Latin America may have weathered the global economic slowdown, but for many, the potential impact of global warming, and the measures required to avoid its worst effects, may undermine the region’s fragile political, economic, and social balance – and roll back years of progress. But economic...
By Luis Fierro Carrión*, Climate Finance Advisor for AILAC In recent months, there has been significant progress on the issue of funding for mitigation and adaptation to climate change; but much remains to be done to cover the financing needs of developing countries, which exceed $ 500 billion per year. Green...
The Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) has announced it will fund six climate resilience projects, in Costa Rica, India, Kenya and South Africa. The decision represents a doubling in the direct access finance provided by the Fund. In addition, the Board approved almost US$150,000 in South-South...
William Ury, a recognized expert on negotiation and mediation, has the secret to negotiating difficult world conflicts. He calls it the “third side”. He reminds us that in most conflicts there are two sides angling against each other to determine who is right. But there may...
Lisa Friedman, E&E reporterClimateWire Intense midyear negotiations toward a new climate change agreement ended this weekend in disappointment, with governments and activists openly worrying that countries did not make enough progress. One bright spot in the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change talks -- at least for...
David Waskow, World Resources Institute For the past week in Bonn, Germany, climate negotiators have tackled many of the core issues that are key to reaching a new international climate agreement in 2015. While the pace was slow at times, the discussions were thorough and constructive, building on...
Sophie Yeo, RTCC Climate negotiators are set for a heavy workload at December’s summit in Lima, after a week of interim discussions in Bonn returned no conclusions. Key issues, including the nature of pledges to be made by countries early next year, remain unresolved as negotiators prepare...
ECO has always believed that the Convention, with its Annexes and principles, need not, and must not, be a straight jacket that restricts the ability of the UNFCCC to adapt to emerging realities. While some developed countries give the distinct impression that they would like...
Bonn, 24 October (Hilary Chiew) – Developing countries were firmly opposed to any attempts by developed countries to depart from their obligations under the UNFCCC as regards the provision of finance in the post-2015 climate agreement. They also insisted that the provision of finance by developed...
ECO would not want negotiators to leave Bonn with the feeling that no progress was made on finance–which is what will enable the implementation of any fair and ambitious agreement reached in Paris. The good news first: ECO senses convergence on the view that future finance...
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