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Scientists Rebut Clean Coal
admin | November 21st, 2013
The International Coal and Climate Summit was controversial for UNFCCC secretary Christiana Figueres’s attendance, and the media seem to have overlooked the abundance of climate deniers in attendance. Leading scientists
Dreams Or Numbers For Gender Equality?
Cécile S | November 21st, 2013
Tuesday’s UNFCCC ‘gender and climate change’ day was unconventional in many ways. In hosting the feature event, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UNFCCC, did not ask panellists to talk
T-Shirt Drama In Warsaw
Linh Do | November 21st, 2013
This last Tuesday has seen uproar about a t-shirt as over 130 ministers arrived for the high-level segment of the UN climate change negotiations in Poland. The messages were
COP19 – Day Seven
Kahil Lloyd | November 20th, 2013
Week two is upon us, and you can tell who’s just arrived and who feels like this has become their life. Discussions in the halls were dominated by an event
Leaders Plan for Change at Climate Convention
Tim Hall | March 26th, 2012
Over two days in December 2011, while world leaders discussed global co-operation on climate change at the 17th annual Conference of the Parties (COP) climate change negotiations – also known
“We Have Not Come Here To Negotiate Ourselves Out Of Existence”
Karuna Rana | December 11th, 2011
The Joint High-Level Segment meeting of the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) on Tuesday ended with a candid statement delivered by Grenada on behalf of the Alliance of
“We must not lose momentum” – Ban Ki-moon
Tim Hall | December 7th, 2011
The opening of the High-Level Segment of the 17th United Nations climate negotiations (COP17) took place in Durban on Tuesday in the presence of South African President Jacob Zuma, UN
Climate Wins
Awa Momtazian | December 7th, 2011
Tonight at the UN Climate Talks (COP17), the UNFCCC Secretariat will launch a new initiative, “Momentum for Change” as supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
