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Lima Summit shows climate politics lagging behind real world momentum
14 Dec 2014
Big issues punted to Paris Lima, Peru, December 14, 2014: All eyes will turn to the leaders of the governments who have signed off on an outcome at the UN climate talks in Lima today which neither reflects the growing public support for the ongoing transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies nor the urgency […]
New energy emerging around plans for national climate action commitments at COP20
11 Dec 2014
Despite slow progress on the penultimate day of the UN climate negotiations in Lima, new energy has emerged around constructive proposals from Latin American countries on guidelines on what countries in wildly varying positions should put forward as their climate action commitments under the new global agreement due at the end of next year. The […]
Clear rules on national climate commitments need to come from COP20: CAN
9 Dec 2014
December 9, 2014, Lima, Peru: On the eve of the largest ever climate march in Latin America, government ministers from around the world are arriving in town to undertake high-level negotiations at the UN climate talks (COP20). It is expected that the march, which will feature indigenous groups, teachers, trade unions, and youth coalitions calling […]
Ministers need to get down to business during week 2 at COP20
8 Dec 2014
December 8, 2014, Lima, Peru: Today at the UN climate negotiations in Lima, two new draft texts were released which could allow Ministers arriving tomorrow to make real progress on a robust climate action agreement due to be signed in Paris this time next year. One text outlines options for dealing with the elements to feature […]
Ministers need to get down to business during week 2 at COP20
8 Dec 2014
December 8, 2014, Lima, Peru: Today at the UN climate negotiations in Lima, two new draft texts were released which could allow Ministers arriving tomorrow to make real progress on a robust climate action agreement due to be signed in Paris this time next year. One text outlines options for dealing with the elements to feature […]
Rich countries wobble over explicit request to scale up climate action at COP20
6 Dec 2014
December 6, 2014, Lima, Peru: As another brutal super typhoon bares down on the Philippines, developed countries at the UN climate negotiations in Lima (COP20) have baulked at specific measures that would have them scale up climate action now. Tasneem Essop, head of advocacy and strategy for WWF International’s Global Climate and Energy Initiative said negotiators […]
Climate Action Network Welcomes to the UNSG’s High Level Report on SDGs
6 Dec 2014
Climate Action Network has welcomed the launch by UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon of the Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General On the Post-2015 Agenda, titled ‘The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet’. This report is the culmination of a number of strands of work over the last year, […]
CAN gives a wrap on week one of COP20 as yet another typhoon bears down on the Philippines
6 Dec 2014
What: Climate Action Network members will brief reporters on progress made during the first week of the UN climate negotiations currently being held in Lima. With ministers arriving on Tuesday, there's a need to push forward on the technical outline of key issues, such as the content and format of the national action commitments and […]
Progress in the first week of the UN climate negotiations – Still work to be done before Ministers arrive
6 Dec 2014
December 5, 2014, Lima, Peru: Technical negotiations during the first week of the climate talks in Lima (COP20) have mostly gone smoothly, but important negotiating-team level discussions on a handful of key issues need to conclude this week so that there is wide agreement on the range of options facing the Ministers as […]
Varied visions for new climate agreement cause ripples in Lima
5 Dec 2014
December 4, 2014, Lima, Peru: Progress in the UN climate negotiations continued to suffer from a failure to resolve deep seated differences of opinion between countries about key issues that should be covered by the comprehensive new agreement to deal with climate change, due to be signed in Paris at the end of next year. The […]