durban platform

The Red Lines of Justice, Equity and Ambition – Press Briefing

Katie O'Brien December 7, 2012 0 Comments

On Thursday December 6th, Angeline Annesteus, Trudi Zundel, Nathan Thanki and Katie O'Brien spoke about the state of the negotiations and what needs to be done in a press briefing. Anjali Appadurai monitored the briefing. Trouble viewing? Watch here. Angeline Annesteus We...

Big Picture Overview: State of Play

Anjali Appadurai December 3, 2012 0 Comments

By Anjali Appadurai and Nathan Thanki This is our analysis -- informed by various actual experts -- of what is currently happening in these negotiations from a birds-eye view. Look at it as a stock-taking of sorts. (Please comment if we use too much jargon.) Overview We are headed towards a 6-degree warming world. We all know the impacts of this. What needs to happen is very serious emissions...

What’s that word again…?

aodell November 29, 2012 0 Comments

by Anna Odell The following statement was delivered during an press conference on Wednesday, November 28th. The word equity is mentioned a lot within the UNFCCC, and today I would like to expand upon what equity actually looks like and what negotiations must deliver for there to be an equitable outcome in Doha. Equity is the only road to ambition, and the climate legacy that must be...

What do countries think about the Durban Platform for enhanced action?

Nathan Thanki November 23, 2012 0 Comments

by nathan thanki Welcome to the first COP of the rest of your lives. Though Copenhagen will forever remain the most widely observed, undermined, devastated, ruinous UNFCCC meeting, it wasn’t until Durban that the sea change became official. US lead negotiator Todd Stern’s famous “if equity is in, we’re out” sneer epitomised the new paradigm that is being cemented in...

Disagreements and distrust over chairmanship of the Durban Platform

greeder May 19, 2012 0 Comments

~by Graham Reeder Last night was an exciting night in the Bonn plenary hall, it was a chance to see the real UN circus at play. There will be two co-chairs for the new Durban Platform on Enhanced Action (ADP), one from a developing country and one from a developed country. The WEOG (Western Europe and Others: all of western Europe, Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and Turkey)...