Doha COP Report: Tuesday, November 27
Yesterday, on Monday Nov. 26, the opening plenary for both the 18th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP) and the 8th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the...
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by Franck Magennis. On Tuesday, November 27, delegates at UN climate change negotiations in Doha met for the opening sessions of the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties...
View ArticleDoha COP Report: Thursday, November 29
The Doha talks this week, particularly in the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA), have discussed greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation and maritime transport. In...
View ArticleDoha COP Report: Friday, November 30
by Franck Magennis. A major topic under discussion in Doha is the Green Climate Fund (GCF). In this report, we provide some background on the creation of the fund and an update on relevant discussion...
View ArticleDoha COP Report: Monday, December 3
The negotiations in Doha have passed their halfway point, although it is still not clear whether real progress will be made on some of the major issues under negotiation. With the conclusion of the...
View ArticleDoha COP Report: Tuesday, December 4
On Tuesday, December 4, the High-Level Segment of the climate change negotiations began in Doha. Various Heads of State or Government, Ministers and Heads of Delegation are here to speak and act on...
View ArticleDoha COP Report: Wednesday, December 5
There are now less than 48 hours until negotiations in Doha are scheduled to conclude, on the evening of Friday, December 7. While the President of this 18th Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the...
View ArticleDoha COP Report: Thursday, December 6
At the second last day of scheduled talks in Doha emotions were starting to run high. During a plenary meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto...
View ArticleDoha COP Report: Friday, December 7
This should have been the last of our reports from the UNFCCC negotiations in Doha, but it is now in the early hours of Saturday, December 8 and it appears that the negotiations are far from over. A...
View ArticleDoha COP Report: The “Doha Climate Gateway”
On Saturday, December 8, the 18th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP) and the 8th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) were concluded in...
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A Right to Fossil Fuels? Pressure Mounts for Developing Countries to Leave...
Last week saw the opening of the 71st session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. In his inaugural address, incoming General Assembly President Peter Thompson declared that the session would...
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Report from COP22: High Level Talks Begin
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, with the King of Morocco and President of the COP, at the High Level Segment on Tuesday The second week of COP22 – the 22nd Meeting of the Conference of the Parties...
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Report from COP22: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Call to Action
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at COP22 On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Marrakech for the 22nd meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations...
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