Climate science
Island states appeal for COP17 ministers to avert “climate genocide”
Vulnerable low-lying countries call for second Kyoto commitment period and immediate talks on broader legal deal.
COMMENT: The tug-of-war over the private sector – time to stop?
Hannah Ryder, senior economist with the UK’s Department for International Development and former climate change negotiator tells RTCC why delegates in Durban need to focus on what the Green Climate Fund will do with its money, as well as how it sources those funds.
Day 9 – Breaking news from COP17
Breaking news, tweets, interviews, webcasts and gossip from the COP17 climate talks in Durban.
Gender Day: women “are more than 50% of the solution”
Climate Change Studio was joined from women across the convention and across the sector yesterday to talk about the importance of including gender issues in the climate change debate.
Day 8 – Breaking news from COP17
Breaking news, tweets, interviews, webcasts and gossip from the COP17 climate talks in Durban.
Day 7 – Breaking News from COP17
Breaking news, tweets, interviews, webcasts and gossip from the COP17 climate talks in Durban.
COP17: RTCC’s 60-second review of week one
RTCC and Climate Change TV reporter Daniel Schweimler takes a brief look back at what made the headlines on week one of COP17.
Feature: REDD+ five years in the making
REDD+ has been central to the UNFCCC discussion now for several years, but it still has a long way to be before it is ready to be fully operationalised. So what are the questions which need to be asked over the next week?
Day 5 – Breaking news from COP17
Breaking news, tweets, interviews, webcasts and gossip from the COP17 climate talks in Durban.
COP17 Latest: Bolivia opposes REDD+
While REDD+ talks proceed at a fast pace in Durban, Bolivia opposed the scheme for the prominence given to the use of forests as carbon stocks.
Day 4 – Breaking news from COP17
Breaking news, tweets, interviews, webcasts and gossip from the COP17 climate talks in Durban.
Pachauri: Worrying lack of urgency at COP17
The world’s chief climate scientist has told RTCC that he is worried about the lack of any urgency among delegates at COP17.
Day 3: Breaking news from COP17
All the breaking news from Durban as the climate change talks start to build momentum.
Day 2: Breaking News from COP17
Follow all the front line news and back stage gossip from Durban through the RTCC team’s Twitter pages.
Zuma: ‘In Africa, climate change is a matter of life and death’
South African President joins other African leaders in urging developed world to take responsibility.
Day 1: Breaking News from COP17
Keep up to date with all the breaking news from COP17 in Durban via the RTCC team’s Twitter pages…
COP17: Why should we bother?
The annual COP climate talks are an easy target for critics, but RTCC’s Ed King argues they still provide the best platform for global agreement on climate change.
The green movement’s hopes for Durban
With COP17 almost underway, RTCC’s Tierney Smith speaks to the leading activist and green groups to find out if they’re hopeful of a new dawn in Durban.
UN climate negotiations must deliver for vulnerable countries
UN climate negotiations need to deliver for vulnerable countries that are leading the way in adaptation methods, say climate ministers from Kenya and the Maldives.
Watch the RTCC daily webcast in Durban
Responding to Climate Change will be broadcasting a daily webcast from the heart of the conference centre in Durban throughout COP17. Find out how you can get involved.