With a new report on energy decarbonization, the International Energy Agency has just made a major contribution toward implementing the greenhouse gas reduction agreements outlined at the recent UN climate negotiations in Lima (COP20). The agency, an autonomous organization, was founded after the 1970s oil crisis—a fossil fuel disaster many of us … [continued]
Turning off my computer at a little after 3 am this morning, I gave a silent thanks to Manuel Pulgar Vidal, the Peruvian environment minister and president of the just-completed 2014 UN COP20 meeting in Lima. Now I’ll be a little louder. Much of the credit for the newest internationally … [continued]
The UN’s Lima COP20 conference stands up very well in its final days against those who doubt or scorn international efforts to reduce climate impacts. It’s not just a lot of hot air. The congruence of international climate experts and decisionmakers is allowing organizations public and private, worldwide, to focus … [continued]
Cautious optimism from recent world progress (the US-China agreements, Green Climate Fund pledges, other international commitments) marked the first week of the UN’s COP20 climate change meetings in Peru. Lots of information changed hands as new data and solutions came forth from both governments and nongovernmental institutions. Of course, moments … [continued]
Speaking at the second week of the UN’s COP20 summit in Lima, Peru begins, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern advises conference parties not to insist that the Paris 2015 agreement be a legally binding international treaty. Nick Stern, a respected economist in the world of climate change, is president of the British … [continued]
Climate news in general captured press attention on Friday and Saturday alongside the goings-on at the Lima COP20 meeting. Here’s a roundup, including several research reports, carbon capture and storage schemes, commitments and funding developments, a recent retirement, and weather in the Philippines. More bad news about the environment broke. … [continued]
Discussions, workshops, and seminars carried on all day Thursday at the UNFCCC’s COP20 climate change convention in Lima. The main stage belonged to youth, however, as participants celebrated Young and Future Generations Day. It’s part of the UN’s human rights effort to include all affected groups in two-way climate communications, … [continued]
We’ve been giving you a blow-by-blow here of the UN COP20 climate change meetings in Lima. If you haven’t been watching yet, access the stories at that link above. The conference has already had some success and also a few red-face moments. High-level talks among environment officials and heads of … [continued]
On Wednesday, the main discussion at the Lima UN COP20 meeting on climate change centered on financing mitigation and adaptation. Delegates discussed these agenda actions: Standing committee report on Finance, Financing of technology, Progress of the Green Climate Fund, and Long-term climate finance. Of the four, the Green Climate Fund … [continued]
For a quick summary of the progress of world negotiations on climate change so far, the Climate Group has produced a simple but expressive infographic (below is part of it, click to enlarge). At Tuesday’s Lima COP20 meeting, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action … [continued]
