Tradition has it that at each UNFCCC summit, passionate environmentalists, young and old, congregate together on the middle Saturday of the conference and march towards the convention centre. The message
Least developed countries are faced with the need to adapt to climate change today, how is the global community assisting them?
On the eve of international climate negotiations at COP17, the international youth climate movement received official recognition at the seventh Conference of Youth in Durban. YOUNGO, the constituency representing youth
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
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
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
The tired delegates and observers were given a pick-up today with the arrival of UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon. A buzz filled the Moon Palace with the high level segment starting
All talk has been with China today, with its offering to tie its voluntary carbon emissions reductions to a binding UN resolution. It came as a surprise to many, and
Day Three was my first full day at Cancunmesse, the conference hall 8km away from Moon Palace, where the actual negotiations are taking place. For me this came with some