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COP19 March Wrap

Jade Neville | November 20th, 2013

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

EU’s Fast Financing of Africa

admin | December 1st, 2011

Least developed countries are faced with the need to adapt to climate change today, how is the global community assisting them?

YOUNGO: It’s official

Tim Hall | November 29th, 2011

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

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

Time is Running Out: Day 8 at COP16

Tim Hall | December 9th, 2010

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

China Steps Up: Day 7* at COP16

Tim Hall | December 8th, 2010

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

All Quiet in the Western Hall: Day 3 at COP16

admin | December 3rd, 2010

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