A dummy's guide: Making sense of COP17

A dummy's guide: Making sense of COP17

13 Dec 2011 14:44 - Faranaaz Parker
COP17 has come and gone, leaving many South Africans still scratching their heads about what it all meant. You have questions, we have answers.
Climate change group charting universal agreement

Climate change group charting universal agreement

11 Dec 2011 15:07 - Staff Reporter
According to the presidency of COP17, an ad hoc group will now work towards charting a new universal legal agreement on climate change.

COP17: Talks stumble toward uncertain end

10 Dec 2011 07:15 - Marlowe Hood
A draft global pact on climate change has boosted UN talks, already deep into overtime, but negotiators are worried it's a little too late.
COP 17 omission leaves black hole

COP 17 omission leaves black hole

18 Feb 2011 14:33 - Sean Christie
The glaring lack of mention of 'climate' or 'change' in Zuma's speech has left many in the international community in a state of mild panic.
SA sets sights on climate targets

SA sets sights on climate targets

17 Dec 2010 00:00 - Yolandi Groenewald
After winning praise for their role in Cancùn, SA's negotiators have high hopes for Durban talks.

Planning needed to avoid climate change COP-out in Durban

19 Nov 2010 15:56 - Richard Calland
Perhaps it is Fifa World Cup syndrome -- a combination of complacency and a blasé attitude -- or just South Africans' tendency to wake up late to big things, but at the moment there is absolutely no apparent recognition of the importance, scale and intensity of the event that South Africa will be hosting in a year's time.

Will our grandchildren revile the 'lost decade'?

28 Dec 2009 07:25 - Richard Ingham
The first decade of the 21st century dawned with a global strategy to fight climate change but ended in chaos with the UN system in tatters.

UN climate chief optimistic over Copenhagen talks

23 Nov 2009 16:01 - Staff Reporter
The UN's top climate negotiator voiced optimism on Monday that a deal can be salvaged next month at world talks on global warming.

UN: Time running short for climate-change deal

05 Aug 2009 12:58 - Staff Reporter
Time is running short to pull together a global climate-change deal in crucial talks in Copenhagen in December, the UN's climate-change head says.

Climate change: Talking about talks

08 Apr 2009 14:02 - Faranaaz Parker
Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, refers to 2009 as “the year of climate change”.