November 30, 2010

Canada on the spotlight on the first day of the Climate Negotiations in Cancun

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by Moisés Flores Baca One of the side events that receives the most attention during Climate Change Conferences (since 1999) is the "Fossil of the Day" awards organized by the Climate Action Network (CAN). The award is given to the worst-performing country of the previous day. Yesterday Canada was the proud receiver of this award, not for its performing in the negotiations themselves since there...

Delays, confusion, misinformation: Cancun Day 1

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by Lindsay Britton “Every hour which we spend in useless transport and in useless bureaucracy is an hour less spent working and an hour less spent on coverage of this very, very important conference. Can you please find a way of speeding things up so we are not caught in traffic jams and we are not caught in places where we cannot get taxis and we are able to work?” -Richard Ingham, French...