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Leaders Event and Japanese position toward the COP 21

Makiko Yoshida December 1, 2015 0 Comments
Leaders Event and Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Government of Japan on the Japanese position toward the COP 21 from the first day of Climate Negotiation by Makiko Yoshida November 30, 2015 marked the opening of the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Le Bourget in Paris, France. This meeting also serves as the eleventh meeting of the...

#KeepUsInTheRoom

Sergio Cahueque December 1, 2015 1 Comment
By Sergio Cahueque Day one of the Climate negotiations. As the eyes of the world and the media were paying close attention to what the Heads of State had to say in their interventions at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), small break up groups (spin-off groups) were working on the draft text for the new climate agreement, also know as ADP, in close door...

Opening Plenary for the Paris Agreement – False Promises on Transparency and Ambition

Sergio Cahueque November 30, 2015 0 Comments
by Sergio Cahueque and Sara Velander The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) opening session took place on Sunday, November 29th at 5 PM, starting with a minute of silence to honor all the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris two weeks ago. The purpose of the ADP in the next week is to consolidate a document that the parties can adopt, as a protocol or...

The Manila-Paris Declaration: Not Ambitious Enough

Morgan Heckerd November 29, 2015 0 Comments
p By Morgan Heckerd   The Declaration of the Climate Vulnerable Forum to be signed on Monday (tomorrow November 30, 2015) has directed our attention to the long-term goal section of the ADP text. This declaration includes ideas such as historic responsibility, common but differentiated responsibilities, and respective capabilities. I’d really like to put a strong emphasis on the importance...

What was it like being an observer for one day at the UN?

Angela Valenzuela October 28, 2015 0 Comments
by Angela Valenzuela.   What was it like being an observer for a day in the last preparatory meeting for Paris COP21? Here there is a poem that I wrote after the last ADP session (Ad-hoc working group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action): The conviction for life and the breeze of change brought me to Bonn, to observe how love is lost, in the fast steps of this reunion. Diplomacy is...