Climate Change Negotiations

Barcelona Balogna

Why developing countries cannot afford failure in Copenhagen 9
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago After the third day of climate talks in Barcelona, it's clear that much work remains to be done -- and 99 percent of the burden rests on the E.U. and U.S. The anger from Africa and the rest of the developing world will continue to grow, as will the carbon emissions responsible for climate change.
MORE FALSE SOLUTIONS! OH MY!

Geoengineering: Plan B for when Copenhagen fails? eek! 0
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Africa returns to Barcelona talks, while U.S. resists giving up the numbers 0
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago Climate negotiators are terribly frustrated with the United States for not taking two momentous steps -- defining the quantity of carbon it is ready to remove from the atmosphere, and putting on the table a definite dollar amount to help developing nations make the transition to cleaner and economically greener economies.
CLIMATE CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN

Bangkok: rich countries try to kill Kyoto, youth declare 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
It's the Little Things

Global warming negotiations with 21 (or so) negotiation days left 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago You know the saying: "it's the little things that matter." Well you can't really take that saying too literally when discussing global warming pollution as it is the big things that ultimately matter, such as: pollution reduction cuts, assistance for developing countries in cutting emissions further, and support for the most vulnerable countries to adapt to the impacts of global warming.
Shifting into High Gear

Wrapping up Climate Week, G20 Outcome & on to Bangkok 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
...and we're off to a crawl

Bangkok: Day one of the U.N. climate negotiations 2
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago With an invigorated sense of skepticism, civil society, governments, and of course business interests are in Bangkok this week to try to hammer through obtuse and contradictory text to create something that can be of some use on the table at the Copenhagen meetings this December.
G20, your resolution sounds terrific

G20 cans fossil-fuel subsidies, but fails to make other climate-conserving moves 7
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago At the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, world leaders announced an agreement to phase out fossil-fuel subsidies. It was the only climate-specific policy directive to come out of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, and it fell far short in the view of climate activists.
A Pittsburgh Protocol

G20 needs to advance the global agenda on climate change 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago By John Podesta, Rajendra Pachauri The world’s leading economic powers remain inactive in preventing an increase in the serious impacts of climate change.
On to the steel city

Seizing the opportunity: reflections from the U.N. Climate Summit 2
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Remember, there are five key building blocks for the agreement that emerges from Copenhagen so we need to watch what details are filled in on each of these.
China steals Cimate Week spotlight, but U.S. still in the hot seat 1
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago The U.S. was given a starring role at the United Nations Climate Summit on Tuesday, but China stole the show.
Some Rays of Hope for Global Efforts

Important week for global warming 0
Posted 2 months ago
Today begins a week dubbed because of all the high-level climate discussions that are occurring. And they just all happen to be occurring in the U.S. at an important time for the domestic debate to pass a clean energy and climate bill in the Senate.
Sterny Likes It!

Obama administration comes out in support of key international provisions in climate bill 1
Posted 2 months ago
Todd Stern the Special Envoy for Climate Change, just testified before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on: The Road to Copenhagen and International Climate Agreement.
Fools Russian

Why some Russians look forward to global warming 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Brad Plumer walks through a dispatch from the Abu Dhabi newspaper The National that outlines what Russia stands to gain from a warming climate, and why it may have little interest in curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
Making heads or tails of it

Global warming commitments at the G8 and the major economies forum in Italy 1
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Climate talks at the G8 meeting and the Major Economies Forum have given us cause for some optimism, though there's still a whole lot to get done.
Source Material

Climate and energy sections of G8 statement 0
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The energy and climate section of the official G8 statement released on July 8, 2009.
hope in 'hagen

On the road to Copenhagen, hope springs eternal 0
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Half a year before the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, negotiators are far from agreeing on key components of a global climate deal.
Dispatch from the Major Economies Forum

What will the U.S. and other major economies commit to? 0
Posted 5 months ago
I am outside of Mexico City with delegates from the world's 17 biggest economies who are meeting this week ahead of the next G8 meeting to further negotiate international climate agreements. Issues on the table include funding for forest protection, mid-term and long-term emission reduction targets, and financing for adaption and mitigation. The outcomes from these talks remain in doubt and other questions fester, like to what will the U.S. commit to?
I would like to invest in...

U.S. is starting to make a down payment on funding international climate change efforts 0
Posted 5 months ago
This past Wednesday, the Appropriations Subcommittee of the House of Representatives passed a bill with funding for a "down payment" in helping developing countries deploy clean energy, reduce global warming pollution from tropical deforestation, and support adaptation in the most vulnerable populations around the world.
The blame game gets ready for prime time

Bonn was disappointing, and Copenhagen will be too. Who to blame? 2
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
The latest round of climate talks was a big disappointment, and Copenhagen will almost certainly be another. If it is, who will get blamed?