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Distracted Driving
17 May 2012
The uninitiated ECO reader may think a driver is a less ostentatious term for a chauffeur, but in REDD+ a driver is an underlying cause of deforestation or forest degradation. This week in Bonn, SBSTA has this on their agenda. ECO thinks it’s vital that all parties explore ways to identify, assess and address drivers. […]
Progress on the Path to $100 billion
17 May 2012
This year’s long term finance work programme provides a critical opportunity for focused and constructive engagement on sources of climate finance and developing country financing needs. 2012 should be a pivotal year for climate finance, as Fast Start Finance comes to an end and developed countries start on the path to US$100 billion per year […]
Oil King Turns Solar Pioneer?
17 May 2012
Have a strong coffee, shake your head and rub your eyes. Saudi Arabia, the well-known guardian of fossil fuel interests, is planning a massive renewable energy scheme in its country. So says the news in the region and rumours from inside the Royal Family and their ministries. Apparently 52 Gigawatts (GW) of renewable power will […]
“CAN Collectibles”: CANADA
17 May 2012
Gotta Catch 'Em All! Fast Facts About Countries That Can Increase Their Ambition in Qatar National Sport: Lacrosse (bet we caught you there! Admit it, you would have wagered your copy of the Daily Programme that it was hockey) Famous for: Poutine and winter (although we're getting worried about keeping winter snowy) Best things […]
Ambition and Equity how to close the gap
16 May 2012
a CAN Europe Side Event featuring Michiel Schaeffer from Climate Analytics, Sivan Kartha from Stockholm Environment Institute, Artur Runge-Metzger from The European Commission and Tim Gore from Oxfam, produced by Ulriikka Aarnio Premieres: Wed 16 May · 18.15-19.45 · Metro (Ministry of Transport) "After just one screening, I knew all I needed to […]
“CAN Collectibles” Series! NORWAY
16 May 2012
Announcing: A New "CAN Collectibles" Series! Fast Facts About Countries That Can Increase Their Ambition in Qatar Clip and Collect Them All! Best things about Norway: Brown cheese, 2600 km of ski tracks around Oslo and vast fish stocks When in Norway: Don't talk to strangers on public transport. Norwegians will consider you Norwegian favourite […]
Building a Tower of Climate Fighting Power
16 May 2012
Like the Secretariat, our LCA chair and many other delegates in the Maritim, ECO also has experience with the trials and tribulations of construction projects. But not to worry. Yesterday, AOSIS and the LDCs presented a new blueprint for a sturdy and livable structure that can be a functional home for all of us, with […]
Closing the Giga-silence Gap
16 May 2012
In the Kyoto plenary yesterday, we got a taste of how things sound when there is no more time to defer decisions for another year. After all the talk of gaps, urgency and the need to set rules before targets, there’s nowhere else to move for Australia and New Zealand. Those two were left alone […]
The Sword of Equity
15 May 2012
ECO has long wrestled with this foundational dilemma of the climate talks, but has noticed something different in the negotiating air since Durban. There seems a new ¨C or a renewed ¨C recognition from all sides that the issue of equity cannot be pushed aside or wished away any longer. It is at the heart […]
Got 2 Minutes??
15 May 2012
Dear delegates:Yesterday CAN was scheduled to deliver a 2 minute statement at the opening of the SBI. Regrettably (to CAN at least), the Chair decided under his own authority that there were not 2 minutes left available in the session for the delivery of that statement. So you never got to hear it. For your […]