Finance is one of the core questions to be agreed upon during the Copenhagen conference. Many of the post-2012 actions of mitigation, adaptation and new technology will depend on what financial resources are available. In order to successfully adapt to the snowballing effects of climate change and make a transition to a low carbon...
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Where ever you look there are NGOs, politicians, businesspeople and the occasional asian girl dressed as a panda bear. Yes, we have certainly reached the centre of what could only be explained as an environmentalist’s wet dream. One could easily walk around and believe that there is total consensus in the huge problem at...
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Suddenly, the colour orange is everywhere! Youth wearing orange t-shirts with the text ”How old will you be in 2050?” Orange scarves, saying ”survival is not negotiable”. Civil society is wearing them, negotiators are wearing them, even Yvo de Boar, the executive secretary of UNFCCC was wearing an orange scarf with the powerful message...
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During the negotiations yesterday, the divide of presented solutions seemed to be present.
The very ambitious proposal from Japan in cutting global emissions with at least 50 percent by 2050 would also imply signing a new legally-binding protocol.
Controversy also arose as representatives from Tuvalu called for further discussions of the possibility of reaching a new...
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If you are trying to blog from the focal point of Bella Center, all you have to do is sit and wait for inspiration to walk by. Sooner or later, it does. There! Bjørn Lomborg, environmental writer and critical thinker. And over there! Yvo de Boer, head of the UN Climate Convention (UNFCCC) and...
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Kiribati is a small island state and one of the world’s smallest and most vulnerable countries. They are among the ones who are first to experience the negative impacts of climate change. One of my first side events to attend was their presentation of how they feel about climate change and how they are...
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