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Patrick Finnegan (June 2011)

francesca — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:10:45 +0000

Patrick Finnegan, from Irish NGO GRIAN, takes a look at the negotiations today and the potential to a Second Commitment Period where Europe could go it alone. Given current behavioural issues in the US (and a week where they have singularly blocked action on finance), this looks more and more intriguing. He believes Japan and Russia could get on board, but Canada would bottle out.

Tasneem Essop (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:31:38 +0000

Tasneem Essop, head of the WWF delegation, elaborates on their priorities over issues of substance. She talks about adaptation and long term finance. She explains how they are tackling the transport angle, REDD+, and the overall level of ambition, and of course the future of the Kyoto Protocol. She refers to the potential for the smaller issues to be held hostage over the future of the Second Commitment Period, and stresses the need for urgency. She details how essential and influentuential WWF is, despite the state of the current action.

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.

Shefali Sharma (June 2010)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:46:40 +0000

Shefali Sharma, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), explores why agricultural is so critical to the negotiations, and brings us up to date with its inclusion in the text, and which frameworks it should exist within. She explains how agricultural is already suffering impacts of climate change, and says carbon sinks and carbon markets are the “wrong track”. She recognises the World Bank’s invested interest in carbon markets, but emphasises that they are too volatile and highly speculative.

Simon Thuo (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:55:27 +0000

Simon Thuo, from the Global Water Partnership, analyses the potential dangers to monitoring the water footprint. He discusses inclusion of water within the text and itemises GWP’s wishlist for the next six months.

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.

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.

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.

Artur Runge Metzger (June 2011)

francesca — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:11:39 +0000

EU’s lead negotiator, Artur Runge Metzger, explains EU hopes for post 2012. Pledges from Cancun need to be backed up by domestic policies, and there needs to be a treaty which accounts for more of the emissions than the Protocol currently does. He notes how EU emissions peaked in 1990, but over two decades, on worldwide emissions continue to rise.

Christiana Figueres – press briefing (June 2011)

francesca — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:50:19 +0000

Halfway to Durban, the UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres, gives an overview of where we are in the Climate Talks, neatly separating issues into Good and Bad, but diplomatically avoiding (or perhaps subliminally referring to) Ugly. She doesn’t shy away from the threats over UNFCCC financing or what happens post 2012. If there was an award for positivity (in addition to the US5,000 video award we are doing on climate change), then it would go to her.