Category: COP19

Capturing Climate Justice: Mary Robinson Foundation

Nathan Thanki November 20, 2013 1 Comment
Recently Earth in Brackets prevented a proposal to have YOUNGO (the youth constituency within the UNFCCC) sign on to a letter from the Mary Robinson Climate Justice Foundation. We had concerns about YOUNGO signing on as a constituency to this letter and did not wish to associate with this letter as a group. YOUNGO endorsement would obviously have implied that. Our concerns were on several levels:...

Day 9 Policy Updates: let’s talk about text, baby

Lara Shirley November 19, 2013 0 Comments
by Lara Shirley We are entering the point in the COP where negotiation spaces are mostly closed to us, and draft decision text is being generated from the various areas of work. To see the documents published so far, go here. Things to look out for: there are some areas that haven't been concluded yet and are still undergoing negotiations. These are - ADP, finance, loss and damage, REDD+...

High Level Round Table Discussion on Markets

Adrian November 19, 2013 0 Comments
by J. Taggart Wass and Adrian Fernandez Jauregui Today, there was a High-level round table aimed to address carbon markets under the UNFCCC titled “market approaches for enhanced climate action”. The event was advertised as a an opportunity for discussion about issues relating to how and where markets are being addressed under the convention and to the advance the conversation on the role of...

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...