November 18, 2013

Exec. Secretary of UNFCCC speaks at World Coal Association International Coal & Climate Summit

Adrian November 18, 2013 0 Comments

Speech of Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at the World Coal Association International Coal & Climate Summit Warsaw, 18 November 2013 Your Excellency, Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Member of the European Parliament, Distinguished Chair of the World Coal Association, Ladies and Gentlemen, I appreciate the...

Coal is Killing the Climate and the Warsaw Talks

Adrian November 18, 2013 0 Comments

This press release is The People's Communique on Coal from Reclaim PowerWarsaw. Poland - Monday 18th, November - As Australia continued to come under fire for obstructing international climate talks, civil society groups from across the world introduced a 'People's Communique on Coal' into the UN climate summit that concludes this Friday. The climate talks have been overshadowed by the...

Day 8 Policy Updates: Coal-land

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By Anna Odell and Bohdan Zymka SBSTA closed early Sunday morning (late Saturday night) and SBI closed this morning before the stock-taking plenary. Overall, the G77 remains unified in the face of growing political pressure, particularly on the issues of loss and damage and finance. The G77 has stated that they won’t discuss post 2020 finance until pre 2020 finance has been addressed, and LDCs...