Tag: finance

COP11 Policy Round Up no. 1

mcalderon October 12, 2012 0 Comments
Policy updates from day four of the Conference by Mariana Calderon This morning, now the fifth day of the conference, I realized that there is no way I can follow everything I am interested in, nor everything that I see as most crucial to follow. Took me a while...However, with the help of the marvelous Earth Negotiation Bulletins, and by attending the CBD Alliance briefings and GYBN daily...

Day 2 of Working Group 2: Financing Biodiversity

mcalderon October 10, 2012 0 Comments
How to finance biodiversity, or, how parties will talk about it for a very long time by Mariana Calderon Working Group II -- Financial Resources and Mechanism: Day two of COP 11 to the Convention on Biological Diversity--my first day at the conference venue--opened rather earnestly, with scores of delegates still registering, picking up their complementary messenger bags and water bottles, and...

Financing Adaptation: Who Will Pay?

Nathan Thanki July 18, 2012 0 Comments
by Nathan Thanki and Graham Reeder Given that we’re now experiencing another summer of bizarre weather events, including deadly heat waves, wildfires, and storms in the US, and increased chances of another El Nino year, many in the US are finally opening their eyes to what scientists have been telling them for years: climate change is real, but not only that, it is happening now. Climate...

Sustainable Development And The Political Treadmill Of No Will

jvelez July 2, 2012 0 Comments
By Julian Velez Rio+20 was supposed to renew political commitment to Sustainable Development (SD) and poverty eradication by integrating the social, economic and environmental “pillars,” or dimensions. It was a conference that was supposed to build on previous agreements to bring the Sustainable Development agenda to the next step. But the spotlight of the conference was taken by the...

The After Taste Of Non-Wins

jvelez June 26, 2012 0 Comments
By  Julian Velez  Civil Society, represented by Major Groups (MGs) within the conference, could not come to an agreement --  in informal consultations there where two attempts to create a united MG statement that fell apart because the perspectives of what was needed and the level of ambition that was required were very varied. The organization of the conference here at Rio...