November 29, 2011

worried about the next COP already…

Nathan Thanki November 29, 2011 0 Comments

-Nathan Thanki It was just announced in the AWG-LCA (Ad-hoc working group for long-term cooperative action) that COP18 is going to be in...wait for it...Qatar! What are the chances of the Emir, Hamad Bin Khalifa al Than, allowing for any loud and large civil society presence? What are the chances that a Qatari COP-Presidency keeps the process open to all? What hopes could we have (and, of course,...

Post-2012 Climate Regime: How Much Worse Can it Get?

tzundel November 29, 2011 0 Comments

by Trudi Zundel The first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will end in 2012. In anticipation of that ending, Parties have been discussing what form the new UNFCCC commitments will take. The first item on the table: will there be a second commitment of the Kyoto Protocol? Developed and developing countries have fundamentally different hopes for a Durban outcome. Developed countries are...

Canada’s Idea of a Christmas Present: Backing Out of the Kyoto Protocol

greeder November 29, 2011 0 Comments

~Graham Reeder Recent information from CTV (a Canadian news agency) is showing that Canada is planning to formally back out of the Kyoto Protocol. Canada, along with Japan and Russia have been saying for a year that they do not want to make any new commitments to the Kyoto Protocol (KP) after this year, but backing out altogether places Canada in the same position as the US. This is part of a...