Tag: climate change

Statement on behalf of 60% of the world’s population in the Durban Platform

greeder May 22, 2012 1 Comment
More analysis to come....this was delivered by Venezuela Submission on the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Durban Plataform (AWG-DP) Bonn, 22nd of May Thank you for giving me the floor. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honor to make a statement on behalf of Argentina, Algeria, Bahrain, Bolivia, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Egypt,...

Disagreements and distrust over chairmanship of the Durban Platform

greeder May 19, 2012 0 Comments
~by Graham Reeder Last night was an exciting night in the Bonn plenary hall, it was a chance to see the real UN circus at play. There will be two co-chairs for the new Durban Platform on Enhanced Action (ADP), one from a developing country and one from a developed country. The WEOG (Western Europe and Others: all of western Europe, Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and Turkey)...

Adaptation negotiations stall as the rift between Rich and Poor grows

greeder May 18, 2012 0 Comments
~by Graham Reeder Today's adaptation negotiations took a turn for the worse as developed and developing countries started to disagree about implementation issues. The Bonn adaptation meetings have focused on two important pieces of the Cancun Adaptation Framework: the Work Programme on Loss and Damage and the support for the National Adaptation Plans. The Loss and Damage stream is important...

Equity matters

greeder May 17, 2012 0 Comments
~by Graham Reeder Today’s negotiations have almost exclusively been dedicated to the subject of equity. The Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action, after spending most of yesterday squabbling over its agenda, got straight into holding their all-day workshop on equitable access to sustainable development. The word equity in the context of the negotiations decisions has its...

SBI opening plenary intervention

greeder May 14, 2012 0 Comments
~Written by YOUNGO and delivered today by Graham Reeder at the opening plenary of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation. SBI intervention: Thank you chair.  My name is Graham and I am 21 years old. We would like to take this opportunity to address three pertinent issues on the SBI agenda. First, with regards to Article 6, we believe that education for sustainable development...