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The last night draws on

COA Admin December 9, 2011 0 Comments

by Samuli Sinisalo The texts just presented were not accepted by the Group of 77 and China. Later EU also denounced the documents. Canada had called more ambition from China and India. This was done by name, which is not very politically correct - especially from a country like Canada, which has notoriously low ambition. They were just awarded the fossil of the year award from being the biggest...

The Last Night in Durban

COA Admin December 9, 2011 0 Comments

by Samuli Sinisalo A lot has happened today, I hope. Everything that is going on takes place behind closed doors, so we have no way of accurately reporting it the play by play. The ministerial Inbada started just few minutes ago, and that will hopefully bring some clarity to the situation. So far there are two draft texts presented by the COP presidency, to conclude the work in Durban. Text from...

Ministers begin their work

COA Admin December 8, 2011 0 Comments

by Samuli Sinisalo The ministerial Indaba-consultations about the Durban outcome begin tonight. In front of them, the ministers have five options for the possible outcome. No decision is not amongst them at this level. The first option is to implement a new legal instrument under article 17 of the convention. This would mean that the contents of the new instrument can be anything - made up in...

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.

Options for the Outcome

COA Admin December 8, 2011 0 Comments

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....