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Doha has proven to be a doom for the poor
20 Dec 2012
Sixbert Simon Mwanga Climate Action Network-Tanzania The 18th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),Conference of Parties (COP) and the 8th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) has concluded in Doha, Qatar on the 9th of December, […]
COP 18: a transition
20 Dec 2012
Andrey Zhelieznyi, Ukraine The National Ecological Centre of Ukraine (NECU) COP18 in Doha was literally a transition event – defining the track of further climate change fight and if the world is ready to act toward a common goal. Actions on commitments accepted here will determine if we will stay below the 2C warming range […]
Doha: Week 2
20 Dec 2012
Baimey Ange David Emmanuel ONG JVE Cote d'Ivoire For me, the second week at Doha was filled with side events and policy meetings. To begin, Monday, December 3, the Climate & Development Network (RC & D) coordinates and I had a meeting with the French delegation and the French ambassador for climate change, Serge […]
Developed Countries: Show Your Capability to Lead!
20 Dec 2012
Henriette Imelda, Indonesia Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) Attending COP in Doha probably one of the greatest things I have dreamed of. It’s 2012’s COP 18, where all eyes look to Doha as the negotiations roll on, and I’m there, waiting for the miracles could happen for the world as we combat climate change. […]
The environment is harsh, but there is life in the desert
20 Dec 2012
Enrique Maurtua Konstantinidis Fundación Biosfera, CANLA COP 18 is now done. A key milestone in our international negotiations for a global agreement on climate action has passed, and very little progress has been made. Global negotiations on climate change will continue next year, loaded with responsibility. Many tasks are overdue, the two most important […]
Feelings after Doha
20 Dec 2012
Lama Ghaddar IndyACT I am writing this from Lebanon, after I returned back from the Qatar National Convention Center in Doha for COP 18. After 2 exhausting weeks and a very busy schedule consisting of attending sessions, side events and meetings, talking to delegates, doing actions and writing ECO-articles, here I am!! I went […]
The Doha Decisions
7 Dec 2012
Today is the day to press the reset button. The planet is shouting warning signs at us but the Conference is sleepwalking off the cliff of climate disaster. A political deal was struck in Durban and all need to stand by it. Ministers, while you bemoan the impending doom in high sounding high-level speeches and […]
Latin Heat – Dominican Republic Takes it Seriously
7 Dec 2012
To tell the truth, the last couple of days have not seen a lot of Progress, much less Ambition. But along comes something that makes you think there is hope and good will somewhere. ECO is quietly cheering the rumours of developing countries putting pledges on the table. Today at the High Level Segment, the […]
Finance Action
7 Dec 2012
The causes and effects of the global climate storm are dispersed; there is fragmentation and institutional inadequacy. This is true of most global problems, but the factor that really complicates climate action is the spatial and temporal dimensions. The effects of greenhouse gases are not ‘hot spots’ at the source. They are in fact global […]
Searching for Equity
6 Dec 2012
ECO wants to remind the Parties that embedding equity in the climate regime is fundamental to any fair and ambitious outcome. While Parties have expressed their views on how to move toward operationalising equity, this aspect is reaching the vanishing point in the texts. ECO thinks it would be pretty easy to […]