“Unless the G8 sign up to cut emissions by at least 40% by 2020, developing countries will not commit to emissions targets” – that’s the major point of discussion between developed and developing nations, which has (as was to be expected) paralysed the outcome of the Major Economies Forum (MEF). Following yesterday’s G8 declaration, the [...]

  The G20 Summit in London has now concluded, with US President Obama filling the main press briefing room for an hour-long press session.  The main points of the summit for international and national climate policy are summarised below:   Overall: In the substantive elements of the summit outcomes there is little mention of climate [...]

The G20 summit is in full swing and the world is looking to London for a whole range of solutions. The shouts of the protesters and the presence of high-level politicians eclipse the (admittedly less sexy) seventh session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol [...]

2 April was a big day for the international community; the leaders of the Group of 20 countries (the G20) had a dramatic one-day gathering at the ExCel Centre in London.  The goals of the meeting were three-fold: 1.      Reach an agreement on global stimulus measures to halt the economic slide; 2.      Develop new parameters [...]

As expected, the global economy took center stage at the G20 Summit held yesterday in London. Amidst the world economic crisis, G20 leaders met to discuss and put forth a global plan for recovery. Included amongst the six pledges made by the leaders of the Group of Twenty was a pledge for a green and [...]

The Climatico Team will be providing a live-blog service on the climate change aspects of the G20 Summit and surrounding events in London, United Kingdom. This page will be updated throughout the day, bringing together insights from our press team as well as our global pool of analysts.  Click here, or press F5, to refresh. 20:17 NB: [...]

Author: Adeline Dontenville It all started quite optimistically for environmentally-concerned observers of today’s G20 summit. Indeed, Ed Miliband, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, surprised the media by organising a press conference in the early afternoon. Media were not expecting any specific briefing on issues at the summit, especially not on climate change, [...]

Ed Miliband’s statement on climate change at the G20 was short and to the point. Miliband briefed for ten minutes from Room Three of the conference centre, and quickly answered four questions before departing to give BBC and SkyNews interviews on the same topic. The thrust of the conference was just that: thrust.  Momentum, Miliband [...]

Author: Adeline Dontenville Expectations for the development of a ‘green stimulus’ to help revive the global economy have been downplayed in the past few days. Indeed, the London summit’s draft statement leaked at the weekend makes only the smallest reference to climate change, and appears to be vague on the subject of how green the £1.4tn [...]