Posts Tagged ‘MEF’

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, [...]

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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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MEF takes over UNFCCC

According to “intelligence” (yes, they call it so!), the Major Economies Forum, hosted by Barack Obama, is becoming a rivalry event to the UNFCCC-process in which every country – independent of its GDP – has one vote. Obama said he wants a new version of the MEF after Pres. Bush tried to act against the [...]

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