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UN seeks to build ‘Momentum for Change’ with new contest
How is your community, city or region taking climate action? Are you living with leaders or laggards? If it is the former, you might just know the perfect candidates for a new contest from the UN...
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Neva Frecheville: Beyond 2015 – what’s the future for development and the...
Courtesy: Neva Frecheville, WWF UK I’m still reflecting on what came out of the recent ‘Beyond 2015′ conference. It’s time for us to be brave and start looking beyond aid, looking beyond...
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Gearing up for Rio+20: Youth activism in full swing
Courtesy: Sébastien Duyck, 2012 Written by Sébastien Duyck, Adopt a Negotiator Rio+20 Fellow and board member of Rio+Twenties The official kick-off of the final round of Rio+20 negotiations is still...
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Rémi Parmentier: Are these the negotiations before the storm?
Courtesy: Remi Parmentier, 2012 Every morning since I’ve arrived in Rio four days ago I see from my appartment windows the mountains around the city covered by a thick layer of clouds, as if Mother...
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German chancellor Merkel warns ‘time is of the essence’ for climate
Creative Commons: World Economic Forum, 2011 Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Monday that global warming will accelerate at a dramatic rate unless leaders reach a deal on limiting greenhouse gas...
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Fresh Air Brief news round-up for July 16th
The news clips below are except from our weekly blogger intelligence briefing, the Fresh Air Brief. Check out the full weekly brief here US responds to extreme summer weather with largest natural...
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Greenpeace, Oxfam urge south east Asian nations to unite for climate action
ASEAN member states must set aside political differences and stand united in pursuing climate change solutions to ensure that the region is able to cope with the looming environmental and humanitarian...
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Young Canadians challenge Peter Kent to climate issue debate
Creative Commons: Adopt a Negotiator, 2011 In response to the release of an internal government document suggesting Canadian youth were ‘not well informed’ about the United Nations climate change...
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Kelly Rigg: Where is the leadership on climate change?
Courtesy: Kelly Rigg Twice in recent months, I’ve heard speakers refer to a decisive moment in American history, a moment which shows our capacity to mobilize quickly in the face of an existential...
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In Bangkok meetings, can UNFCCC move past Bonn’s roadblocks?
Creative Commons: BBC World Service, 2011 Nine months on from what was billed as an ‘historic’ Durban Platform agreement, the UN climate change talks look in danger of sliding backwards again. If...
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Yvo De Boer: Climate change talks need greater clarity
Creative Commons: World Economic Forum, 2011 The former head of the UN Climate talks (UNFCCC) believes confusion over the aim of the negotiations and the meaning of last year’s Durban Platform...
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Meet the six countries vying to host the Green Climate Fund
Creative Commons: Oxfam, 2011 Six countries – Germany, Poland and Switzerland – are in competition, along with Mexico, Namibia and the Republic of Korea, to host the Green Climate Fund. This issue...
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Australia signs up for second phase of Kyoto Protocol
Creative Commons: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2011 Australia’s government says it is “ready to join” a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Climate Minister Greg Combet said Australia...
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New Zealand disappoints by refusing to re-commit to Kyoto Protocol
Creative Commons: Sarah Marchildon, 2011 New Zealand’s government said Friday that it would not sign on for a second stage of the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, a stance that angered environmentalists...
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Pa Ousman Jarju: An open letter to Obama from the world’s poorest countries
Courtesy: IISD Reporting Services, 2012 Dear President Obama, As the lead negotiator for the world’s 48 Least Developed Countries(LDCs) in the United Nations climate change negotiations, I...
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Days before the UN climate talks, Qatari climate leader parties with Big Oil
Creative Commons: Moaksey, 2006 With less than two weeks before the next round of UN climate negotiations in Doha, guess who the president of those crucial climate talks was having a party with? Yes,...
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Partner Spotlight: Jennifer Morgan, World Resources Institute
Courtesy: World Resources Institute, 2012 Our partner interview this week is with World Resources Institute Climate and Energy Program Director Jennifer Morgan. With the next round of UN climate talks...
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And Action! How the climate movement is changing the world this week
Creative Commons: 350.org, 2012 The climate movement raised an incredible amount of momentum already this year, and this week it built even more. Our allies are continuing to face off against the big...
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President Obama under pressure to show commitment on climate change
President Obama speaking at UN Summit on Climate Change- Creative Commons: UN Photo/Marco Castro, 2009 Barack Obama is being pressed for proof of his intent to act on climate change ahead of next...
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Climate reports forecast dire future, even with moderate action
Creative Commons: Kinumi Yoshida, 2011 In the absence of aggressive government policies aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions, a number of leading organizations, including the United Nations, the...
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