Beyond the Negotiations

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...

“Money doesn’t talk, it swears”

Nathan Thanki November 26, 2011 0 Comments

On the promise of the Green Climate Fund by Nathan Thanki Under the UNFCCC, expectations that the international community has regarding climate finance are clear. Article 4, paragraph 3 states that developed countries “shall provide new and additional financial resources to meet the agreed full costs incurred by developing country Parties in complying with their obligations,” and that there...

Terms of engagement: the trench war over bio-resources

Nathan Thanki June 23, 2011 0 Comments

~by Nathan Thanki Although not classically what many would immediately think of as being a priority for a Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which one might imagine is solely concerned with conservation of cuddly polar bear cubs and lush rainforests, access and benefit sharing (ABS) for genetic resources and their derivatives have their own Nagoya Protocol (NP). So it is worth saying a...

Earth in Brackets 3.0 – Here at last?

Matt April 3, 2011 0 Comments

Earth in Brackets is undergoing a major design overhaul! (as you can tell). The good news is that it's almost finished. The even better news is that Earth in Brackets is undergoing a massive content expansion as well. Check out some ancient blog posts from past COA delegations via the "Categories" sidebar menu or the "Archives" menu. Even more posts will be added soon going all the way back to...