global climate treaty Archives - Global Warming is Real

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

COP21, the Paris Agreement and the Art of the Possible

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Thomas Schueneman | 2 Comments

“Recognizing that climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and thus requires the widest possible cooperation by all countries, and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response, with a view to accelerating the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions.” – Preamble to the Paris Agreement, Dec. 12, 2015 To answer…

COP21 president Laurent Fabius presides over Paris climate talks

The COP21 Agreement is a Momentous Leap Forward

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Richard Matthews | 1 Comments

Every nation on earth has agreed to abide by a historic 31-page climate deal. The signing of the climate agreement in Paris signals the start of globally coordinated efforts to reign-in climate change. History will record that the deal was signed at the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…

COP 20 Underway in Lima

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

The 20th Conference of the Parties – COP 20 – opened yesterday in Lima, Peru. The meeting builds on the work done over the past 5 years in the aftermath of the disappointing Copenhagen Accord of COP 15 in Copenhagen. The major hurdles of building an international post-Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, primarily the issues between developing and developed countries, scuttled…

Germany Pledges $1 Billion to UN Green Climate Fund

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Germany’s is the first national GCF commitment, with Chancellor Merkel pledging the funds during the fifth Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin last week. Some 35 national ministers met in Berlin for the two-day conference, paving the way forward toward a new global climate treaty.

Climate negotiations in Bonn end on a guardedly positive note

Climate Negotiations Wind Down in Bonn, Seek a More Flexible Approach on the Road to Paris and COP 21

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

The latest round of climate negotiations wound down last Friday in Bonn, Germany with most delegates from the nearly two hundred countries represented expressing guarded optimism that progress has been made toward laying the groundwork for an international agreement to be signed in 2015 at the COP 21 climate conference in Paris. In learning lessons from the past, especially with…

Business and COP15

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Richard Matthews | 0 Comments

Ahead of Copenhagen’s COP15, some business leaders stood out by standing up for efforts to combat climate change. As reported by the Copenhagen Climate Council, global business leaders assembled in Copenhagen at the World Business Summit on Climate Change. They issued The Copenhagen Call, a concise statement from business leaders about the elements required to forge an effective new global climate treaty….

COP21, the Paris Agreement and the Art of the Possible

The COP21 Agreement is a Momentous Leap Forward

COP 20 Underway in Lima

Germany Pledges $1 Billion to UN Green Climate Fund

Climate Negotiations Wind Down in Bonn, Seek a More Flexible Approach on the Road to Paris and COP 21

Business and COP15

Search Our Site

A Member of the PlanetWatch Group

Recent Articles