Copenhagen and its Implications
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Copenhagen update: US tries to unlock the war-chest
17 December 2009
Developing countries have been calling repeatedly for significant long-term financial commitments to help them deal with the effects of climate change, and the developed world has been repeatedly telling them that they'll be putting a cheque in the post just as soon as they can work out how much each country is willing to fork out.
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Copenhagen update: Chaos averted?
17 December 2009
The Copenhagen climate talks looked like they were descending into chaos early on Thursday, as ministers and heads of state seemed to be having difficulty in producing an agreement on how the talks should continue.
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Guest Commentary: Nopenhagen?
17 December 2009
With less than 48 hours until the end of negotiations that were intended to be the some of the most definitive international talks of a generation, we have reached a critical juncture.
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Copenhagen update: CDM reform text looks a bit better, but will Brazil play ball?
16 December 2009
The group of negotiators working on the text of the item entitled "Further guidance relating to the Clean Development Mechanism" produced a new draft decision last night, which seems to mark a small step forward.
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Copenhagen update: COP president resigns, new Danish texts angers G77
16 December 2009
COP president Connie Hedegaard resigned on Wednesday morning, saying that the arrival of so many heads of state and government has meant that the negotiations should be presided over by someone of equal status. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has stepped in as COP president.
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Guest Commentary: The beginning of the end
16 December 2009
The beginning of the end of the Copenhagen talks was marked on Tuesday with the start of the "High Level Segment".
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Copenhagen update: AWG-KP text "in no shape to present to ministers"
15 December 2009
Negotiators thrashing out an agreement for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol expressed frustration at the lack of progress Tuesday night at a plenary meeting designed to draw together the various elements of a draft text.
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Copenhagen update: Divisions remain
15 December 2009
Since our update of this morning, two new sections of text have emerged: a proposal on enhancing financial flows to developing countries, and a new skeleton text of a draft "Outcome of the work of the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action Under the Convention".
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Copenhagen update: Extra text-ure
15 December 2009
Finally, some more draft texts are beginning to filter out among observers at the COP-15 talks in Copenhagen.
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