Climate Policy Experts Update on Negotiations as Countries Air Opinions on Loss and Damage in Wake of Typhoon

13 November 2013

Warsaw, Poland – November 13, 2013:  NGO experts will offer a briefing to media today on developments in UN climate negotiations being held in Warsaw which have been overshadowed this week by the tragic typhoon in the Philippines which will cost that country USD14 billion in loses, not to mention the human cost.

They will detail ways in which the recent super typhoon has changed the dynamic here in the workshops and plenary sessions of COP19, including in a workshop yesterday on the loss and damage mechanism which is expected to be agreed here in Warsaw. 

In addition, countries have made their voices heard in a workshop on how the urgent need to cut carbon pollution in the short term is starting to influence the kind of global agreement that will be signed in 2015 to deal with climate change after 2020.

Meanwhile, the Australian Government continues its efforts to dismantle climate action, tabling legislation overnight to repeal its carbon tax. 
 

Who:

• Sven Harmeling, Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator, CARE
• Martin Kaiser, head of delegation, Greenpeace    
• Julie-Anne Richards, international coordinator, Climate Action Network Australia

What: Climate policy experts to brief journalists on developments in the negotiations in Warsaw.

When: 11am CET, today Wednesday November 13th. 

Where: COP19 Venue, National Stadium Warsaw, Press Conference Room 2 located on Level -2/Zone E6, right next to Plenary 2.

The press conference will also be webcast live here: http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop19/templ/ovw_live.php?id_kongressmain=259