After 10 days of remarkably inefficient work at the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) session in Bonn, world negotiators have decided to move from their homes to the former German capital to make sure the text for COP21 in Paris would be ready by December. The objective of this June session was…
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Warming up in Lima
During the last years as well as in the next weeks in Lima, the international community will discuss the shape of a new climate treaty. The talks shall be concluded in 2015 in Paris during the COP21 and the new treaty shall be in force from 2020 on. This long time for the ratification is…
What went wrong at the Poznan talks?
And what changes do we need to see? It was in the news. Everybody heard about it – but it resulted in nothing. What happened? Three things were going on our continent. Primarily the world climate summit was held in Poznan, Poland, secondly the EU summit in Brussels and thirdly the FYEG climate exchange in…
Infobox Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was agreed upon on December 11, 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. The protocol officially entered into force in February 2005. The protocol, known officially as the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change introduces for the first time a legally binding commitment for developed countries to cut their emission of…