Intersessionals

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...

AWG-KP intervention text

greeder May 15, 2012 0 Comments

~Opening intervention of the Ad-hoc Working Group on the Kyoto Protocol, written by YOUNGO and delivered by Camilla Born from the UKYCC. AWG-KP intervention: Thank you chair. My name is Camilla and I am 23 years old. For us, the outcome of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations in Durban was extremely disappointing. All Annex I parties should have led by example and taken on ambitious, legally binding...

SBI opening plenary intervention

greeder May 14, 2012 0 Comments

~Written by YOUNGO and delivered today by Graham Reeder at the opening plenary of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation. SBI intervention: Thank you chair. My name is Graham and I am 21 years old. We would like to take this opportunity to address three pertinent issues on the SBI agenda. First, with regards to Article 6, we believe that education for sustainable development...

Bonn Intersessionals Kick off

greeder May 14, 2012 0 Comments

~by Joe Perullo and Graham Reeder The sun is shining in the old capital of western Germany as the 36th session of the Subsidiary Bodies (Implementation and Scientific and Technical Advise) kick off on day 1 of the Bonn intersessionals. Intersessionals are smaller meetings than COPs, they are charged with getting the work done that the annual COPs agree to and preparing for the following year's...

Prostituting our natural forests to the higher bidder

COA Admin October 8, 2009 0 Comments

by Juan Carlos Soriano Over the weekend, the Secretariat circulated Non-paper No. 11 with consolidated text for the negotiations to establish a mechanism to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries (REDD). I felt that the REED discussions were sort of moving forward, the text was shorter but the number of contentious issues remained the same. The...