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Protestors at the U.S. COP23 side event promoting clean coal

U.S. Delegation Offers Up Clean Coal Side Event at COP23

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Back in 2015 at the COP21 climate conference in Paris, the U.S. delegation presented numerous side events in the Blue Zone, from EPA, NASA, NOAA, the Department of Energy and more. The United States clearly embraced its role as a world leader at a historic global inflection point. Fast forward two years, to the end of President Donald Trump’s first year…

The Road to Marrakesh: Bonn Climate Talks Begin, After Paris a “New Era of Collaboration”

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

At the start of climate change talks this week in Bonn at UN headquarters for the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), outgoing secretary general Christiana Figueres called the historic Paris Agreement the beginning of a “new era of collaboration” for climate negotiations. The 10-day conference in Bonn is the first UN climate meeting since COP 21 in Paris last December. After the formal…

COP21: Paris Outcome - not if but how much?

A Deal in Paris is All But Assured, But How Strong Will It Be?

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Delegates, ministers and observers worked late into the night last night deliberating over the latest “clean” text released by the COP presidency on Wednesday afternoon. Slimmed down to from 43 pages to only 29, the text now leaves far fewer options for ministers to decide by the Friday deadline. Many parties have suggested that Wednesday’s text “wasn’t perfect” but was a “good start,” which…

Guarded optimism remains as the COP21 climate talks in Paris move into high gear

Can the Ghosts of Copenhagen be Exorcised at COP21?

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

After a week of negotiators working in “spin-off” groups, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform (ADP) completed their work on Saturday with the final compilation of the Paris Outcome draft text officially transmitted to the COP, ready for ministerial negotiation beginning on Monday. Typically, spirits in the plenary hall and meeting rooms rose and fell throughout the week. Friday began with reports…

Progress continues on draft text at COP21

COP 21 Update: New Draft Text Released

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

A draft text for a global climate agreement was announced on Thursday morning at COP21, now slimmed down another four pages from the document sent to Paris in late October. At a press conference on Thursday hosted by Climate Action Network International, Kaisa Kosonan of Greenpeace said that negotiations of the current ADP session has “made progress,” especially on defining…

CIP21 in Paris offers humanity an opportunity to turn back from the brink

COP21 Will Change the Course of History

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Thomas Schueneman | 1 Comments

On November 30th, the world will come together in Paris for the start of the most important climate talks ever. After more than two decades of negotiations, the expectations are high and global leaders appear to be ready to sign a comprehensive climate deal that will spur unprecedented emissions reductions. If all goes as planned, the 21st annual session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) of United Nations…

Climate and Prosperity: Two Roads Converge in Paris

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Next week delegates. ministers, heads-of-state and civil socity meet in Paris at COP21 in hopes of striking an international commitment limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels. Data recently released from the MET Office in the UK projects average global surface temperatures in 2015 are set to reach the threshold of 1 degree Celsius, halfway to the limit of “acceptable”…