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The Platform Opens a Window: Durban's Unambiguous Consequence

January 2, 2012 by Robert Stavins
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In my previous essay – following the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which adjourned on December 11, 2011 – I offered my assessment of the Durban climate negotiations, addressing the frequently-posed question of whether the talks had “succeeded.”  I took... [read more]

Assessing the Climate Talks — Did Durban Succeed?

December 13, 2011 by Robert Stavins
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The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adjourned on Sunday, a day and a half after its scheduled close, and in the process once again pulled a rabbit out of the hat by saving the talks from complete collapse (which appeared possible just a few days earlier).... [read more]

How are the Cancun Agreements different than the Copenhagen Accord: Q&A

December 15, 2010 by nrdc switchboard
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Following from the Cancun climate negotiation session you might be asking: “how is this agreement different than the one agreed in Copenhagen just one year before”.  Besides the quick answer—length of pages—there are some important differences in terms of substance and process.  Each of these gives the Cancun agreements more... [read more]

Climate Agreement in Cancun: Important Progress, but Difficult Questions Remain Unanswered

December 14, 2010 by Andrew Holland
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In the early hours of Saturday morning in the Mexican tropical resort of Cancun, international climate negotiators from the 193 countries and observer states came to agreement on what will now be know as the 'Cancun Agreements'.  After the very public perceived failure of the Copenhagen summit last year in... [read more]

Cancun climate finance agreement likely focused on organizing a fund, not raising the money

December 10, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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Negotiations are approaching their final stage here in Cancun, and the scope of an agreement on financing for climate change mitigation and adaptation is becoming clearer.  As expected, negotiators appear to be limiting the finance agreement to the structure of a climate fund, pushing decisions on actually raising money to next year... [read more]

Key Stories Playing Out at COP 16

December 7, 2010 by Nathanael Baker
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Climate change is a topic that has steamrolled into mass consciousness, and the discourse gains more intensity daily.  There are multiple interests, parties, and positions all claiming legitimacy within the discussion.  COP 16, the international climate change conference held in Cancun, Mexico, is the United Nations' latest... [read more]

$100 billion in 1000 words

November 24, 2010 by Gernot Wagner
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The Copenhagen Accord enshrined $100 billion as the target for north-south climate finance flows by 2020. Earlier this month, the U.N. high-level Advisory Group on climate change Financing (AGF) issued its final report on how to get there. My colleague Miriam Chaum and I tried to summarize the 80-page report in 1000 words: The main... [read more]

What we need vs. what we’ve got

November 13, 2010 by Lou Grinzo
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Richard Johnson, National Post

From the Peter Foster column, The Copenhagen emissions gap, in the Financial Post comes the following graph, which compares what the Copenhagen Accord says we need to do regarding emissions to avoid severe climate impacts, and what the IEA says we’re on a path to do:      I feel compelled to point out yet again that the... [read more]

Guest Post by Richard W. Caperton: How to leverage private finance for clean energy investment in developing countries

November 7, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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This memo by CAP’s Richard W. Caperton is a companion to a new Global Climate Network (GCN) report, Investing in Clean Energy.  Aimed at policymakers, financiers and experts, it includes detailed information on five financial instruments proposed by the GCN in our main report.  Collectively, the instruments have the potential... [read more]

Guest Post: Investing in clean energy

November 4, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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A new study by CAP and the Global Climate Network makes the case for public-private investment in the clean energy economy by identifying how much additional funding is needed to meet national energy targets in China, India, South Africa, and Nigeria and which financial instruments are likely to get support from the international... [read more]

Looking towards Cancun

September 10, 2010 by David Hone
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The unusual end-point to the Copenhagen climate conference last December and the rounds of UNFCCC negotiations that have followed in 2010 could lead even the most optimistic observer to the view that the international climate process is struggling. There is a growing consensus that Cancun is now a stepping stone to a potential agreement... [read more]

Key steps on global warming need to be agreed in Mexico later this year

September 10, 2010 by nrdc switchboard
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This December, 194 countries will be in Cancun, Mexico to continue negotiations on international efforts to address climate change.  My colleagues and I are in Mexico City this week for a series of discussions with key government officials, NGOs, businesses, and members of the media so we’ve been reflecting on Cancun. The Cancun... [read more]

Fomer UN Climate Chief: Emissions Targets and Timetables are Irrelevant

September 10, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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In another clear sign of the steadily unraveling pollution paradigm, Yvo De Boer, the former head of the UN climate negotiations, has acknowledged that the long debate over targets and timetables for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions is irrelevant. Asked by Bloomberg about emissions reductions targets in the context of the... [read more]

Major Environment, Development, Business, and Religious Groups Urge Congress to Include International Climate Funding in Budget

June 30, 2010 by nrdc switchboard
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Yesterday, major environment, development, and religious groups sent a letter to the House and Senate urging them to pass a budget which includes strong support for international actions to reduce deforestation emissions, deploy clean energy, and adapt to the impacts of global warming in developing countries.  President Obama... [read more]

People's Agreement released following WPCCC in Cochabamba, Bolivia

April 27, 2010 by Richard Graves
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Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger. If global warming increases by more than 2 degrees Celsius, a situation that the “Copenhagen Accord” could lead to, there is a 50% probability that the damages caused to our Mother Earth will be completely irreversible. Between 20% and 30% of species would be in... [read more]