| Recent events or conferences: The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznań |
Poznan climate talks drift to a close 2008-12-15
The big issues to be resolved for a new global climate treaty lie largely unmoved after two weeks of annual UN climate change talks in Poznan, Poland, just as they have throughout all of 2008.
Neither progress towards targets for reducing emissions nor decisions on a global market to preserve forests and to stimulate carbon capture and storage emerged from the meeting as had been hoped.
The headline challenge of agreeing targets and sharing them among developed and developing countries as the foundation of a new treaty remains. A goal of halving emissions by 2050 is still hanging while the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s call for developed countries to agree cuts of 25 to 40 per cent in their greenhouse emissions by 2020 looks further from reality than ever.
Further Disgrace for Aetorea at Poznan 2008-12-12
In a big step forward, the conference at Poznan have agreed terms in which to reward those replanting depleted forests and make special exemptions for those sustaining the ones they have. Due to the nature of these shared lands, there was a large emphasis on the community involvement. We in New Zealand have always been light years ahead with countries such as Canada and the US on setting aside lands to preserve for future generations and the precious habitats within. Why is it then that we three states, as well as Australia, have all chosen to discard crucial language in the agreement concerning indigenous peoples? Is it a sad and backward facing return to previous days of oppression?
More African countries launch African Climate Solution 2008-12-11
Poznan, Poland - A grouping of 26 African countries in East, Central and Southern Africa Wednesday launched “The African Climate Solution” at the UN climate change talks in Poznan, Poland, to address issues relating to climate change.
The African Climate Solution entails the reduction of green house gas emissions by forest resources (REDD) and carbon sequestration through agriculture, forestry and land use (AFOLU) in Africa and throughout the developing world.