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“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
What Protesting Means for COP17
Tim Hall | December 10th, 2011
Out of nowhere, the quiet halls of the COP17 conference centre erupted. An unexpected crowd of four hundred protestors from a variety of causes, along with delegates from some of
Are we Seeing Bali 2.0?
Tim Hall | December 9th, 2011
On the final day at COP17 all the talk is about the push for a mandate—a firm timetable—leading to a new global emissions reductions treaty. The European Union (EU) has
Behind closed doors: Day 4 at COP17
Tim Hall | December 2nd, 2011
Intense secret negotiations and a quickened tempo characterised day four at COP17. With the previous days spent drawing lines in the sand, national delegations got to work making genuine progress
Capacity Building in the Pacific
Jayden Holmes | December 2nd, 2011
Small island states are amongst the first to feel the impacts of climate change, how will capacity building assist them.
Day 1: “It always seems impossible…”
Tim Hall | November 29th, 2011
COP17 climate negotiations began with a flurry of urges and recommendations, though moves to kill Kyoto soured the first day. Quoting Nelson Mandela to invoke South Africa’s difficulty in defeating
