Grist | Topics | 29 Results

RESULTS		Results 1 – 25 of 29
Page:1 2
Headline	Author	Published	Section
Papua ooh mau mau The real story behind the world's favorite scolding of the U.S.	David Roberts	22 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Last month, Kevin Conrad became somewhat famous representing Papua New Guinea at the Bali climate talks. Confronted yet again with U.S. intransigence, Conrad said: I would ask the United States, we ask for your leadership. But if for some reason you're not willing to lead, leave it to the rest of us. Please get out of the way. The way the story's been told, Conrad's bold moral cry shattered the wall of U.S. indifference and broke the logjam. Naturally, the realit ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, politics, United States (all these topics)

Disentangling the confusion of Bali	Joseph Romm	20 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Tom Friedman is very confused about exactly what happened at Bali and why. So are M.I.T. science journalist fellows. So what are your chances of figuring it out? Well, they are a lot better if you read this excellent Bali debriefing by my friend Holmes Hummel (PDF), a Stanford Ph.D. and Congressional Science Fellow. One interesting point she makes: Some media coverage left the misimpression that the Bush team opposed language that would have committed Annex I (i.e., ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Belated Bali blogging An incomplete roundup of reactions and commentary to the Bali climate meetings	David Roberts	18 Dec 2007	Gristmill
I feel somewhat guilty for not following the goings-on in Bali more closely. A few of you have written to ask why. It's just that every single international meeting on climate since I started covering this stuff has gone down the exact ... same ... way. It's like clockwork: everyone arrives full of hope, because now, finally, there's real momentum, people really get the problem; midway through, everyone's getting more and more pissed at the U.S. for its intransigence; ...
Topics: international politics, politics, climate, Bali 07 (all these topics)

Where do we go from here? The Bali meeting, and the lessons learned	Tom Athanasiou	17 Dec 2007	Gristmill
It's important, this time, to draw conclusions, and to do so publicly. Because Bali has taken us -- barely and painfully -- over a line and into a new and even more difficult level in the climate game we'll be playing for the rest of our lives. In fact, it's not too much to say that, with the realizations of the last year and their culmination at the 13th Conference of Parties, the game has, finally, belatedly, begun in earnest. First up, we knew going into Bal ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, energy, politics, international politics, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	16 Dec 2007	Gristmill
'We seek your leadership. But if for some reason you are not willing to lead, leave it to the rest of us. Please get out of the way.'-- Kevin Conrad, U.N. delegate from Papua New Guinea, during contentious last-minute climate talks in Bali. Conrad's blunt declaration was met with applause.
Topics: quotables, Bali 07, politics, international politics, climate (all these topics)

Letter from Bali: A tragic truth Professor Andrew Light laments the unnecessary line in the sand the U.S. has drawn in Bali	Guest author	15 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Andrew Light, an environmental ethicist and professor of philosophy and public affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle. He attended the Bali meetings as an observer and participant in a side event. The essay comes to us from Nusa Dua, Indonesia. ----- I must admit, I clapped. I was probably among the loudest. A line in the sand. Photo: iStockphoto With the negotiations here in Bali for the U.N. confere ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, international politics (all these topics)

All's well that ends not completely horribly Countries strike climate deal in Bali	David Roberts	15 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Apparently they've reached some kind of agreement at Bali. Sounds like the last 24 hours have been a real white-knuckler: BALI, Indonesia (CNN) -- The United States made a dramatic reversal Saturday, first rejecting and then accepting a compromise to set the stage for intense negotiations in the next two years aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions worldwide. The U.N. climate change conference in Bali was filled with emotion and cliff-hanging anticipation on Sa ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, politics, international politics (all these topics)

Big Bali of trouble It's time to throw down on the home court	Youth Movement	14 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Post by Richard Graves and Erin Condit-Bergren, U.S. youth delegation. Nusa Dua, Bali. We have been sitting outside the closed conference rooms where delegates from around the world engage in the grueling process of working out an international climate policy, line by line. Campaigners, delegates, and journalists mill about, trading rumors and whispering strategy. Everyone has been working nonstop for two whole weeks, and it all has come down to this one long ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, politics (all these topics)

