Photo credit: Anthony Quintano, 2013. By Anders Lorenzen Today the 195 member countries of the UN could potentially agree a draft global deal on climate change, which would be signed at COP21 […]
COP20 final day updates
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Editorial: Why Lima matters
Photo credit: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) This week policy makers have begun two weeks of marathon COP20 climate negotiations in Lima, Peru. This will probably be the most important, least […]
Lima climate talks begin as countries eye building momentum
Photo credit: Cop 20 By guest contributor Joydeep Gupta Countries are setting out their positions in Lima to negotiate a global climate deal in Paris at the end of next year amid […]
Fatima Denton interview (full transcript)
Photo Credit: CGIAR / CCAFS. Fatima Denton: Director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa covering climate change, the green economy, new technologies, innovation, minerals and extraction.A shorter version of this […]
Canadian journalist recalls his UN climate talks experience
Photo: Derek (left) interviewing Stephen (right)in Vienna. Credit: Renee Leahy. By guest contributor Derek Leahy With international climate change negotiations set to begin on December 1st in Lima, Peru, I decided to […]
Interview: Will Africa rise up to the climate challenge
Dr Fatima Denton during her lecture at the British Library. Photo credit: Julius Honnor / IIED. By Anders Lorenzen Dr Fatima Denton has a mission, she wants to redraw the narrative on […]
Editorial: The symbolic significance in rejecting Keystone XL
Singer Neil Young speaking out against Keystone XL. Photo credit: Stephen Melkisethian via Flickr. Having previously delayed the final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline in April this year, last week the […]
Welcome to Mordor, a first-hand account of Athabasca tar sands – part one
By guest contributor Sarah Hay Wednesday this week, three events happened that affect all of us. At 8am, a group from five organisations met to show peaceful presence outside the venue for […]
The Congress could pass pro Keystone XL bill today
Bill McKibben during an anti Keystone XL rally in 2011. Photo credit: Emma Cassidy / tarsandsaction via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen It has become the defining environmental battle in the US. And […]
Video: Spanish Navy reacts violently to Greenpeace protest against oil drilling off the Canary Islands
The Spanish Navy as they prepare to ram into a Greenpeace boat during an oil protest. Photo credit: Greenpeace. The Spanish Navy has come under fire from Greenpeace after allegedly ramming their […]
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