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EU-level policy
Some flesh on the bare bones of a climate deal? Ideas from the EU
A proposal paper published this week by the EU’s Czech presidency this week has cast light on what may be some of the main features of a post-Kyoto deal. » Read more...
EU failing to meet its promises: the simple message in the spaghetti soup
191 countries. Wildly differing priorities. Scientific uncertainty. Limited budgets. Short timescales. » Read more...
The outcomes: what did the G20 achieve for Climate Change?
[caption id="attachment_2998" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="The G20 leaders standing for their "] [/caption] The G20 Summit in London has now concluded, with US President Obama filling the main press briefing room for an hour-long press session. » Read more...
The G20 Summit - A Day in Review
As expected, the global economy took center stage at the G20 Summit held yesterday in London. » Read more...
Momentum, momentum, momentum: Ed Miliband at G20
Ed Miliband's statement on climate change at the G20 was short and to the point. » Read more...
EU looks to the rest of the world at Bonn
The climate conference in Bonn this week has given the EU another opportunity to reiterate its negotiating position leading to Copenhagen and attempt to maintain momentum in the negotiation process. » Read more...
EU Council: discussion ends in agreement to have more discussion
In line with expectations, EU leaders did not make any substantial progress on agreeing their Copenhagen negotiating position in their Council meeting last week. » Read more...
Hubble Bubble, food shortages bring trouble: A climate change ‘storm’ is looming for 2030!
The government’s chief scientific adviser, Professor John Beddington has warned that: “The UK is heading for a "perfect storm" of food shortages, scarce water and insufficient energy resources…this will threaten to unleash public unrest, cross-border conflicts and mass migration as people flee from the worst-affected regions.” The issue of food and energy security rose high on the political agenda last year during a spike in oil and commodity prices. » Read more...
Climatico Report on National Climate Policy published, finds significant gap in adaptation funding
On March 5 2009 Climatico released its first assessment report of national climate policy across twelve of the G20 countries. » Read more...
NGOs keep the climate heat on EU leaders
Already a whole quarter has passed since the frenzy of negotiations that led up to the 20/20/20 Package agreement at the European Council meeting last December. » Read more...
EU stalls on adaptation financing
Like most EU talks seem to be nowadays, those today on climate change were rather fractious, specifically the debates around adaptation financing.The current EU position for Copenhagen estimates that "net global incremental investment" for tackling climate change needs to be 175 billion euros by 2020, with 100 billion euros of that spent in developing countries. » Read more...
Disaster management in a changing climate: EU gives some thought to adaptation
Usually, the EU’s policy on global warming tends to focus on mitigation: the 20/20/20 Climate and Energy Package is the obvious recent example. » Read more...
Climate policy goes urban: European cities sign climate covenant
Cities love climate change. » Read more...
Europe sets out its stall at the beginning of 2009
Barely a month after the end of the Pozna? » Read more...
China’s European tour: Common but differentiated purposes on climate
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s recent “Journey of confidence” through the EU, including visits to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the European Commission in Brussels and Britain, was intended to demonstrate China’s international leadership and co-operation on the global economy and climate change. » Read more...
Europe’s energy security strategy: what might it mean for the climate?
Having seen the Climate and Energy Package through from its inception in 2007 onto the statute books, the European Commission has now turned its attention to another pillar of European energy policy: energy security. » Read more...
Arctic Trade Agreement or bereavement..?
Arctic polar ice caps are melting at an average rate of the size of Scotland each year, which exposes more dark water which absorbs the sunlight, perpetuating the cycle of disappearing ice and global warming (Source: Sunday Observer). » Read more...
Plane sailing: could Europe set a pattern for the rest of the world on aviation?
Transport Ministers from 21 major countries met in Tokyo last week to discuss the establishment of a global trading scheme for emissions from aviation. » Read more...
Three reasons why the EU Climate and Energy package matters for developing countries
How does the EU’s climate and energy package affect developing countries? » Read more...
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