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The Negotiated Future of Compliance-Based Carbon Markets

By Agus Sari

Market mechanism as an instrumental component of the Kyoto Protocol is undergoing major overhaul to make it fit the future climate change agreement post 2012.  The necessary adjustments are currently being negotiated under the ongoing Bali Roadmap leading up to the upcoming Copenhagen Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on... »

Today is Batik Day for Indonesians … in UN Climate Talks in Bangkok

By Agus Sari

Bangkok – in no other day Indonesians are easily identified in a suit-clad international diplomatic circles as today.  Today, October 2, 2009, is the day when the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaims Batik to be an Indonesian “intangible cultural heritage.”  As such, in quite a bottom-up manner, Batik is worn... »