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Cambiando el Sistema, No el Clima: la PreCOP Social de Julio ha comenzado

Nathan Thanki July 16, 2014 0 Comments
texto original por Nathan Thanki, abajo traduccion en  Espanol por Maria Escalante Saludos a todos desde Isla Margarita, el lugar de la primera preCOP social sobre el cambio climático. En los últimos años, hemos venido publicando en este sitio muchos comunicados, informes, polémicas, y lamentos desde los prefabricados y fríos espacios de las negociaciones sobre cambio climático de la ONU....

Changing the System, Not the Climate: July Social PreCOP begins

Nathan Thanki July 15, 2014 0 Comments
by nathan thanki Greetings from Las Islas Margaritas, the site of the first ever social preCOP on climate change. Over the past few years on this website you may have read many dispatches, reports, polemics, and laments from the prefabricated halls of various UN climate change negotiations. We have watched and written as the process to negotiate a new global climate treaty (or whatever) was...

You Could Have It All – Day 5 and Report of OWG12

khristian July 1, 2014 0 Comments
by khristian méndez // The 12th session of the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals has come to an end. At 5pm on friday, co-chair Kamau wrapped up the informal session of negotiations of the OWG, and opened the formal consultations, to be wrapped up 30 minutes later. During all of Friday, we heard the positions from 20+ member states on the final proposed SDG: Means of...

Heat in the Room – Day 4 OWG12

khristian June 19, 2014 0 Comments
by khristian méndez // Temperature has risen in New York City, both on all of the concrete and glass surfaces of this giant man-made complex, as well as in the negotiation rooms. Everybody can agree that we need to eradicate poverty, have access to food, education and health, but as we descend down the list of goals, the views become more and more heated. Divergence on Biodiversity This morning...

Can we score goals in the right place? – Day 2+3 OWG12

khristian June 18, 2014 0 Comments
by khristian méndez // Inside the Headquarters of the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Goals are being negotiated. Negotiations are taking place not only between governments at the formal and informal negotiations at the ECOSOC Chamber, but also outside of it in bilaterals, between Major Groups and other stakeholders. Chairs are asking to trim down numbers of targets and goals,...