Towards a Grand Climate Compromise
The climate conference in Doha is a diplomatic charade masquerading as a serious climate negotiation.
Durban Download: Report Back From UN Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa
Please join us in welcoming IPS staff and guests home from the UN climate summit held in Durban, South Africa this past December. While some are touting the outcome of the negotiations as a success, others have raised serious concerns about a lack of urgency and equity in tackling the climate crisis. Panelists will give their perspectives on what was won and lost for people and the planet.
Durban’s Climate Debacle
What we got from Durban was largely a set of promises to do something…some other time.
Durban Diary: The Waiting Game
As the doors on government meetings swing shut, Janet ponders whether our future will be one of ecological stability or planetary chaos.
Durban Diary: Climate Reality Check
What we need in Durban is a commitment to complete the mandate that already exists. Countries must deliver a renewed Kyoto Protocol, and effective Green Climate Fund, and substantial money to fill it.
Ideas into Action in Durban
This week, IPS is taking its ideas to the UN Climate Change Summit in South Africa.
Durban Diary: Who is the One Percent at the UN Climate Convention?
Not yet ready to condemn the UN climate change summit, Janet lists the culprits in the corporate, government and diplomatic world who are to blame for the struggle to move forward.
Durban Diary: Repaying Climate Debt
We have to mobilize the political will of rich countries to share the wealth.
Durban Diary: What’s on the Table?
Many countries — especially the wealthiest ones — are dragging their feet.
Durban Diary: UN Summit’s Stormy Backdrop
Scientists are finding increasing evidence that climate change is behind the recent surge in extreme weather.