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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Hard word on developing nations for a Durban climate deal
Canada seems to be enjoying its status as the pariah of the Durban climate change talks, reportedly registering a louder cheer in its parliament each time it is awarded a “fossil of the day” award, writes Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator.
Durban might just keep the Kyoto protocol alive
This two weeks at the Durban climate talks might turn out to be more interesting than expected, writes academic Michael Jacobs. The stakes are certainly high enough.
Australia can speak with authority at Durban climate talks
For the first time in the history of the international negotiations, Australia can speak with authority and join other nations in taking credible action, writes Erwin Jackson, deputy CEO at Climate Institute.
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.
Panama UN climate talks: what will they mean?
Panama is the last opportunity before the important UN Climate Summit in Durban in late 2011 for the negotiators to make progress on key issues around the scale of emission reductions. Clancy Moore previews the Panama climate talks starting tomorrow.
Any way you look at it, our carbon task just got much harder
The good news: Australia will comfortably meet its Kyoto emission reduction target. But there’s bad news: the task of meeting Australia’s pledge to the Copenhagen Accord has just gotten a lot harder, says Giles Parkinson.
climate change UN climate talks get some Mexican mojo
Without a domestic pollution limit and price Australia will not be in a position to fulfill the commitments made in Cancun, writes Erwin Jackson, deputy CEO of The Climate Institute, from Cancun, Mexico.
Cancun Calling: couple of all-nighters in final countdown
The parties have until Friday morning to agree on negotiations. Experienced negotiators say there is a fat chance of that, writes Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator, from Cancun, Mexico.
No Cancun crisis yet, but an air of resignation descends on climate talks
It’s not yet a crisis, but an air of anxiety and resignation has decended upon the climate talks in Cancun, writes Giles Parkinson, of Climate Spectator.
Kicking Kyoto around in Cancun
The negotiations in Cancun need a path towards a comprehensive, fair, ambitious and binding global deal, and there are many obstacles to overcome. One of the hot topics is the Kyoto Protocol and Japan’s denouncement of it, reports Phillip Ireland from Mexico.
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.
UN climate talks: flashpoints on the road to Cancun
The UN climate talks in Tianjin are coming to an end and so far the talks have been mixed with only marginal progress and messyt, writes Phillip Ireland from China.
Rudd throws ETS in the “too hard” basket
Daily media wrap: Kevin Rudd is giving up on what he once described as “the greatest moral challenge of our time” — but is Australia’s attention span really so short? Crikey hasn’t forgotten, and neither has the world’s media.
Copenhagen: ‘Kyoto killer’ Rudd talks down hopes of strong outcome
PM Kevin Rudd has touched down in Copenhagen and wasted no time in playing down a guarantee of success at the conference, writes Matthew Knott in Copenhagen.
Milne: It all boils down to this: Kyoto v non Kyoto
Although inching progress is being made, the UN and world leaders will have trouble selling a political outcome that declares some kind of success, writes Greens Senator Christine Milne.
Taylor: No ‘cooking the books’ in this land of fire and brimstone
Although there are claims that Australia has been pulling a dodgy on reporting an increase in industrial pollution, this simply isn’t true, writes Lenore Taylor. We’ve complied with all the rules in the Kyoto Protocol, we just aren’t counting bushfires and droughts.
revealed The great carbon heist
Australia’s carbon emissions have increased by 30% since Kyoto, but thanks to the theft of 83.7 million tonnes of carbon credits from family farmers, the government can claim it’s only 9%, reports Steve Truman.
Consensus melts away at Hopelesshagen
To describe the pace of negotiations during the first four days of the Copenhagen climate summit as “glacial” is an insult to glaciers, writes Matthew Knott.
Hamilton at Copenhagen: Lulu’s back in town
The Australian delegation in Copenhagen should not be surprised if the rest of the world takes a jaundiced view of any arguments it advances for the treatment of land-based emissions, based on our past Kyoto behaviour.
Copenhagen Day 1: Australia already singled out as a spoiler
Only hours into the fortnight-long Copenhagen conference and Australia is already being singled by NGOs out as a climate-change spoiler, writes Matthew Knott from Copenhagen.
Why climate talks fail
World leaders are great at getting together to talk about the importance of climate change — they’re less skilled at actually making any concrete commitments or actions on the issue. Christopher Lingle explains why the world just can’t get its s**t together.
Copenhagen v Kyoto: where we’re really at
The holy grail of a global emissions target with ambitious carbon budgets for 2020 in industrialised countries remains elusive, say Andrew Light, Erwin Jackson and Andrew Pendleton.
The Climate Institute: why Rudd’s ETS changes make sense
Erwin Jackson of The Climate Institute explains why they support Rudd’s ETS changes.