A little Al for the rest of us Blogging from Al Gore's speech in Bali	Youth Movement	14 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Post by Richard Graves, U.S. youth delegate and editor of It's Getting Hot in Here As I wrote this post, I was listening to Al Gore give his speech at the U.N. Climate Negotiations. It had been a long trip here, and despite the schedule and the heat I was still excited. As we sat in the audience, we spoke with Kevin Knobloch from UCS and watched Kelley trying to talk with U.S. representative Paula Dobriansky ... but we were all here to listen to Al Gore. I ...
Topics: Bali 07, Al Gore, climate, politics, international politics (all these topics)

Annals of irritants, part two Arlen Specter proclaims importance of fighting climate change in Bali; votes against it in D.C.	David Roberts	14 Dec 2007	Gristmill
In a letter to the president (PDF), 52 members of Congress expressed their disapproval of the U.S. stance in Bali: The clear implication is that the United States will refuse to agree to any language putting the United States on an established path toward scientifically-based emission limits ... We write to express our strong disagreement with these positions and to urge you to direct the U.S. negotiating team to work together with other countries to complete ...
Topics: climate, Bali 07, politics, international politics, energy (all these topics)

Bali'd	David Roberts	14 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Well, looks like we managed to bolix that one up pretty well.
Topics: Bali 07, politics, international politics, climate (all these topics)

Roadblock at Bali Climate Conference? Not U.S.! The U.S. sits on the sidelines rather than leading the charge in a war on climate change	Anna Fahey	13 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Americans have a history of joining together in times of crisis. But the terminology of war is the most familiar rallying cry. So it's understandable that when he's talking about global warming, John Edwards often implores Americans to be 'patriotic about something other than war.' And when Al Gore accepted his Nobel Prize this week, he said, 'We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobili ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, international politics, politics, United States (all these topics)

State of play in Bali Second-to-last issue of the Bali ECO newsletter	Tom Athanasiou	12 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Issue #10 if the Bali ECO is here (PDF). You may need to read between the lines a bit if you haven't been following the negotiations. But it's not hard.
Topics: politics, climate, Bali 07, international politics (all these topics)

Elephants in the room Greenpeace India points out the obvious	Tom Athanasiou	12 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The taxi driver that took me from the Bali airport to my hotel in Nusa Dua, the secure 'green zone' where the climate negotiations are taking place, didn't speak much English. Just well enough to say, haltingly, that he was 'too stupid' to have a better job, he didn't drink, and he was very depressed because he was lonely, but too poor to get married. Oh, and that the Westin, where I was not staying, was the 'best' place. Very 'luxury.' Very 'Western.' Now, a ...
Topics: Bali 07, China, climate, India, international politics, politics (all these topics)

We Can't Think of Any More U.S. and allies are, as expected, stick-in-the-muds at Bali conference		11 Dec 2007	News
"Bali" Puns at the Moment U.S. and allies are, as expected, stick-in-the-muds at Bali conference Posted at 4:32 PM on 11 Dec 2007 Bali update: The latest draft of negotiations is said to still contain text saying that developed nations should cut emissions by 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. The U.S., Japan, Canada, and Australia are against said provision, non-binding as it is; it will likely be removed by the end of the week, as final guidelines ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics)

The Way the Bali Bounces Bali conference goes into second week		10 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 5:12 PM on 10 Dec 2007 The latest from Bali: On Saturday, a draft text was produced suggesting that developed nations cut emissions between 25 and 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. The U.S. and Japanese delegations were displeased; by Monday, that target was reportedly dropped. Sen. John Kerry paid a visit to assure delegates, "I am convinced the politics of 2009 in the United States are going to be just night and ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics)

The real action in Bali Grassroots mobilizes over the weekend at int'l climate conference	Youth Movement	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Post by Will Bates, Stepitup 2007 The weekend has finished, and countries are diving into their second week in Bali of chit-chatting about what to do about climate change. While we may not be seeing much bold action so far at this round of negotiations, we know that global public pressure for urgent action is beginning to mount ... Saturday was the third annual International Day of Action on Climate Change, which the Global Climate Campaign helped coordina ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, grassroots activism, international politics, politics (all these topics)

