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When Ministers reached Doha at the start of week two almost no progress had been made on any of the crucial issues at the climate talks. A few days later, the finish line is now fast approaching. Let's have a look at where we are. (FR version below)
Published in COP18 Doha summit
A crucial stumbling block here in Doha will be the issue of climate finance. With Fast Start Finance (FSF) due to draw to a close at the end of this year, the most vulnerable communities feeling the brunt of climate change are now rightly asking: what financing plans do developed countries have up their sleeves to address the urgent need for climate action?
Published in Climate finance
Garantir le droit à l’alimentation dans un monde de contraintes climatiques ? Face à ce défi, le lancement d’un nouveau programme de travail sur l’agriculture, en débat depuis Durban, pourrait ouvrir la porte à plusieurs « fausses solutions ».
Published in Food and climate
As the UN climate negotiations resume in Bangkok this week, in preparation of the Doha summit later this year, the question is where the June Rio+20 conference on sustainable development has left us on climate change?
Published in Climate Justice
The Durban agreements made some progress towards a global climate regime, but did not deliver enough to prevent dangerous climate change and its impacts on the most vulnerable countries.
Published in Climate Justice