The opening week of the Durban climate negotiations closes with unresolved divisions over the timing of a new climate change agreement.
Durban Decides
While the Durban climate conference struggles to compromise on even the most trivial detail, the world’s great powers cooperate seamlessly in saving the financial system, again.
COP17 Durban UN climate talks Dec 1
Full coverage of Day 4 of the Durban climate negotiations includes the latest position on setting up the Green Climate Fund
COP17 Durban UN climate talks Nov 30
Full notes on Day 3 of the Durban climate conference include the position of the Africa negotiating group.
COP17 Durban UN climate talks Nov 29
Reports from Day 2 of the UN climate negotiations. Canada’s threatened withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol attracts critical attention.
COP17 Durban UN climate talks Nov 28
A full agenda of business on the opening day of the Durban climate conference was dominated by news of the overnight storm which caused loss of life in the City.
COP17 Durban UN climate talks Nov 26th/27th
Round up of issues on the weekend before the 2011 UN climate talks get under way in Durban. The collapse of carbon markets is one key topic to follow.
Climate finance has a mountain to climb in Durban
On the eve of the Durban climate conference, the usual suspects (headed by Canada) line up to undermine the Copenhagen promises of climate finance.
UK carries its climate credentials to Durban
Thanks to its pace-setting climate change legislation, the UK will occupy the moral high ground at the Durban climate talks. Will the minister put this advantage to the cause of the planet?
Test for alliances at Durban climate talks
Is Africa split over future of the Kyoto Protocol? Can REDD survive without a second commitment period? Are the BASIC countries singing from the same hymn sheet on climate change? Key questions for the climate talks next week.