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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA — Today — Civil society leaders from across Africa, with support from global movements, launched a letter to climate negotiators that warns that focusing on launching a new mandate at the Durban talks risks backtracking on promises to the poor and the planet.
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Claiming as this post does that the release of more «climategate» emails on the eve of the Durban talks is no different than the IEA report or the SREX stuff coming out over the past few weeks is one of the more specious arguments I've ever heard.
They have pushed the idea of historical responsibility and their interventions were credited as crucial in securing a positive outcome from the Durban talks in 2012.
This is our first time live - blogging since the Durban talks in 2011, mostly because the land - use issues we focus on had advanced so much by the time we got to...
How the Durban talks end will be seen in the next day or two.
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I am proud that the UK has played a leading role in the revival of international climate change talks through the United Nations at Cancun and Durban.
The priority is to build on that as we approach the next talks at Durban later this year.
The article on the Durban climate talks was a useful synopsis of the current state of affairs (17 December 2011,...
These emails have the appearance of having been held back after the theft of data and emails in 2009 to be released at a time designed to cause maximum disruption to the imminent international climate talks [the U.N. conference in Durban, South Africa, next week].
Like many people who read this blog, I've been following the climate change talks in Durban, South Africa and wondering what, if anything, will come out of them.
Add a dollop of 53.8 kilograms of CO2 for the jet jaunt to Durban and you can see that the aviation industry — and the Durban climate talks — have an emissions problem.
When the world talks climate change — as is currently under way in Durban, South Africa — the main issue is carbon dioxide emissions.
Today the founder and leader of the world's largest HIV vaccine network, Corey will deliver a plenary talk on the state of HIV vaccine development at next month's AIDS 2016 conference, the biannual meeting of the International AIDS Society, in Durban, South Africa.
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For more on that summit held in Durban, South Africa, David Greene talks to Arvind Subramanian, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Revealed as the host for World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2018, Breaking Travel News here talks to Lindiwe Rakharebe, chief executive, Durban International Convention Centre, about her plans for hosting the event and how it feels to be honoured with a prestigious trophy.
About the talks in Durban, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri recently said, «Actually, to be honest, nobody over here [at COP 17] is paying any attention to science.»
That's all fine, but this also means that the climate talks, which head to Durban, South Africa, next year, are not the place to watch for the breakthroughs — social, financial or technological — that will be required if the world is serious about providing some 9 billion people mid-century with the suite of services that come with abundant energy (mobility, communication, illumination, desalinated water and more) while also greatly cutting emissions from burning fossil fuels, which still dominate the global energy mix.
The talks went into overtime Saturday night (Durban time), with the leadership desperate to salvage at least a «Durban outcome,» akin to the «road map» produced in Bali in 2007.
Climate deal salvaged after marathon talks in Durban.
The warnings come at the beginning of United Nations Climate Change Conference 2011 that take place in Durban from today (28 November) until 9 December - and Oxfam says the talks must succeed.
Climate Change Destroying Fishermen's Livelihood in Jamaica — Special Reports from UN Climate Talks in Durban, South Africa
Since the Durban round of UN climate talks in 2011, governments have been struggling towards an eventual global agreement to address climate change (ideally, some say they're just negotiating the establishment of more markets).
Although expectations have been low for a successful outcome of the UN climate change talks in Durban, there has been cautious optimism about the potential for further agreements at Durban concerning REDD +.
The talks at Durban have not changed this funding dynamic for REDD +, nor will any subsequent climate change negotiations in the near future.
A / R is the only forest carbon vehicle recognized under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), but it's an unpopular vehicle and is not likely to see its prospects improve at talks underway this week in Durban, South Africa.
«The US risks snatching defeat from the jaws of victory if it keeps blocking action on finance in these talks because it risks bringing down the Durban Platform for a new deal which Washington fought so hard for last year,» Herz said.
Jiayi Xu, from the Institute for Environment and Development, a Chinese NGO, speaks on MRV and expectations for the Durban UN Climate Talks.
ECO has long wrestled with this foundational dilemma of the climate talks, but has noticed something different in the negotiating air since Durban.
«India will never be intimidated by threats,» Natarajan said at the talks in Durban, South Africa today.
Baugh made it clear: «Finance is the central question on the road to [the next climate conference in] Durban — everyone wants it, but no one wants to talk about how to pay for it.
Switzerland says climate change talks, which started in Durban on Monday, need to come up with a «clear understanding» of how to tackle the issue...
«This extraction - happy government hasn't limited their reckless behaviour the climate talks here in Durban,» said Tasha Peters.
Durban in South Africa, the site for the next round of climate talks that take place in December.
A group of 32 vulnerable countries, which created the Climate Change Vulnerable Forum, including Bhutan is set to meet in Dhaka, two weeks ahead of UN climate talks (the 17th Conference of Parties) in Durban, [continue reading...]
As Slate noted in a helpful guide to the talks, the draft agreement under discussion — forbiddingly titled «Draft agreement and draft decision on workstreams 1 and 2 of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action» — contains well over 1,000 square brackets.
Durban, South Africa — After nearly two weeks of stalled progress by the United States at the international climate talks, U.S. youth spoke out for a real, science - based climate treaty.
A dim light is shining on Durban: what does this mean for the climate talks?
During the second week of the COP17 UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa, Young Friends of the Earth Europe hosted «Durban in Brussels», an event that brought together more than 50 young activists to demand climate justice.
Here ECO offers two smart observations: (i) if the workshop is held only in Durban (rather than, as ECO would suggest, at the tentative Fall / Spring session) Parties will not be able to adopt a COP decision on the much - needed long - term goal just a few days later (as if at these talks anything was ever dealt with at the urgency and speed it deserved); and (ii) the experience of Copenhagen shows that it doesn't take a workshop to know that negotiating a long - term goal without understanding who contributes what and what's the fair share of their responsibility, will be very difficult.
Meanwhile in Durban, where international climate talks are happening, China delegates said they'd be open to «negotiating a legally binding climate pact.»
The university said the emails appeared to have been stolen two years ago and held back until now «to cause maximum disruption» to the imminent U.N. climate talks next week in Durban, South Africa.
Climate change creates more extreme weather, which hits crop yields, drives up prices and pushes millions into poverty - which is why the UN Durban climate change talks must success, says the Oxfam charity.
(Earthjustice attorney Erika Rosenthal represented the organization at U.N. climate talks that wrapped up Sunday in Durban, South Africa.)
«Debt and doubt loom large over Durban climate talks.»
about Media Advisory — Webcast Notice: civil society expectations for a successful outcome of UN climate talks in Durban.
Greenpeace International, ActionAid UK and Forum For Environment - Ethiopia representatives explain what happened in Panamá and what that means moving forward to the year - end climate talks in Durban, South Africa.