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How the seeds of a green Republican mutiny can trigger US climate action
The US is awash with positive climate action, harnessing that power to build bi-partisan support for climate action is the path to a shift in the country’s wait and see approach at the UN climate talks.
Australia announces Kyoto II commitment, New Zealand opts out of second phase
As Australia says it will sign up to a second commitment period of Kyoto, just weeks before the UN COP18 meeting in Doha, neighbouring New Zealand reveals it will not join a second phase of the scheme.
Obama can drive climate action at Doha talks: Figueres
Newly re-elected President Obama can seize momentum at international talks, says UN climate chief.
Australia rumoured to announce Kyoto II commitment tomorrow
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Has Poland given up on climate mitigation?
Polish Environment Minister Marcin Korolec is talking down the value of emission reductions while the country is also at the heart of a split heading into the Doha climate change talks.
Sri Lanka’s electric rickshaws spearhead latest UN climate campaign
UNFCCC’s latest Momentum for Change campaign highlights initiatives in Sri Lanka, China, Uganda, Peru & Kenya ahead of COP18 summit
Next UN climate science report will “scare the wits out of everyone”
Former UN climate change chief Yvo de Boer says findings in the IPCC assessment due in 2013 will drive a new sense of urgency among politicians.
Huhne calls for greater political backing of climate action
Former UK Secretary of State for energy and climate change Chris Huhne says support for green agenda must come from top
European Parliament committee backs 30% emission cuts by 2020
Committee votes in favour of dumping existing emissions credits ahead of COP18 in Doha
CDM’s ‘nightmare’ bureaucracy slammed by inventors of Wonderbag stove
Founder of Natural Balance company tells RTCC she registered with Clean Development Mechanism in 2008 but has been unable to sell any carbon credits through the scheme
UN climate talks will fail without acknowledgment of rich/poor divide, says Indian diplomat
Without acknowledging the varying ability of nations to respond to the threats of climate change, negotiations cannot end successfully, according to Nitin Desai.
Comment: Is it time the UN climate change talks abandoned consensus?
Searching for agreements between 195 Parties is slow and can limit the ambition of the outcomes. Is there is scope for a “better” consensus and could voting ever work?
Pressure grows on Australia to sign Kyoto Protocol II
Julia Gillard’s cabinet will meet next week for the last time before COP18 in Doha – but will they discuss joining KP2?
Fight club: Who wins when climate change takes on biodiversity?
Biodiversity and climate change are described as two sides of the same coin, so why does climate change appear to receive so much more attention worldwide?
Climate change finance pledges should be seen as investment – GEF
VIDEO: Climate change and biodiversity financial initiatives should be re-framed as investments rather than costs, reflecting the services the environment provides.
In tweets: Ministers meet for last time before Doha climate change talks
No news is good news as a group of 48 Ministers meet in Seoul to discuss next month’s UNFCCC talks in Doha
UN climate talks a miserable experience says negotiator
Seychelles’ climate change ambassador Ronny Jumeau says he does not expect to leave the impending UN climate change talks in Doha with a smile on his face.
Ministers meet in South Korea to set agenda for Qatar climate change talks
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Green Climate Fund prepares to name host city but meeting dogged by civil society shut-out
Second meeting of the Fund’s board will vote on Saturday but ‘dangerous precedent’ being set as NGO access and input is severely limited.
Comment: Think you know Russia’s position on climate change? Think again
Reports of the death of Kyoto in Russia are wide of the mark and an unconventional climate hero could have emerged, writes Olga Dobrovidova.