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BASIC makes Room for an Elephant

Joe Perullo December 9, 2011 0 Comments

by Joe Perullo BASIC (the group of Brazil, South African, India, and China) gave a rather uncomfortable press conference the other day. China, the leader of the group, started the talk on the defensive, denying the major "rumor" floating around that BASIC is splitting up. The other countries complied and also denied the allegations. An elephant walked into the room. The EU and the US have...

CDM Consultations are Running out of Time!

Joe Perullo December 8, 2011 1 Comment

by Joe Perullo Over the past two weeks, the informal consultations on issues relating to the clean development mechanism (CDM) have been bickering over the same few things. Least developed countries (LDCs) want more programs available to them, as do countries most vulnerable to climate change and small island developing states (SIDS)—arguments parallel with those in the negotiations on the...

Who Are These Guys Anyway?

Joe Perullo December 6, 2011 0 Comments

by Joe Perullo I decided to do some investigating on who exactly the country delegates were. Who hires them? Who are they really representing? What do they do outside of the UNFCCC? When we say the US is stalling progress and shoving responsibility onto developing countries, who exactly do we mean? A lot of fingers are pointed at the delegates, but they're just people, right? The US was my...

No One Can Play Poker Like The US

Joe Perullo December 3, 2011 0 Comments

by Joe Perullo There was a special Open-ended informal consultation on Wednesday organized by the president of the COP to discuss the possible Durban outcome. There's no definition on what the outcome is right now, but it will for sure address the concerns arising from the potential elimination of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. The US was second or third on the initial...

Climate From Space!

Joe Perullo December 2, 2011 1 Comment

by Joe Perullo I decided to spend this morning perusing around the display counters. They are mostly NGOs, national environment departments, and institutions who have something to say about what their doing in the fight for a more livable world. I wanted to lean about the cool things some people are doing before I would be swamped trying to follow the political insanity bound to come in the...