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COP18: Outcomes of the Doha climate talks

Climate protestors in Doha. Photo: adopt a negotiator
12 December 2012

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Climate change
What are the major outcomes from the climate talks and what does it all mean for developing countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change? We spoke with Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow with IIED's climate change group, for his analysis.

COP18: Latest from the Doha climate change conference

Climate protestors in Doha. Photo: adopt a negotiator
6 December 2012

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Climate change
What is happening at the Climate negotiations in Doha and what might the developments mean for countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change? We spoke with Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow with IIED's climate change group, for his analysis on recent developments.

Consensus grows behind the scenes at the UN climate negotiations

4 December 2011

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Climate change

It’s too early to talk about the end-game in the 17th conference of parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks that are underway in Durban. But amid the shifting diplomatic sands of talks and texts, there are signs that some of the ground is starting to solidify.

Do or die in Durban

30 November 2011

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Climate change

I was one among the many sleep-deprived observers present at the birth of the Kyoto Protocol, during the early hours of a cold December morning in 1997. I cannot claim to have formed an immediate emotional attachment. Along with many others, I despaired already at the weakling’s lack of ambition, and numerous defects (politely called loopholes) that rendered it a joke on the planet. It was optimistically proclaimed a “first small step”, implying that better would follow once the world “warmed up” to the idea of living in a carbon-constrained world.

Video update from the UN climate negotiations: "Theatre from the Canadians"

30 November 2011

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Climate change

Saleemul Huq, IIED’s Senior Fellow in the Climate Change group, reports from Durban on "theatre from the Canadians".

 

Storm watch for Cancun climate talks

23 November 2010

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Climate change

Striking a deal at this month’s UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico will largely depend on negotiators’ ability to settle stormy disputes, particularly between the developed and developing world, over six key issues.

Tianjin Climate Negotiation through the CLACC lens

19 November 2010

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Climate change

Last month (4–9 October), more than 2300 government delegates, observers and intergovernmental organisations met in Tianjin, China in a search for common ground to achieve strong action on climate change.

The world-changing power of serendipity

7 December 2008

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Climate change

Lobbying — the pre- and post-negotiation discussions where much of the real action at global conventions happens — is a key activity for NGOs at the talks.

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