December 8, 2011

Global hegemons push through a well-disguised Trojan Horse

COA Admin December 8, 2011 0 Comments

Ignoring all evidence that an agriculture work programme under SBSTA is a bad idea, I'd automatically be wary of anything that the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia are pushing this hard, especially if it's 'for the sake of' developing countries. Cartoon designed by a friend of Teresa Anderson, a woman we're working with here in Durban.

U.S. Youth Ejected from Climate Talks While Calling Out Congress’s Failure

Crossposts December 8, 2011 0 Comments

cross-posted from SustainUS <http://sustainus.org/component/content/article/115-news-general/628-us-youth-ejected-from-climate-talks> Durban, South Africa – After nearly two weeks of stalled progress by the United States at the international climate talks, U.S. youth spoke out for a real, science-based climate treaty. Abigail Borah, a New Jersey resident, interrupted the start of lead...

Options for the Outcome

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by Samuli Sinisalo The last 48 hours of Durban are at hand. Decisions are going to be made, one way or another. On the future mandate, the LCA working group on legal options for the outcome, came up with a conference room paper yesterday. That paper specified four options for the LCA outcome from Durban. And as we well know, most Kyoto proposals are conditional on what comes out from the LCA....

African Anger at European Calls for A ‘New Mandate’

Youth Civil Society December 8, 2011 0 Comments

If you wish to add your organization's name please send an email to: greeder@coa.edu ASAP Civil society groups attack ‘Durban Mandate’ proposal as a ‘great escape’ DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Today – Civil society leaders from across Africa, with support from global movements, launched a letter to climate negotiators that warns that focusing on launching a new mandate at the Durban talks...

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...