COP16 – Global Business Day opens with a call for business to do more
The 4th Global Business Day that the ICC and WBSCD have put together alongside COPs was opened by Christiana Figueres, the UNFCCC Secretary, at the beginning of the second week of the Cancun...
View ArticleThe energy efficient future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed…
…to paraphrase sci-fi writer William Gibson. So said Robert Allender, the Managing Director of Energy Resources Management, a Hong Kong-based energy efficiency consultancy, at yesterday’s REEEP Energy...
View ArticleCOP16: Mad – Bad – or Sad?
As late last week the UNFCCC shot down the business community’s proposal for an enhanced engagement with the UNFCCC process, businesses struggle to get their messages across during the Cancun meetings....
View ArticleClimate change negotiations are like turtles
Rumour has it that the COP 16 President, Patricia Espinosa, invited all Ministers attending the COP16 negotiations to a nice dinner on the beach on the weekend. After the dinner, Ms Espinosa asked...
View ArticleCOP 16: Cancun can! Ministers call for a single voice to respond to the COP...
Tuesday afternoon saw the commencement of the High-level Ministerial segment of the COP16 negotiations, opened by Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC‘s Executive Secretary. She stressed that the political...
View ArticleUN climate talks seek to avert damaging failure
Several environment ministers said on Wednesday that failure at the talks in Cancun, Mexico, could undermine faith in the ability of the United Nations to tackle global problems in the 21st century as...
View ArticlePublic and private sectors must work together to develop clean energy markets
Back in Europe and (mostly) recovered from jet-lag, I’m getting round to a slightly belated post on the COP16 official side event hosted by REEEP and IETA. Entitled Finance to push forward clean...
View ArticleUN climate talks agrees deal, restores faith in UN process
The UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, ended on Saturday with the adoption of a balanced package of decisions that set all governments more firmly on the path towards a low-emissions...
View ArticleWas Cancun a success? Dr. Osterkorn discusses the COP16 outcome
Dr. Marianne Osterkorn, REEEP‘s Director General attended the Cancun conference and was recently quizzed on her thoughts about the outcome. Looking at the Cancun Agreements, would you rate COP16 as a...
View ArticleChina’s Positive Role in Cancun Talks
Early morning of 11th, Dec., 193 countries gathered at COP16 finally reached two Accords which include $30 billion “fast-start” support for developing countries during 2010 and 2012, $100 billion per...
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