December 1, 2011

Russia Presented a Possible Deal Braker

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by Samuli Sinisalo On wednesday, the COP plenary discussed Russias proposal to amend the UN Framework Convention on Climate change. In the convention countries are divided into different cathegories - and have different responsibilities - according to their development status. These annexes are Annex 1, which includes all the developed countries. have legally binding emission reduction targets in...

The Initial African Presence

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by Julian Velez At the Conference of the Youth (COY7) the presence of the African youth was very noticeable, in fact they set the mood for the following three days. The “We Have Faith Youth Climate Justice Caravan” that had over a hundred and seventy youth brought a very strong sense of unity, inspiration and joyfulness to the conference. Their uplifted energy and strong commitment for taking...

Climate-Stupid Agriculture @ the UNFCCC

tzundel December 1, 2011 1 Comment

by Trudi Zundel With food security threatened throughout the developing world, the global community has been paying a lot more attention to the effect of climate change on agriculture. More volatile weather patterns makes planning crop rotations difficult; higher concentration of rain patterns, whether dry or wet spells, means that fields either dry out or wash away--and farmers have little...

Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Rights – Not as Scary as it Sounds

Anjali Appadurai December 1, 2011 0 Comments

by Anjali Appadurai The climate regime is huge, transboundary, multidimensional. The UNFCCC, being the only body facilitating multilateral negotiations on climate change, is made up of a maze of different issues and tracks. The fundamental premise of the climate debate is that developed and developing countries are responsible to different extents for the current level of global emissions, but...