Ban Ki-moon has called on nations to expedite the launch of a Green Climate Fund, as SA’s Trevor Manuel adds his voice to the call for carbon pricing.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon says a deadlock at COP17 place the world in dire peril, amid scientists’ further warnings of increased, runaway climate change.
Twelve heads of state and 130 ministers are set to attend the high level segment of the COP17 conference to broker a new climate deal.
There’s been mixed reaction at COP17 to China’s announcement that it would accept a legally binding agreement to reduce carbon emissions.
China says it will commit to a binding agreement on climate change, even as calls grow for the US to stop hindering negotiations and leave the talks.
The drama in 2011 seemed to unfold on an almost daily basis, with scandals, disasters and political unrest rolling in one after the other.
Protesters marched through the streets of Durban on Saturday morning creating a spectacle that was worlds apart from the solemn climate change talks.
The EU’s "Durban Roadmap" — a plan to conclude negotiations on a legally binding treaty by 2015 — has been gaining traction with other parties.
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/ 2 December 2011
Youth delegations at the Durban climate talks have called for a greater sense of urgency from countries agreeing on a treaty to slow climate change.
On the first day of COP17 rumours that Canada planned to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol began circulating.