My country, right or ... wait, no, that's definitely wrong US and EU demand import-tariff reductions on stuff that they export	David Roberts	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Wow, the latest out of Bali is really, um, something to behold: The US and the European Union found a rare common cause when they combined to ask developing nations to cut or remove tariffs on imports of environmental goods and services. Golly, why would developing nations not go for that? Other developing countries were also understood to be concerned that the proposal would only benefit rich nations, by opening up export markets in green goods and services ...
Topics: Bali 07, biofuels, climate, international politics, politics (all these topics)

The Bali is in our court US reps to present unfinished energy bill to UNFCCC	Youth Movement	09 Dec 2007	Gristmill
When a few members of U.S. Congress come to Bali next week to meet with delegations from all round the world, they'll have something in hand: a first step in the direction of climate change legislation from the U.S.35mpg fuel economy standards and 15% renewable energy requirements from utilities may not seem like all that much, but for the rest of the world's leaders, who have been holding their collective breath, it's a twitch of life from a government long considere ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, legislation, politics (all these topics)

SustainUS in Action in Bali Confronting the belligerent U.S. delegation at the 2007 climate talks	Erik Hoffner	08 Dec 2007	Gristmill
A friend of mine is in Bali with the youth activist group SustainUS, and sent this video update: (Thanks, Lauren.) Check out the body language on the guy who I presume is the U.S. delegate to the talks, as the SustainUS group asks him to take a leading role in the talks to ensure a better future for the planet. Unfortunately, he pretty well embodies the word "obstructionist."
Topics: Bali 07, climate, grassroots activism, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Simple answers	David Roberts	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Noel Sheppard: Capitalist democracies around the world should be very concerned about the level of socialism being discussed at the United Nations' climate change meeting in Bali. Not only are international hands being extended to collect funds from countries like the United States in order to help poorer nations deal with a problem that might actually be disappearing since global temperatures peaked in 1998, but climate change is also being used as a m ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate equity, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Keep the Bali Rolling Bali conference continues		06 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 5:24 PM on 06 Dec 2007 The news from Bali: When the U.S. Senate Environment Committee approved a bill calling for a mandatory cap in U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions, some in Bali took it as a sign that the U.S. was budging on its intractable opposition to said emissions cuts. U.S. climate negotiator Harlan Watson: "We're not changing our position." However, one environmental activist did tell reporters, "We're not seeing ove ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics)

The youth are back and badder than ever The real story at Bali	Youth Movement	06 Dec 2007	Gristmill
In 2005, at the U.N.'s Montreal Climate Negotiations, a ragtag but sizable delegation showed up at the conference, desperate to make sure that the world heard their call for climate action. The event proved to be a formative time for people involved in the youth climate movement, and many date its launch to that time. In a conference notable for acronyms and obscure policy jargon, the youth activism was like a breath of fresh air. While delegates bemoaned th ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, grassroots activism, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Bags of coal given as party favors Fossil Awards shame obstructionist delegates at Bali talks	Youth Movement	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
You may have heard about the Fossil Awards given at the United Nations Bali climate negotiations. A collaboration between a number of youth delegations and Avaaz.org, the awards are given to nations whose delegates have obstructed progress during the course of the talks. Here's a first-hand account of the first daily Fossil Awards ceremony, when Canada won the infamous prize. Yesterday, Japan managed to win first, second, and third place for threatening to pull out of ...
Topics: Bali 07, Canada, climate, energy, international politics, Japan, Kyoto Protocol, politics (all these topics)

On the Bali Bali conference keeps on keepin' on		04 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:36 PM on 04 Dec 2007 The news from Bali: Teeny-tiny island nations pleaded with delegates for protection and compensation for the impacts of rising seas and other climatic consequences. United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer expressed hope that delegates would make operational the Adaptation Fund, a woefully underfunded um, fund for helping developing countries adapt to climate change. Delegates set up a working group to establish a ...
Topics: Bali 07, climate, international politics, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics)

Page:1 2		Results 1 – 25 of 29

Stories About: international politics AND politics AND climate AND Bali 07