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The way here and the way forward: negotiating a new climate agreement

Nathan Thanki March 14, 2014 23 Comments

by nathan thanki At the end of an unseasonably warm week in Bonn, the sun set on yet another round of UNFCCC (climate change) negotiations. The session, quieter than the end of year COP (Conference of the Parties) jamboree, has only dealt with one negotiating track—the "ADP." The ADP, or Ad-hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (there's a reason we use acronyms), is a...

Designing for Activism

Nathan Thanki December 22, 2013 2 Comments

by nathan thanki There are a surprising many similarities between designing on a computer and designing “in reality,” with bodies instead of pixels. Designing a poster requires many of the same skills as designing a creative direct action. Both are attempting to convey a message, often a demand or a request, through largely visual rhetoric which, like spoken language, has been developed...

Days 10-11 Policy Updates: The Storm Before the Storm

Nathan Thanki November 22, 2013 0 Comments

By Nathan Thanki with input from Katie O'Brien, Anjali Appadurai, and others. Photos by Rachel Wells In short, the negotiations are falling apart. We say that with utmost respect for the work being done by our negotiator allies and friends among civil society observers. It is not their fault. Nor is it the fault of the UNFCCC per se, though its Secretariat must shoulder some blame. The...

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+...

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...