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Ontario Canada (June 2011)

francesca — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:19:19 +0000

Terrie Romano, from Ontario’s Economic Affairs department, explains how they are attracting renewable energy companies to their province. She talks about their successes over the last two years and outlines the “Ontario advantages”.

Kuni Shimada (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:54:42 +0000

Chief negotiator for Japan, Kuni Shimada, discusses the technology mechanism and its next steps and the complications over the budget for the UNFCCC.

Anne Omambia (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:53:50 +0000

Anne Omambia, of the Kenya delegation and Lead Coordinator of the African Group for SBSTA, discusses the status of the negotiations from the SBSTA perspective.

Richard Mwendandu (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:55:42 +0000

Chief negotiator for the Kenyan delegation, Richard Mwendandu, highlights Kenya’s concerns over finance and adaptation. He touches briefly on the action on the ground in Kenya.

Socorro Flores (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:01:49 +0000

Socorro Flores, from the Mexican Government, talks about the difficulties over the Work Programme last week and the time the negotiations have lost. She says we’re now moving passed “this defensiveness and overreaction” and “engaging in substantive work”. She says that Mexico has a duty to implement what they have agreed and outlines what success in Durban would look like.

Kailash Vijayvargiya (June 2011)

francesca — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:53:25 +0000

Kailash Vijayvargiya, Minister for the Government of M.P (Madhya Pradesh) in India, connects this negotiations with his state. He explains how, because of its history, Bhopal is uniquely placed to prioritise environmental issues. He discusses the forestry initiatives they are undertaking and hopes for the talks.

***This interview is in Hindi and English***

Adrian Macey (June 2011)

francesca — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:41:16 +0000

Adrian Macey, Chair of AWG-KP, explores the Second Commitment Period, and how the emerging gap isn’t critical, but he says it’s become the most important issue in the negotiations. He talks about what it could look like, the role of targets and the technical rules, on accounting, trading and reporting, which can be established now.

Ajay Mathur (June 2011)

francesca — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:10:38 +0000

Ajay Mathur, India’s negotiator on the Technology Mechanism, gives us an overview of where we now with it. He explores its position within the negotiations, its relationship with business and general IPR issues.

Alf Wills (June 2011)

francesca — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:33:37 +0000

Chief Negotiator for the South African delegation, Alf Wills, brings us up to date from the perspective of his country. He explores finance in detail, and the challenges facing the Green Fund. He looks at the CDM and discusses why this isn’t working for Africa, and how this all puts more pressure on a Second Commitment Period after 2012.

Rachmat Witoelar (June 2011)

francesca — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:00:44 +0000

Head of the Indonesian delegation, Rachmat Witoelar, discusses the pathway to Durban. He emphasises the need for an increase in targets from developed countries, but says that developing countries are doing their part in mitigation as well. He talks about the continuation of the Kyoto Protocol as a must.