France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have simultaneously launched a call for the European Union (EU) to commit to a larger reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. In recent months, the EU has weathered economic troubles. But the current plan for increased energy cuts is being billed as a bid to help economic recovery and to shore up energy security.

Currently, the agreed EU target is to reduce energy use by 20% ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/reduction-targets-can-the-eu-make-it-to-30/feed/ 0 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/france-has-prepared-forpositive-bonn-outcome/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/france-has-prepared-forpositive-bonn-outcome/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:34:47 +0000 jennhelgeson http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=4935

France has been a leading nation in climate change negotiations in the recent past. French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for a national carbon tax on global-warming pollutants. Generally, he recognizes that “We are on the road to failure…Time is not on our side.” He has even gone so far as to suggest the creation of a new international organisation to deal with climate change. But after major losses to his party in regional ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/france-has-prepared-forpositive-bonn-outcome/feed/ 1 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/another-way-forward-world-peoples%e2%80%99-climate-summit-launched-by-bolivia-at-unfcc-talks/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/another-way-forward-world-peoples%e2%80%99-climate-summit-launched-by-bolivia-at-unfcc-talks/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:21:19 +0000 jennhelgeson http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=4818

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meetings continued in Bonn, Germany from 9 – 11 April 2010. This marked the eleventh session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 11) as well as the ninth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 9).

The meetings were focused on the organization of each ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/another-way-forward-world-peoples%e2%80%99-climate-summit-launched-by-bolivia-at-unfcc-talks/feed/ 3 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/will-redd-be-a-saving-grace-or-yet-another-sticking-point-in-copenhagen/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/will-redd-be-a-saving-grace-or-yet-another-sticking-point-in-copenhagen/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:10:18 +0000 Copenhagen Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=4530

Author: Jennifer Helgeson

Protesters demand respect for indigeneous rights in REDD negotiations (Image by: Matthew McDermott)

Since the beginning of the Copenhagen negotiations, the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) mechanism has been seen as one of the most likely to reach agreement.  However, the nuances of the mechanism have caused concern over the rights of indigenous peoples and overall financing, among other issues.  In the first week of the Copenhagen negotiations these concerns caused ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/will-redd-be-a-saving-grace-or-yet-another-sticking-point-in-copenhagen/feed/ 1 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/stronger-co2-targets-required-for-true-redd-success/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/stronger-co2-targets-required-for-true-redd-success/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:40:41 +0000 Copenhagen Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=4442

Author: Jennifer Helgeson

Deforestation and uncontrolled grazing leads to erosion (Image by: treesftf)

As negotiations continue, Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation and Enhanced Carbon Stocks (REDD+) is viewed as one of the only mechanisms expected to be agreed upon during the ongoing climate change talks in Copenhagen.  But an excellent point is being made – a successful REDD+ program requires a strong global CO2 target.  Without a global objective, any framework agreed for REDD+ will ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/stronger-co2-targets-required-for-true-redd-success/feed/ 1 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-developing-nation-in-focus-kiribati/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-developing-nation-in-focus-kiribati/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:07:21 +0000 Copenhagen Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=4387

Author: Jennifer Helgeson

Betio village, Kiribati. 10 February 2005. ©Greenpeace / Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert

The Kiribati delegation made a powerful public presentation of the extreme risks faces by their atoll nation in the near future by climate change effects.  Climatico analyst Jennifer Helgeson had the opportunity to have a discussion with Kiribati’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Tessie Eria Lambourne, as well as legal Solicitor-General, David Lambourne.

The presentation preceding this conversation combined scientific discussions alongside cultural ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-developing-nation-in-focus-kiribati/feed/ 3 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/france-brazil-a-common-call-to-climate-change-action-in-the-amazon/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/france-brazil-a-common-call-to-climate-change-action-in-the-amazon/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:05:08 +0000 jennhelgeson http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=4132

On Thursday, 26 November the presidents of France and Brazil came out with a joint statement that rich(er) countries must immediately boost aid for developing nations in efforts towards climate change mitigation and adaptation. They lauded this as an essential key to obtaining a viable agreement in Copenhagen next month.

Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, invited his counterparts in countries straddling the Amazon Basin to meet in Manaus in order to come to a ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/france-brazil-a-common-call-to-climate-change-action-in-the-amazon/feed/ 4