Climate Change
The Negotiated Future of Compliance-Based Carbon Markets
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... »
Bangkok Climate Change Talks: A Failure or a Delayed Success?
In general, the Bangkok Climate Talks has been considered as less than successful (some say it was a failure but, probably due to my already low expectations knowing how the negotiation process works in previous sessions, I wouldn’t say so). In climate negotiation, the rule is “almost fail,” instead of a straightforward success. A... »
Today is Batik Day for Indonesians … in UN Climate Talks in Bangkok
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... »
Remarks of President Barack Obama at the New York UN Climate Summit
As Prepared for Delivery: Good morning. I want to thank the Secretary-General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating. That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing. Our generation’s response to this... »
Very Slow Progress at The Bonn Climate Negotiation
Bonn, June 2009 – The pace of the current negotiation has indeed probably reached a new record of slowness here in Bonn, Germany. So slow even Imelda Abano noted in her article that the negotiators take as much as one whole hour only to agree on one sentence. Two topics may have to be... »