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A Fund to Inspire the World
7 Oct 2011
There are nine days left before the members of the Transitional Committee (TC) tasked with the design of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will gather in Cape Town, South Africa for their fourth and final meeting before the COP in Durban. It is clear that discussions are in a critical phase. The outcome of the […]
28 Mouths – 1 Voice
7 Oct 2011
ECO truly appreciates that the European Union still supports the Kyoto Protocol (KP), and is heartened by the commitment of the EU to continue (what some might call) ranting about the importance of a legally binding regime. This week, ECO has been particularly pleased to see that the EU started to show some more readiness […]
Don’t Give LULUCF the FLU
7 Oct 2011
LULUCF has been suffering from a variety of ailments but now it looks in danger of getting FLU. The “Flexible Land Use” proposal, being heavily marketed by New Zealand, allows countries to cut down trees and replant them somewhere else, but instead of counting this as deforestation and reforestation and counting the emissions accordingly, it […]
Good Things Come to Those Who Talk
6 Oct 2011
One of the key emerging stumbling blocks for an outcome in Durban is the unrepentant blocking of progress by some countries on long-term sources of finance. ECO is not amused by the strong arm tactics of the US, Japan, and Canada. As part of the balanced package in Cancun, countries agreed to meaningful progress on […]
Informing Legal Form
6 Oct 2011
Judging by the number of delegates and observers crowding the room over the last two days, there is certainly a keen interest in the legal form of the LCA outcome. ECO welcomes these discussions and urges the Parties to build on the bare bones outline of legal form options presented yesterday, by adding specific content […]
Canada Exposed!
6 Oct 2011
Under Stephen Harper the Canadian Government has become a seasoned veteran when it comes to dealing with criticism for their lack of action on climate change and reckless approach to tar sands expansion. This week in Canada, there has been a triple blow to the Government’s climate and energy policy from some prominent sources: – […]
Getting Shared Vision Out of Deadlock
6 Oct 2011
As delegates flock into Panama’s final meeting on Shared Vision, ECO has few hopes that the world will be much closer by the end of this week to agreeing on a peak year and a long term reduction goal for global emissions. But delegates need to remember that their heads of state have already laid […]
Scientific Reality Check Desperately Needed
6 Oct 2011
Lack of ambition? Actions don’t meet the urgency? There is help for that: the Review agreed in Cancun is a key tool to re-inject ambition and a sense of urgency as well as collective responsibility into the climate regime – all of which seems to have been lost in recent years. It is the scientific […]
Drought in Ethiopia Requires Financing From Developed Countries…Do It by Durban!
6 Oct 2011
Photo Credit: Manjeet Dhakal Mahlet Eyassu Climate Change Program Manager Forum for Environment Ethiopia We are now in Panama, for the intersessional which is the last meeting before the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Durban. The 17th COP will be in Durban, South Africa, which make this a very important COP for Africa. Africa […]