Beyond the Negotiations

Adaptation negotiations stall as the rift between Rich and Poor grows

greeder May 18, 2012 0 Comments

~by Graham Reeder Today's adaptation negotiations took a turn for the worse as developed and developing countries started to disagree about implementation issues. The Bonn adaptation meetings have focused on two important pieces of the Cancun Adaptation Framework: the Work Programme on Loss and Damage and the support for the National Adaptation Plans. The Loss and Damage stream is important...

Opening intervention to the AWG LCA

greeder May 17, 2012 0 Comments

~Written by YOUNGO and meant to be delivered by Olivia Andersson from Sweden Thank you chair. My name is Olivia and I am 20 years old. We make this intervention during a small window of opportunity. Critical decisions on ambitious climate action need to be agreed upon for LCA's mandate to arrive at a successful and forward-looking conclusion in Doha. We trust that all parties will negotiate in...

First ever YOUNGO ADP intervention

greeder May 17, 2012 0 Comments

~Written by YOUNGO and delivered by Joe Perullo Thank you Madam President. My name is Joe and I am 20 years old. We the youth will bear the consequences of your decisions in the long term. With the final year of the LCA, the ADP has tremendous responsibility as a final opportunity to create a just and ambitious legal regime to stave off dangerous levels of climate change. We must recognize the...

Equity matters

greeder May 17, 2012 0 Comments

~by Graham Reeder Today’s negotiations have almost exclusively been dedicated to the subject of equity. The Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action, after spending most of yesterday squabbling over its agenda, got straight into holding their all-day workshop on equitable access to sustainable development. The word equity in the context of the negotiations decisions has its...

Finance Inadequate!

Joe Perullo May 16, 2012 0 Comments

~by Joe Perullo The word Philippine negotiator Bernarditas de Castro-Muller wouldn't let go unnoticed in yesterday's small negotiating group meeting on finance was "inadequate." The contact group met to discuss possible guidelines on the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and how to manage it's two sub-funds: the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). The...