Tag Archives: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Forty years ago, two ideas about humanity’s relationship with the natural world caught the imagination of the richest and most influential people. The first was that the demands of a growing population were taking more from the planet than could … read more »
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Tagged Brundtland Commission, Earth Summit, IndepthAfrica, Malthusianism, Non-governmental organization, Sustainable development, United Nations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Sustainable Development Conference
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Climate gamblers have been led astray since 1997 when the Kyoto Protocol was amended to let corporations buy the right to pollute in exchange for endorsing the treaty. Predictably, Washington has refused to honour this ever since. In the middle … read more »
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With international diplomacy at the UN deadlocked on issues like climate change, new regional formations offer a way forward. An air of busyness fills the conference chamber of the United Nations in Geneva. Arabic dances past French on the escalators, … read more »
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Barely 24 hours after it signed a new global climate change agreement in Durban, South Africa, Canada became on Monday the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, the only legally binding treaty to reduce emissions causing climate … read more »
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Tagged Canada, Climate change, Durban, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kyoto, KyotoProtocol, Peter Kent, Sierra Club Canada, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:00 AMDURBAN, South Africa, December 8, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement Todd Stern Special Envoy for Climate Change Durban, South Africa December 7, 2011 MR. STERN: Thanks, I have very brief remarks at th … read more »
by Kristin Palitza (durban, south africa) Sunday, December 04, 2011 Inter Press Service Chanting loudly, thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets to the venue of the 17th United Nations Climate Change Conference to demand that their voices be heard … read more »
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Tagged ActionAid, Climate change, Durban, Greenpeace, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kumi Naidoo, Kyoto Protocol, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United States
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South Africa is optimistic about the United Nations climate change conference which will be held in Durban later this year, the country’s deputy minister for environmental affairs Rejoice Mabudafhasi said on Wednesday. According to the South African Press Association (SAPA), … read more »
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