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Back home again...

Well, it’s finally over. I’m back here at my desk in Amsterdam, and looking through the all-but-final documents on the UNFCCC web site. You can find details of the ‘Copenhagen Accord’ about which we put out a statement early this morning. The ‘legally binding’ la ...

Posted 05 January 2010 by Steve Sawyer

tags: COP15 , Copenhagen , Climate change

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COP15: The (anti) climax

19 December, 2.30 hours: A few hours ago, around 30 countries agreed on a Copenhagen Accord. In a press conference for Washington reporters at the Copenhagen airport, US president Obama talks about ‘a meaningful and unprecedented accord’, but also about being ‘a first step’. ...

Posted 22 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15: Copenhagen Accord adopted, but not by all

19 December, 12.30 hours: Although discussions are still going on, the Copenhagen Accord will most likely be approved by most of the 193 countries that are part of the COP15. No unanimous approval has been achieved, but the UN Conference of Parties officially ‘take note’ of the Accord. C ...

Posted 22 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15: Still waiting for the (anti)climax

18 December, 17.30: The process of negotiations by delegates, ministers and heads of state will not end in a mature political treaty. At the time of writing this news report, the final official meeting – a signing session - should have started, but a final Copenhagen Declaration has not been p ...

Posted 22 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15: Are things finally ready to pick up?

17 December: On Wednesday morning, Connie Hedegaard resigned as the COP President in favour of Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen, and in the obviously tense handover between the two, they made the huge blunder of announcing that there would be ‘new text’ from the Danish Presidency released ...

Posted 18 December 2009 by Steve Sawyer

tags: COP15 , Copenhagen , Climate change

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COP15: World leaders enter the stage

16 December: The Copenhagen Summit gradually reaches its summit. Most Ministers from 193 countries are working hard, while security prepares for the invasion of 115 heads of state. Hugo Chavez of Venezuela took his time during the official opening event, and even Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe announced ...

Posted 17 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15: The row is over, but not completely

15 December: In the last couple of days, the Danish presidency met quite some criticism. COP president Connie Hedegaard’s action this Sunday, to call 48 Ministers for a special informal consultation, was heavily disputed by Bernaditas de Castro Muller. De Castro Muller is a former diplomat fro ...

Posted 17 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15: Wind power most visible climate solution

16 December: Amidst the up-and-down of the climate negotiations and the chaos of the registration system to get people into the building, at least one thing is going to plan: The wind industry’s efforts to make wind power highly visible to negotiators and media during the climate summit. Wind ...

Posted 17 December 2009 by Steve Sawyer

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COP15: The calm before the storm…

15 December: After a manic first week or 10 days, things are a bit less hectic in the Bella Center today. After 9 days of largely circular discussions, I believe the negotiations at official’s level have gone as far as they can go. We have a couple of draft texts (on the Kyoto Protocol a ...

Posted 15 December 2009 by Steve Sawyer

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COP15: Africa walks out, and in, and…

14 December: This morning the African countries put an extra edge to the Climate Summit by threatening to walk out if the richer countries would not pay more attention to their binding targets. As I wrote earlier, the developing countries want to continue the Kyoto Protocol into a second commitment ...

Posted 15 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15: a damaged chair?

10 December: Denmark, the chair of the present climate policy negotiations, suffers from some serious loss of trustworthiness. A draft negotiation text circulating in the first couple of days of COP15 was heavily criticised by the developing countries and environmental organisations, urging UNFCCC&r ...

Posted 10 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15: The bright side of life

8 December: After one day of mainly plenary sessions, the Copenhagen COP15 ran into technical details and working groups today. Yesterday’s key note speeches from people like the Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and COP President Connie Hedegaard expressed hope. Meanwhile the ...

Posted 10 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15 in a nutshell

The much talked about UNFCCC COP15 Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen is now underway. If you, like us, have been completely overwhelmed with all the news; views; predictions; doom and gloom; excitement; not to mention political machinations, possibilities and stall setting of the last few months l ...

Posted 08 December 2009 by David Hopwood

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COP15: Starting point is + 3.5°C

4 December 2009: Except for India, all countries in the world have now laid a number on the table regarding their ambition for greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the next few decades. The accumulation of these pledges is expected to give rise to a 3.5°C increase of the average global tempera ...

Posted 08 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15: China and US make their moves

27 November 2009: The temperature is rising, 9 days before Copenhagen. The hope I expressed last week about a secret China-US scheme for Copenhagen was satisfied within a week. Yesterday both China and the US published their first bids in the negotiations. That cannot be a coincidence. You can be qu ...

Posted 08 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

tags: COP15 , Copenhangen , Climate change

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COP15: deadlock until mid December?

19 November 2009: Last week, the world’s leaders present at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Singapore, and the environment ministers at the pre-COP15 in Copenhagen, publicly confirmed a downgrading of the Copenhagen summit. A ‘legally binding agreement’ about clima ...

Posted 08 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15: Heads of State book their tickets

13 November 2009: The most important news of the past week was the announcement from several important Government leaders that they will show up in the Danish capital in December. This is definitely feeding some optimism about the Copenhagen outcome, after a week of negative signs from Barcelona. A ...

Posted 08 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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COP15: Summit downgraded

6 November 2009: Less than five weeks ahead of the start of the Convention of Parties nr. 15 (COP15) in Copenhagen, the Summit has been watered down to an ‘Intermediate Summit’ – at best. A legally binding agreement has become almost impossible, said UN Climate chief Yvo de Boe ...

Posted 08 December 2009 by Rolf de Vos

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