Kyoto Protocol
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What happened (and why): an assessment of the Cancun Agreements
Despite the gloom-and-doom predictions that dominated the weeks and months leading up to Cancun, the talks must be judged a success. The Cancun Agreements represent a set of modest steps forward.
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Bolivia, the Saudi Arabia of obstruction
Bolivia and a small bloc of ultra-leftist allies are obstructing progress on a climate agreement in Cancun, objecting to a market-based forest program.
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The Climate Post: Some progress in Cancun climate talks, but mostly a morass of competing interests
Cancun climate talks negotiators got down to brass tacks. There were comic relief moments, like the removal of climate skeptic Christopher Monckton from a luncheon
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Has Japan killed the Kyoto Protocol? Does it really matter?
Japan won't renew its Kyoto Protocol commitment unless China and the US join. Greens and developing countries condemn them but can we really blame them?
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Forests poised for major progress in Cancun — if Hugo Chavez and U.S. don't get in the way
The Cancun climate summit may be turning into a surprising opportunity for progress towards saving the world’s forests and other ecosystems.
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The path to the U.N. climate summit in Cancun and the chances of success
Representatives from 194 countries gather this week in Cancun, for the 16th meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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India proposes a system to monitor carbon pollution reductions
India recently proposed a new monitoring system for major emitters that aims to bridge some major differences between developing and developed countries. But a recent letter from the Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh clarifies that India’s proposal would be contingent on two things.
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Beware of drug pushers in Cancun
Beneath so much apparent agreement in Cancun lies the real truth -- some of its loudest delegates also those pushing for dirty coal.
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Defining success for climate negotiations in Cancun
The key challenge of the Cancun climate talks is to continue the process of constructing a sound foundation for meaningful, long-term global action.