Many observers believe that Hurrican Sandy swung the election for President Obama. With the COP18 climate change talks set to open in Doha, it’s time for a payback.
Tag: climate change
Will Doha tolerate climate protests at COP18?
Locating the UN climate talks in Qatar may prove controversial if activists are banned from street protest. Greenpeace is in talks with the government. A new Arab Youth Climate Movement will bring a welcome new voice to COP18.
COP18 actors rehearse their lines
Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, has been on a roadshow warming up for COP18 in Doha. A parallel conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa also has important messages.
Conference notes: 26th March
Miscellaneous reflections on the first day of the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference, embracing Lord Giddens, Twitter and Wordsworth.
No rest for reds under the beds
“Capitalism in crisis” goes out the cry in Europe and North America. These old-fashioned debates about inequality in wealthy economies fail to connect with the real issues of the modern world.
Good COP: Bad COP in Durban
A quick survey of those whose reputations slithered upwards or downwards in the cauldron of the recent Durban climate talks, otherwise known as COP17.
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.
Security Council skips date with history
A rare Security Council debate on the threat posed to peace by climate change failed to spot the signficance of an equally rare declaration – of famine – in Somalia.
The climate change blame game
How far can we go in blaming climate change for food insecurity? Kenya poses the difficult questions.
Speak on population at your peril
A London conference on population issues draws an awkward comparison with climate change.