Website relaunch

Welcome to April. We haven’t been in touch for a while because, as promised, we’ve been reorganising our website. Take a look – it’s much easier to get around, especially by topic area, with suggestions of related content.

Considering Cancun

UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, discusses how he viewed his tenure and what his departure means for the negotiations in the run-up to Cancun.

Climate change and civil society

The civil society focal groups give their opinions in the aftermath of Copenhagen in a series of podcasts. What can we learn about ngo participation for COP16? Wilson Ang, Environmental Challenge Organisation, Carlos Busquets, International Chamber of Commerce, Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, ICLEI , Dorah Lebelo, GenderCC, and Estebancio Castro, International Alliance of Indigenous Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, all share their vews

Food security

In Brussels, COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) shared their concerns over food security, and funding for future research.

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Best wishes   Francesca Broadbent   Editor Climate-Change.tv

Climate Change in April
To date 111 countries, plus the EU, have approved the Copenhagen Accords. AWG, the first formal climate change negotiations, takes place this weekend. Of particular note is how is 2010 to be arranged to best develop the Accords? Climate-Change.tv will be asking key people throughout April for opinions on this first meeting.

The race is on to secure the next UNFCCC head; developing countries are keen to seize this chance to be represented, but may be stymied by a lack of experience in managing large insitutions and budgets.  Nominations are from Costa Rica, Christiana Figueres, the country’s lead climate change negotiator; India’s Environment Secretary, Vijai Sharma; and South Africa’s Tourism Minister, Marthinus van Schalkwyk.