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“CAN Collectibles”: Saudi Arabia
23 May 2012
More Fun Than BacktoBack Plenaries! Fast Facts About Countries That Can Increase TheirAmbition in Qatar National term of greeting: Assalamu Alaykom (meaning "peace be on you") Best things about Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia houses Mecca and Medina, the two holiest places in Islam. Worst things about Saudi Arabia: The super lavish lifestyle of many […]
CAN Collectibles: JApan!
23 May 2012
Caution May Be Mitigation Forming Fast Facts About Countries That Can Increase TheirAmbition in Qatar Main export goods: Baseball players and hybrid cars, besides Playstations Annual tuna consumption (raw): 500,000t 4kg per person Best things about Japan: Best sushi restaurants in the world. Cherry blossom beautiful asset now flowering in March rather than in […]
“CAN Collectibles”: Iran
22 May 2012
New and Improved Formula! Fast Facts About Countries That Can Increase Their Ambition in Qatar! Impress Your Friends! Confuse Your Enemies! National term of greeting: Joon Annual bread consumption: 160 kilograms per person Annual rice consumption: 35 kilograms per person Best things about Iran: Sun, Forest, Snow and Desert all in one place at […]
Time to Rock the Boat
22 May 2012
A long, awkward silence settled over the 100+ delegates and observers crammed into the tiny Koch meeting room. In the Cooperative Sectoral Approaches spin-off group, the chair had asked negotiators for ideas on how to get to a conclusion on bunkers by Doha. Delegates, some standing and others seated on the floor, didn’t seem to […]
Make the CALL…
22 May 2012
On the eve of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), a barbarian horde of chain saws is marching on the Brazilian forest. Commander and Chief, President Dilma, is the only one who can protect Brazil from this threat. The Brazilian Congress passed a bill which leaves the forest unprotected. According to highly conservative estimates […]
Brazilian Hot Air Samba Confuses Negotiators
22 May 2012
It’s about as big as the combined yearly CO2 emissions from Europe and the US. Yes, we are talking about the gigantic, 10 gigatonne loophole that could undermine the whole purpose of a second Kyoto commitment period. ECO is clear, Parties must pop this “hot air” bubble this year, unless they have 10 gigatonnes of […]
FOSSIL OF THE DAY: Week 1
22 May 2012
“First Place Fossils go to the USA, Canada, Japan, Russia, Australia, New Zealand and China. The first 1st place Fossil goes to the USA, for its continuing attempts to block negotiations on sources of financing, and refusing to discuss how it will continue to scale up financing in 2013 and onwards, towards the agreed […]
An Open Letter from Youth to UNFCCC Delegates
22 May 2012
Last week, we heard what equity means to you. It seems to us that many nations are deflecting responsibility away from themselves and on to others. We want to be able to be responsible for our future – but your actions now will determine whether we are still able to stop runaway climate change. Why […]
Big Talk for Smallholders
22 May 2012
Despite the Convention objective in Article 2 to stabilize emissions before food production is threatened, impacts of climate change on food production are already being felt around the world. Floods have decimated wheat fields in Pakistan and rice fields in Thailand. Heat waves have seriously reduced yields of Russian wheat and US maize. Drought cost […]
CAN Classifieds “Lonely Hearts”
22 May 2012
C.B., open-minded, progressive type (lonely-hearted since that wonderful fortnight in Marrakech 10 years ago) seeks forward-looking, equally open-minded partners for serious, mutually-productive, action-oriented long-term engagement. Available to meet up 3-6 pm today [Tuesday] and tomorrow [Wednesday] in Plenary 2 throughout the Durban Forum on Capacity Building.