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June 2010 Blog Posts (45)
At Top of the World, New Evidence of Himalayan Melting
Circle of Blue
In January, when the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledged that it was wrong in predicting that the glaciers of the Himalayas could be gone by 2035, skeptics of… Continue
Added by Keith Schneider on June 30, 2010 at 16:41 — No Comments
At Top of the World, New Evidence of Himalayan Melting
Circle of Blue
In January, when the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledged that it was wrong in predicting that the glaciers of the Himalayas could be gone by 2035, skeptics of… Continue
Added by Keith Schneider on June 30, 2010 at 16:41 — No Comments
Obama Vows To Go Where No Man Has Gone Before: Passing and Signing Climate and Energy Legislation
Given the emotional reserve of a man whose aides once referred to as "no drama Obama," the president is getting pretty fired up about energy. On Wednesday President Obama concluded an all hands cabinet meeting at the White House by publicly declaring again his resolve to develop a "new energy strategy that the American people… Continue
Added by Keith Schneider on June 24, 2010 at 1:00 — No Comments
Green Economy Coalition letter to G20 heads of state urges action on fuel subsidies and climate
It calls upon G20 leaders to:
(1) integrate the value of biodiversity into national accounts, and to encourage the disclosure of environmental and social impact through environmental, social and governance reporting systems.
(2) reform all subsidies which encourage… Continue
Added by Mike Shanahan on June 18, 2010 at 11:11 — No Comments
Climate Change Media Partnership fellowships for 2010
We invite all journalists from the global South with an interest in climate change to apply for a 2010-11 fellowship, which will include two weeks of reporting on the UN negotiations at the COP16 meeting in Cancun, Mexico.
For details about the fellowship, requirements for applying and to begin your online application go to… Continue
Added by Mike Shanahan on June 16, 2010 at 10:00 — No Comments
"High-level" climate meeting hotly debated - TWN Bonn Update No. 22
"High-level" climate meeting hotly debated
Bonn, 14 June (Lim Li Lin) - Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed to not mandate the holding of a Ministerial meeting before the next climate change conference in Mexico.
This issue was finally resolved at the closing plenary of the 32nd session of the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) on 9 June after long debate that started in April.
The…
ContinueAdded by Hilary Chiew on June 15, 2010 at 9:59 — No Comments
Kyoto Protocol talks inch forward, despite some developed countries - TWN Bonn Update No. 21
Kyoto Protocol talks inch forward, despite some developed countries
Bonn, 12 June (Lim Li Lin and Chee Yoke Ling) - Negotiations for the next set of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets beyond 2012 made a little progress after more than four years of feet dragging by developed countries.
The fortnight of talks (1-11 June) saw developing countries pushing to accelerate the process to ensure that developed countries party to the Kyoto Protocol will commit to…
ContinueAdded by Hilary Chiew on June 15, 2010 at 9:47 — No Comments
Developing countries attack Chair's new text at final session - TWN Bonn Update Np. 20
Developing countries attack Chair’s new text at final session
Bonn, 14 June (Meena Raman and Hilary Chiew) – Developing countries expressed deep dismay and sharp criticisms over a new draft text of a global climate deal presented on the final day (11 June) of the Bonn climate talks by the Chair of the working group following up on the Bali Action Plan of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The text represents a major setback for the developing countries…
ContinueAdded by Hilary Chiew on June 15, 2010 at 9:19 — No Comments
Developing countries detail nationally appropriate mitigation actions - TWN Bonn Update No. 19
Climate: Developing countries detail nationallly appropriate mitigation actions
Bonn, 10 June (Hilary Chiew and Chee Yoke Ling) – Developing countries reiterated that nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) of developing countries are voluntary in nature unlike internationally legally binding commitments of developed countries and countries with economies in transition. Accordingly, monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of NAMAs should not further burden…
ContinueAdded by Hilary Chiew on June 15, 2010 at 8:46 — No Comments
AWG-LCA discusses unilateral trade measures and forum on impacts of response measures - TWN Bonn Upadte No. 18
AWG-LCA discusses unilateral trade measures and forum on impacts of response measures
Bonn, 10 June (Meena Raman) – The contact group under the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long-term, Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealt with the issue of the impact of mitigation actions by countries which result in economic and social consequences on 9 June.
Developing countries, led by the G77 and China…
ContinueAdded by Hilary Chiew on June 15, 2010 at 8:15 — No Comments
Massachusetts Study Finds Caution and Optimism in Biomass as Renewable Fuel
After six months of evaluation, a Massachusetts research center said yesterday that the greenhouse gas-reducing benefits of replacing coal and natural gas with wood biomass for electrical generation are lower than previously thought.
But the study by Manomet Center for Conservation Science also found that specific wood biomass technologies, particularly state-of-the art wood biomass plants that generate combined heat and power, produce less than half of the CO2… Continue
Added by Keith Schneider on June 11, 2010 at 21:05 — No Comments
World Bank, get out of climate!
Added by Hilary Chiew on June 11, 2010 at 10:01 — No Comments
Europe's Two-Faced Approach to Kyoto is Condemning the Protocol to Death
Europe is behaving in a dangerously two-faced way when it comes to protecting the world’s climate, Christian Aid warns today as the UN climate talks in Bonn draw to a close.…
ContinueAdded by Rachel Baird on June 10, 2010 at 15:30 — No Comments
Bonn II - A Kyoto Protocol Assessment
Added by Hilary Chiew on June 10, 2010 at 14:15 — No Comments
Bonn II - An Assessment - The world is in BIG trouble
Added by Hilary Chiew on June 10, 2010 at 12:45 — No Comments
How to ensure climate-change finance really is "new and additional"
Academics warn that the industrialized world’s promise of billions of “new and additional” dollars to help developing nations tackle climate change is meaningless without a baseline from which to count new funds.
In a briefing paper published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), they outline two workable options for defining a baseline… Continue
Added by Mike Shanahan on June 10, 2010 at 12:22 — No Comments
A Civil Society Assessment on state of 'foul' play at Bonn
Added by Hilary Chiew on June 10, 2010 at 10:20 — No Comments
Bolivia reveals new data: Shows mitigation gap in Kyoto pledges
Added by Hilary Chiew on June 9, 2010 at 20:40 — No Comments
Contact group discusses funding for forest-related activities - TWN Bonn Update no. 17
Added by Hilary Chiew on June 9, 2010 at 20:26 — No Comments
Divergent views on bodies of the UNFCCC technology mechanism - TWN Bonn Update No. 16
Added by Hilary Chiew on June 9, 2010 at 20:19 — No Comments
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