Parties decided in Cancun to discuss the establishment of procedures for considering appeals from stakeholders directly involved“ with #CDM activities. In #Bonn, parties moved forward with this agenda item. For South Asian civil society, especially in India, the country with the second largest number of CDM projects, this could be useful. Local communities are often […]

In order to give the United States flexibility in meeting its emission reductions targets, the #CleanDevelopmentMechanism (CDM) was created in #Kyoto . Under the CDM, developed countries support a project in a developing country that reduces emissions for the developed country. Since the U.S. is (and was in Kyoto, as well) the world’s largest historical […]

Reporting from UNFCCC – SB 34, June 2011 on Shared Vision and Review Parties met in mostly closed LCA informal meetings to discuss amongst others the #SharedVision and the Review. Observers, however, get the same impression from both informal groups: Parties are discussing what to discuss, while observers try to remind them about the urgency […]

#Cancun set an excellent example how the outstanding leadership of a host country could effectively shape the discourse. With the Cancun Agreement as an output on the table, many issues need further discussion and more political willingness. As a follow-up for next year, discussion started from Bangkok on last April. Agenda became main agenda for […]

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is one of the two official bodies on climate change, has stated in their latest Assessment Report #IPCCAR5 that warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. Ranga Pallawala, a member of the […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama agree on a partnership to combat climate change, particularly reducing the use refrigerants like #HydroFluoroCarbons (HFCs). The United States has taken the lead to forge a consensus to allow for discussions on phasing out the use of HFCs under the #MontrealProtocol the UN-sponsored agreement […]

[Delhi – India] – June 19, 2013 – #ClimateChange will overturn hard won gains in reducing poverty in #SouthAsia as changing weather patterns make accessing water and food resources even more difficult, according to a new report released by the #WorldBank today. Extreme weather such as heat waves, devastating floods and droughts, and more intense […]

The First Place #FossilOfTheDay is awarded to Poland. Back home in Poland, Environment Minister Korolec, revealed the country’s position on the #Doha talks –  claiming the carryover of AAU credits is NOT a priority issue, but that the length of the second commitment period and the obligations contained in the Kyoto Protocol are. We should remind […]

The First Place #FossilOfTheDay is awarded to Turkey. Although Turkey is the world’s fourth largest investor in coal, recording the largest relative increase in annual GHG emissions between 1990–2010 with Ankara declaring 2012 the year of coal, Turkey is asking for more funds in the climate negotiations. This is even though Ankara did not post […]

The First Place #FossilOfTheDay is awarded to USA, Canada, Russia, Japan and New Zealand for running away from a legally binding, multilateral rules based regime.  To the USA seriously, get over your exceptionalism and agree to common accounting rules already.  Canada you are exceptional in ways we cannot communicate diplomatically during a fossil presentation, but it […]