

An ambitious climate treaty can still be achieved in Copenhagen despite most policy makers’ focus on what they cannot achieve rather than what they can do to prevent the worst consequences of runaway climate change, WWF said at the inconclusive ending of climate negotiations in Barcelona. “Politicians seem to be obsessed with expressing what they cannot [...]
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Climate talks:Still hope to do the right things

Barcelona climate talks has been a ‘lost and found’ session where African nations found their muscles and pushed for ambitious targets while industrialized countries lost their political will for a legally binding treaty in time for Copenhagen. Outside the UNFCCC process leading politicians are playing a distancing game while some slow progress was made in [...]
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