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Respond Daily: Day five at COP17
Day five saw Australia and Japan backing a new legally binding agreement, Greenpeace slamming the EU and the Island States joining the Occupy COP17 movement.
Bank of America: ‘No limit’ to scale of private sector finance
As Green Climate Fund talks continue, private sector urges swift action to mobilise resources.
Day 5 – Breaking news from COP17
Breaking news, tweets, interviews, webcasts and gossip from the COP17 climate talks in Durban.
Small Island States join Occupy COP17 to say “we are all one and the same”
The Occupy COP17 General Assembly was today joined by ambassadors from three island states, along with the Africa Rural Women’s Assembly as a mark of solidarity.
Greenpeace Germany: EU “hides behind low ambition” of others
Speaking at the Climate Action Network press conference on Day Five of the talks, Greenpeace Germany slams the EU for not putting forward ambitious enough policies.
COP17 Latest: Support broadens for new legally binding deal as Australia and Japan say ‘yes’
Countries throw weight behind development of new binding instrument during tense meeting on Thursday evening.
Respond Daily: Day four at COP17
With all the fall-out from the Green Climate Fund talks yesterday, along with some more protests from the YOUNGO’s it has been another busy day in Durban and I’m here to get you up to speed.
Green Climate Fund is “a matter of survival” for millions
As negotiations stutter in Durban RTCC looks at what the GCF means to those needing its help and explores the role of private sector finance in its future development.
Rich countries can afford to raise the funding they have promised, say leading NGOs
Speaking at their daily briefing, members from ActionAid, WWF and Oxfam joined together to call for the Green Climate Fund to materialise following yesterday’s set-backs.
The Greenest Musical on Earth premieres in Durban
Last night saw the opening of RTCC’s Climate Change Musical. Twenty-nine children from Addington Primary School in Durban performed to a packed crowd including UNFCCC Chief Christiana Figueres and COP17 President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
Japan and US block Green Climate Fund progress
Disagreements over use of money from big business and so-called Robin Hood taxes blot positive session.
Respond Daily: Day three at COP17
Today we bring you continued debates and arguments over the future of the Kyoto Protocol, a stark warning from Dr Pachauri calling for urgency at the Summit and the first pictures from RTCC’s Climate Change Musical.
Australia study highlights gap between global pledges and 2˚C pathway
The latest Climate Action Tracker report, focusing on Australia, offers a strong warning for the delegation at COP17; country pledges do not match the science behind a two degree warming limit.
Day 3: Breaking news from COP17
All the breaking news from Durban as the climate change talks start to build momentum.
Qatar announced as host of COP18
From the football to the climate change World Cup, Gulf state will become first OPEC nation to host the negotiations as it continues to raise its international profile.
Respond Daily: Day two at COP17
Keeping you up to date with the first two days of COP17 including Jacob Zuma at the opening ceremony, the decision that Qatar will host COP18 and the Greenpeace windmill on the beach in Durban.
Opening statements at COP17 just ‘regurgitated’ old positions say NGOs
The opening statements from COP17 parties are just ‘regurgitated’ old positions. That was the message of the NGO’s this morning in response to the first day of the conference.
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.
Oxfam call for food security to be addressed at Durban
Extreme weather and climate change are already endangering food security and must be addressed by COP17 according to Oxfam International.
Canadian government must stop ‘putting polluters before people’
The Canadian government must stop “putting polluters before people” says the Canadian Youth as they unveil their new ‘delegation uniforms’.