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GCF: The hostage or the hero of Durban?

Tim Hall | November 30th, 2011

Today the Green Climate Fund makes its highly anticipated arrival at COP17. All year the financing issues begun at the 2009 Copenhagen COP15 have been a hot talking point. So

Durban: What’s the Down Low?

admin | November 28th, 2011

Standing ovations finished the Cancun COP16 climate negotiations. The echoes of the Cancun applause have now worn off, and it’s time for hard decisions to be made at COP17 in

Russia and the Kyoto Protocol

Ben Coleridge | December 11th, 2010

The Russian Federation has announced its decision not to sign up to the second round of the Kyoto Protocol. Without going into detail on Russia’s arguments and reservations about the

Cancun is Big from the Moon

admin | December 11th, 2010

I’m sitting here inside Moon Palace at COP16, the heart of the climate negotiations, on the final day of the Cancun conference. It’s an eerie feeling, the place is packed

Australian Media Coverage of COP 16

admin | December 10th, 2010

What? The Copenhagen climate change talks are on again? In Mexico? Huh? You can blame my ignorance on Julian Assange and his interminable WikiLeaks! While COP 15 had blanket coverage

A Final Plea for COP16

Tim Hall | December 10th, 2010

Dear Governments at Cancun, As the final day of the COP16 Climate change negotiations looms on us, think back to this time last year. The hope, the momentum, the spirit

Inching closer: Day 9 at COP16

Tim Hall | December 10th, 2010

Parties remained deadlocked over key issues on day 9, with some even hardening their stances as others called desperately for compromise. Anchoring any pledges to a legally binding commitment, together

Social Media @ COP16

Linh Do | December 9th, 2010

Facebook, Twitter…and COP16? Observers of the social media space will remember Malcolm Gladwell’s article in the New Yorker about why the revolution will not be tweeted. Even if that’s true,

Success Depends on the Young

Tim Hall | December 9th, 2010

If there is one true success story from Cancun, it is young people continuing to stand up and take action on climate change. It is amazing to see the energy