New Negotiation text in Durban full of dangers Part 2: Carbon markets
One of the longest chapters in the Durban negotiation text (cf pages 35 – 52), and with most ‘new’ ideas in it — in terms of legal text — is the chapter on “Various approaches, including opportunities...
View ArticleNew Negotiation text in Durban full of dangers Part 3: Legal issues may screw...
Decisions are there to be implemented, mandates are there to be fulfilled. That’s the basis of a multilateral legal regime. If decisions and mandates are not followed anymore, then there is no...
View ArticleNew negotiation text is out: a secure climate regime is falling apart
After this morning a set of 2 negotiation texts, giving the “bigger picture” for the Durban outcome were presented, and later rejected by the G77, now a second trial has been presented. Let’s see what...
View ArticleA second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol: a victory or a deception?
The following text was written before the approval of the decision on the second commitment period. It was approved in the early hours of Sunday 11th December in Durban, as part of a more extented...
View ArticleHow not to tackle climate change and call it a success: the Durban package
The official package deal of Durban consisted of 4 main documents, apart of several other decisions, most of them less critical, that have been adopted: A decision on the second commitment period for...
View ArticleScientific realism tells us political realism is not an option in climate...
Scientists have the picture clear. James Hansen et al, in “The Case for Young People and Nature: A Path to a Healthy, Natural, Prosperous Future”, explain us very clearly that the impact of the actual...
View ArticleWhen the premises are wrong the answers can never be right – Rethinking the...
Year after year, the world turns it’s eyes towards the UN climate conference, and again and again final results do all but give a reasonable answer to the climate crisis. What is wrong, and how can we...
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