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24.10.2011
CO2 targets achievable with action
Keeping global warming below two degrees over the next decade is achievable, but decisive action is crucial, a new study has found.
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21.10.2011
Start of pre-COP 17 consultations
The pace is hotting up as the deadline for the upcoming COP 17/CMP7 International Climate Change Conference in Durban at the end of November draws closer.
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20.10.2011
40-day countdown to COP17
Faith leaders, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, intend to use the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Durban to push governments to act in the interest of the world’s environment.
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20.10.2011
Figueres: Legally-binding climate deal achievable
A legally-binding post-2012 climate agreement is achievable, said the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres – but not this year.
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18.10.2011
South Africa faces COP 17 balancing act
South Africa would need to ensure a balanced approach to its roles as a negotiating party and as the president of the seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17), to be held in Durban late next month, Imbewu Sustainability Legal Specialist’s Dr Marie Parramon said on Tuesday.
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18.10.2011
No "big bang" expected from Durban climate talks: EU
(Reuters) - Global climate talks in South Africa next month will not produce a "big bang" capable of producing a new and binding pact to slash greenhouse gases, but steady progress could be made, a senior European climate official said on Tuesday.
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17.10.2011
Climate change focus
REDUCING the risks of climate change and increasing the resilience of agriculture and forestry ecosystems are vital to Pacific Islanders, says Land Resources Division acting director Inoke Ratukalou.
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17.10.2011
UN official stresses climate change adaptation measures in Africa
African States have no choice but to implement climate change adaptation measures, given the continent’s vulnerability to the phenomenon, a senior United Nations official said today as the first conference on climate change and development in Africa got under way in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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16.10.2011
UN chief pushes trust, green themes with lawmakers
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Lawmakers in Europe and elsewhere must do more than put their debt-wracked houses in order — they must reassure citizens who fear diminished future prospects, and that means restoring people's trust in government, the U.N. secretary-general said Sunday night.
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16.10.2011
Experts back India at climate change talks
New Delhi: With India proposing the inclusion of some of neglected issues in the agenda of the UN climate change negotiations in Durban later this year, experts feel the country has taken a U-turn from its stand in Mexico 2010 and is following a better line.
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13.10.2011
ESG Green Pages official catalogue at UN Convention
Up to 40 000 visitors, including delegates from 185 countries are expected at the seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) next month. As the host nation and as a developing country, South Africa's participation must be committed to the global effort addressing concerns of climate change and sustainable development.
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12.10.2011
ASEAN unity in climate talks urged
MANILA, Philippines – In the wake of the devastating floods in member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, particularly Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines, over the past two weeks, the regional bloc has been urged to unite and take a more active and transparent role in pushing for binding agreements to combat climate change.
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