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Media Advisory – COP19 Daily Diary: Thursday, November 21
21 Nov 2013
CAN Press Conference What: Climate policy experts to brief journalists on developments in the negotiations in Warsaw. When: 11am CET, Thursday Where: COP19 Venue, National Stadium Warsaw, Press Conference Room 2 located on Level -2/Zone E6, right next to Plenary 2. The press conference will also be webcast live here: http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop19/templ/ovw_live.php?id_kongressmain=259 Contact: Ria Voorhaar, rvoorhaar@climatenetwork.org, +49 […]
Media Advisory – COP19 Daily Diary: Wednesday, November 20
19 Nov 2013
CAN Press Conference What: Climate policy experts to brief journalists on developments in the negotiations in Warsaw. When: 11am CET, Wednesday Who: Tim Gore, Oxfam, Mohamed Adow, Christian Aid. Where: COP19 Venue, National Stadium Warsaw, Press Conference Room 2 located on Level -2/Zone E6, right next to Plenary 2. The press conference will also be webcast live […]
All eyes on Germany as incoming government mulls EU climate targets
19 Nov 2013
Open letter from global civil society calls on German party leaders to harness Energiewende spirit [Warsaw, Poland—November 19, 2013] – Civil society organisations gathered in Warsaw for the United Nations climate conference (COP19) today sent letters to German Chancellor and CDU party leader Angela Merkel, SPD party leader Sigmar Gabriel and CSU leader Horst Seehofer, who […]
COP19 Daily Diary: Tuesday, November 19
19 Nov 2013
CAN press conference • What: Climate policy experts to brief journalists on developments in the negotiations in Warsaw. • When: 11am CET, Tuesday • Where: COP19 Venue, National Stadium Warsaw, Press Conference Room 2 located on Level -2/Zone E6, right next to Plenary 2. The press conference will also be webcast live here: http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop19/templ/ovw_live.php?id_kongressmain=259 Contact: […]
All eyes on Germany as incoming government mulls EU climate targets
19 Nov 2013
Open letter from global civil society calls on German party leaders to harness Energiewende spirit Warsaw, Tuesday November 19, 2013: Warsaw, Tuesday November 19, 2013: Civil society organisations gathered in Warsaw for the United Nations climate conference (COP19) today sent letters to German Chancellor and CDU party leader Angela Merkel, SPD party leader Sigmar Gabriel and […]
Missing Finance Threatens Climate Talks as the Polish Government Tries to Keep the Coal Age on Life Support
18 Nov 2013
[Warsaw, Poland—November 18, 2013] The UN climate negotiations in Warsaw are at risk of stalling as developed countries fail to take the concerns of poorer countries seriously, policy experts from the Climate Action Network warned today. As ministers prepared to arrive in Warsaw tomorrow, Ruth Davis from Greenpeace, said that over the past few years the […]
Polish Government’s Coal Addition Has a High Cost for People’s Health and the Climate
18 Nov 2013
Warsaw, Poland – November 18, 2013: At the half way point of the major climate change negotiations of the year, attention turns to the Polish Government's overt attempt to use this meeting to push its own agenda on coal. Polish coal activist Kuba Gogolewski will reveal why the the Polish Government is addicted to coal […]
Polish Government’s Coal Addition Has a High Cost for People’s Health and the Climate
18 Nov 2013
At the half way point of the major climate change negotiations of the year, attention turns to the Polish Government's overt attempt to use this meeting to push its own agenda on coal. Polish coal activist Kuba Gogolewski will reveal why the the Polish Government is addicted to coal despite the fact it needs to […]
Global Civil Society Responds to Japan’s New 2020 Target
15 Nov 2013
Japan announced its new 2020 emissions reduction target today at the UN climate negotiations in Poland. While parties are negotiating to raise the level of ambition during this year’s meeting, Japan has now abandoned their 25% reduction target from 1990, and proposed 3.1% increase compared to 1990 levels. Wael Hmaidan, Director of CAN International said […]
Media Advisory -Civil Society Responds as Japan Slashes Climate Action
15 Nov 2013
Warsaw, Poland – November 15, 2013: Japan will be handed a special "Fossil Of the Day" award at a colorful press conference today at which civil society will slam Japan's decision to slash its mitigation target. Japan is the second rich country this week to walk away from climate action, with Australia tabling legislation to […]