Day: December 9, 2010

The [im]possible outcome of Cancun

COA Admin December 9, 2010 0 Comments
-by Juan C. Soriano At the beginning of the conference I wrote about countries coming to Cancun with low expectations but hoping to agree to a balanced outcome – in other words a balanced package of decisions involving mitigation, finance, accountability (Measurable, Reportable, and Verifiable or MRVs in UN lingo), and the legal form of the outcome. The negotiations are in their final stages...

Wikileaks, the Climate Cables

greeder December 9, 2010 1 Comment
-by Graham One of the things I’ve been working on over these past few weeks is sifting through the cables in Wikileaks, searching for information about how different countries were dealing with the post-Copenhagen situation. I’ve been passing this information on to Doreen so that her colleagues can work on bringing these to a larger audience. Along the way I’ve found some pretty...

Update: Evo Morales to speak at Via Campesina

mcalderon December 9, 2010 0 Comments
-Mariana "Si nosotros mandamos a la basura el Protocol de Kyoto, seriamos responsables de econocidio, ecocidio, y genocidio" "If we toss the Kyoto Protocol in the garbage, we would responsible for econo-cide, ecocide, and genocide" -President Juan Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia Just a few minutes ago, a large part of the CoA delegation gathered at Cancun Messe around a live video feed to watch...

The Mexico City Pact is Officially Presented at COP16

COA Admin December 9, 2010 0 Comments
-by Moisés Flores Baca On November 21 of this year the the World Mayors Summit on Climate took place in Mexico City, there, mayors from 142 cities around the world signed the "Mexico City Pact", by which the signatories commit themselves to take meaningful action to reduce the emissions produced by their cities. Yesterday such pact, which contains the point of view on climate change and climate...