The Philippines has been devastated by Typhoon Haiyan with at least four million people displaced. Haiyan has also had impact beyond the Philippines though, and in a different way, at
Once again, media attention during Warsaw has been focused on something occurring outside of the conference centre as COP19 President Marcin Korolec was sacked from his role as Environment Minister.
Fossil of the Day traditionally goes to developed countries – those that have the most to lose economically. Today’s Fossil was a surprise given that it went to five countries
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
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
It was business time at COP on day 3, as dozens of informal meetings took place and the plot of COP17 began to take shape, with the developing/developed nation divide
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
The focus, and agitation, over the details of various texts on Friday was continued on Saturday at COP16. It was stocktaking Saturday, as nations reviewed progress and were updated on
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