Canada’s reversal on Kyoto won’t undermine the sense that the Durban climate conference achieved more than many expected, writes Michael Jacobs of Inside Story.
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Parkinson: Durban talks off to a bad start
The UN climate change talks begin today in Durban in much the same way they have since 1995 — with rhetoric about why the world needs to act but virtually no agreement on how or when, writes Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator.
Garnaut still distracted by the search for the ‘holy grail’
Amid predictable exchanges of hysteria and jubilation from the warring factions in the carbon price debate, a more fundamental set of concerns about Ross Garnaut’s advice has been missed, writes Fergus Green, a lawyer and policy analyst specialising in climate change.
Cancun: the glass-half-full outlook
Cancun will restore confidence among governments and business that action is going to occur, writes Michael Jacobs, and that makes progress more likely.
FOI lifts veil on our ignorance of international pollution action
A lead veil is shielding commentators from the extent of international action on pollution and climate change, writes John Connor, CEO The Climate Institute.
Gittens: Copenhagen wasn’t a failure
Like Australia, the US has just abandoned plans for an emissions trading scheme. But not all hope is lost for climate change policy, with the pledges made in Copenhagen far stronger than the media has represented, writes Ross Gittins.
Please ignore the UN climate deal
The UN climate conference meeting in the Mexican resort town of Cancun at the end of the month promises to be a far less dramatic circus than the Copenhagen conference at the end of last year, writes Georgina Woods, director, Climate Action Network Australia.
Was this Copenhagen all over again?
The climate negotiations came to a close last week in China and the closing plenary of the talks was not without drama. Delayed for over an hour, head negotiators huddled around the hall desperately seeking common ground, reports Phillip Ireland.
What would you ask a climate scientist?
Suring the Copenhagen summit last year there was a very clever service available for journos, where 650 climate scientists offered up their brains for the picking on tricky science questions. The service is back. What questions would you want answered? asks Amber Jamieson.
Milne: Rudd has wedged himself on fossil fuel subsidies
One thing Kevin Rudd probably wants even less right now is to open up a new front in the battle with the cashed-up miners, writes Australian Greens deputy leader Christine Milne.
Why it’s great that the ETS got the chop
The most frustrating argument in support of the CPRS was this notion that, even though it was acknowledged as appalling policy, “something is better than nothing”. Sounds nice, but it’s a logical fallacy, writes Tim Hollo.
Uhlmann: Meltdown, schmeltdown, Rudd’s a climate wimp
Rudd’s just bowling a nude ball when it comes to his handling of the ETS. What happened to “delay equals denial” and “too much time wasting”? asks Chris Uhlmann.
In Hopenhagen’s wake: can’t blame de Boer for failure
After all the Copenhagen fallout, is it any wonder Yvo de Boer, the glum faced executive secretary of the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change plans to retire and head to the world of accounting instead? asks Crikey intern Matthew Knott.
Penny Wong: Climate change deniers are the cigarette supporters of yore
Penny Wong launches a scathing attack on climate change deniers, including the lies of Climategate and says the worst thing about Copenhagen’s failure was the smugness that it gave sceptics.
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China’s Copenhagen report
A Chinese think-tank report from the Copenhagen climate summit leaked to the Guardian reveals the government didn’t set out to spoil the talks, just to avoid rich nations’ “conspiracy to divide the developing world”.
Paul Kelly: Political pressure cooks Rudd
Labor is at a crossroads, after the fiasco of Copenhagen and PM Kevin Rudd’s inability to successfully argue his ETS policy. The question now is: what does Rudd do next? asks Paul Kelly.
Political snippets: The shine is coming off Kevin Everywhere
If the hard slog of governing a country can take the gloss off Barack Obama within a year, Kevin Rudd has no reason to think he cannot suffer the same fate. Plus, the Copenhangen promise that last 33 days and other political snippets.
How the Murdoch press got it wrong on the Himalayan big melt
We should not let a debate about timing undermine our acceptance of the fundamental threat of the loss of the Asian glaciers, write Damien Lawson and David Spratt.
VIDEO: Dr Seuss meets Copenhagen
Want to know what the Copenhagen summit was like? BBC show Now Show has an excellent and zany Dr Seuss-esque summary, notes Tim Hollo.
Kerr: Abbott ducks, weaves and then hits where it hurts
Penny Wong loves to rile the Opposition about not yet having a clear climate change policy. But as much as she’d like that to be the issue, Tony Abbott is right to point out that only the government’s actions count, says Christian Kerr.
China stamps all over Antarctica
China has come out and said what other countries have previously not dared: they want to mine the natural resources of Antarctica. Can the Antarctic Treaty hold or will China flex its muscles like it did in Copenhagen?
Omens of Doom: Dubai’s Burj Khalifa Tower
The new Burj Khalifa Tower dwarfs all that have come before it, a monstrous compilation of gimmicks, extravagance and expense accounts. But is Dubai’s big tower just a symbol of its decay? asks Binoy Kampmark.
Bronwyn Bishop: The Copenhagen fairy tale with no happy ending
The Hans Christian Anderson classic, ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’, is a nice allegory for the Copenhagen climate summit. Who’s going to mention that the Copenhagen Accord is spun from lies? asks Bronwyn Bishop.
Political snippets: No movement for Tony
Copenhagen might have made the Labor position on global warming more difficult to justify but the Crikey Election Indicator still has the government of Kevin Rudd comfortably favourite as this pre-election year draws to a close.
