Right now, the negotiations within the CMP in the main plenary are stopped again and a small group of people is meeting in one corner of the room to find agreemend under the guidance of Connie Hedegaard, the COP-President. Tuvalu seemed to have insisted on its proposal to first deal with what kind of outcome [...]
Posts Tagged ‘China’
9 Dec
China blocks allegations
China just said at the CMP-Meeting that it is not agreeing with the finding of the CDM Executive Board (EB) on taking back some CDM-Windprojects in China. The initial Critique came up by groups like CDM-Watch that China was lowering subsidies for Windprojects which are enabled under the CDM. They would then not be “additional” [...]
6 Dec
China leads in awareness-raising.
“The Chinese press is preparing the Chinese for future increases in fees and taxes to fund the nation’s efforts to curb its greenhouse gas emissions.” (source)
That is is stuff I want to read from every country. Climate Change will cost all of us huge amounts of money. The question is not if we have to [...]
26 Jul
EU and China get closer – or at least more concrete
While MEF – the Major Economics Forum, a meeting of the 17 biggest economies under Obamas leadership – agreed on a 2°C-goal in the fight against climate change (no, this is not enough to protect vulnerable countries, but it is not considered “catastrophic” by western scientists) and China and the US engage in bilateral talks, [...]
13 Jun
China and the US check on each other a little closer
As I was writing here before, there is a real danger that the Climate negotiations will be dealt with among the big powerful nations and a “deal” could be very advantageous for them and bad for the small, most vulnerable, parties.
Nevertheless, I agree in principal with the view that the big Veto-Players should talk openly [...]
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