Climate politics
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.
UN desertification chief anger at lack of progress in Doha
COP18: UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja says postponement of decision on agriculture and climate change for 12 months makes no sense
Geoffrey Lean on climate talks: “What a mad way to run a planet”
COP18: UK’s longest serving environmental correspondent says climate negotiations in Doha are bonkers but necessary
US sets out terms for 2015 global climate deal
COP18: Climate change envoy says the deal must divvy up responsibiity for climate change in a way that reflects the world in the 2020s.
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 8 of Doha climate summit
Kyoto leaves plenty of issues on table for Ministers, more emissions pledges on the cards and delegates invited to “cancel a hot air credit”.
Australia opens door to future Kyoto ambition
COP18: Australia will consider increasing its emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol second commitment period (2CP), according to climate minister Mark Dreyfus
EU alliance with small island states vital to success of Doha talks – UK minister
COP18: UK climate minister Greg Barker says he will be working hard to ensure relationship between EU and developing world is restored
2012 set to be record year for CO2 emissions
New figures from the Global Carbon Project show that emissions have risen 2.6% in 2012, making them 58% higher than 1990 levels.
Ambition deadlock frustrating climate talks in Doha
COP18: Lack of firm financial and emission pledges in week one of UN climate talks leaving small island states and African countries frustrated
COP18 Live: Latest news from Day 7 of Doha climate summit
‘Do the Math’ comes to Doha, new Kyoto text out after hectic rest day for negotiators and Ministers begin to arrive at the climate talks.
COP18: Room for optimism on climate finance at UN talks
Details on cash to bridge “finance gap” could arrive soon in Doha as both recipient and donor work to find a compromise.
Pablo Solon: Climate migration central to Doha debate
COP18: Former Bolivian Ambassador to UN argues that global community has an obligation to ensure people are not forced to migrate as a result of climate change
Qatar facing dose of climate reality at UN talks
COP18: Hosting the latest round of UN global warming negotiations is another feather in Qatar’s cap, but it cannot ignore the real message from the climate talks forever
Calls for fossil fuel subsidies to be addressed at UN climate summit
COP18: David Turnbull from Oil Change International tells RTCC that huge financial support for oil and gas needs to be talked about in Doha