climate justice

Durban opened a new window: where do the emerging economies stand?

Angeline Annesteus November 28, 2012 0 Comments

by Angeline Annesteus The climate talks in Doha are expected to be an important step in the history of the United Nations climate negotiations. The Ad Hoc Working Group under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and the Ad Hoc Working for Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) are mandated to culminate their work, and the second formal session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for...

What to do When Hope is Slim: A Sentimental Affirmation of the Equity Bottom Line

Anjali Appadurai November 28, 2012 4 Comments

by Anjali Appadurai What do you do when you finally realize the true, terrible scope of an issue you have been optimistic about for years? It's the difference between reading the word "genocide" and finally comprehending it. It's that moment when your stomach drops with a dull thud as the truth hits you and swallows you whole. Climate change is no...

The kids are not alright: Frustration grows as the UNFCCC fails to actually address climate change

greeder November 28, 2012 0 Comments

by Graham Reeder In 1992, the world’s governments came together in Rio and agreed to a framework convention with the straightforward objective of achieving “the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” This was to be achieved “within a time frame sufficient...

In Response to: Doha Climate Talks: First Farce, then Tragedy

Katie O'Brien November 27, 2012 0 Comments

This post is in response to an article on the Youth Climate Movement Blog "It's Getting Hot in Here." You can find the original post here. Martha, I am here in Doha with Earth in Brackets a student group from College of the Atlantic who studies international environmental politics and diplomacy. I agree that the bureaucratic system and economic influences of COPs can be disheartening and seem...

How did we get to Doha

Nathan Thanki November 23, 2012 2 Comments

A brief(ish) history of the UNFCCC and a peek into the future by nathan thanki People ask us “what’s going to come out of Doha” as if these negotiations were disconnected from prior negotiations on climate change. A clue is in the name: it is the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP18). In order to know what to expect in Doha, we must therefore see it in context; this requires...