Climate politics
Most vulnerable nations urged not to sign weak climate deal
COP18: NGO community rallies round poorest countries urging them not to sign up to a watered down deal at the UN climate talks in Doha.
Why EU must embrace 30% climate target
COP18: European Green Party tells RTCC bloc must boost its domestic climate action if it wants to regain influence at UN climate change talks
Tension mounts as UN climate talks enter final day in Doha
COP18: Tense day looms as critical issues of finance, emission pledges and compensation for climate damage remain unresolved
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 11 of Doha climate summit
Kyoto draft text released but key issues unresolved, Russia could join second commitment period “after Doha” and Dominican Republic makes emission pledge.
Doha protests as doubts grow over Qatari leadership at UN climate talks
COP18: Concerns over Qatar’s Presidency of the UN climate talks are growing after another frustrating day for negotiators in Doha.
Climate talks “sleepwalking towards disaster” – NGO coalition
COP18: ActionAid, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Oxfam and WWF unite with vulnerable nations to call on deeper emission cuts and more climate finance.
World Bank: Arab nations must face climate change realities
COP18: New report finds the Arab region especially vulnerable to climate change, with five countries setting new temperature records in 2010.
Philippines warn Typhoon Bopha heralds new age of climate disasters
COP18: Lead negotiator Naderev Saño tells delegates latest typhoon is stark warning that countries are hurting from effects of climate change
Venezuela: Climate finance is a form of blackmail
COP18: Socialist state’s lead negotiator Claudia Salerno says support for vulnerable countries should be unconditional.
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 10 of Doha climate summit
Negotiators stretched as they prepare to hand work over to Ministers at the UN climate change talks in Qatar.
Will climate finance pledges break Doha deadlock?
COP18: Financial pledges have gone some way to reconciling differences at the UN climate change talks but no movement on emission reduction pledges.
Doha: The city where water costs more than petrol
COP18: RTCC’s Daniel Schweimler heads into Doha and discovers the country has a long way to go before it can call itself truly ‘green’
Korolec: Poland not budging on Kyoto Protocol ‘hot air’ in Doha
COP18: Poland’s Environment Minister Marcin Korolec tells RTCC he will not back down over hot air issue, and calls on parties to focus on 2015 deal
Todd Stern: Shale gas boosting US climate action
COP18: Lead negotiator in Doha rejects suggestions USA climate action is inadequate, citing recent drop in emissions as a result of switch from coal to gas
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 9 of Doha climate summit
Qatar forms partnership with Potsdam Institute and forms Global Climate Forum, negotiators race to close technical discussions
Ban Ki-moon weighs into finance debate at Doha climate talks
COP18: UN Secretary-General labels Green Climate Fund “an empty shell” and demands governments build trust with financial commitments.
Hedegaard: Time to ask what USA and China are offering in Doha
COP 18: EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says Union is doing its bit to cut emissions but calls for more help from major polluters
Brazil: Absence of acceptable Kyoto deal threatens UN climate process
Brazil’s Ambassador at the talks has said that the talks will end in a fruitless stalemate if there is no agreement on the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.
Doha: Russia backsliding on 25% emissions reduction goal
COP18: New draft document hints Russia is retreating from 25% target announced by Prime Minister Medvedev at Rio+20
“Hollow” Kyoto bad omen for Durban deal, says African advisor
Failure of Kyoto to elicit ambitious cuts from developed countries is a bad sign for universal deal’s prospects.