The UNFCCC Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland from 1-12 December comes right in the middle of climate negotiations launched last year in Bali and scheduled to be completed in Copenhagen in 2009. Developing countries have submitted several proposals. Will Poznan give momentum to discussions on the governance of a post-2012 climate regime?
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28 Nov 2008 / Arunabha Ghosh
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21 Nov 2008 / Kizzy Gandy
A report just launched by the Terrestrial Carbon Group makes an important contribution to the global climate change debate. The authors include dozens of eminent scientists, economists and public policy specialists such as Joseph Stiglitz and Tim Flannery. The report comes just in time for the next round of international negotiations – to be held in Poznan, December 2008 – which will advance the agenda for a post-Kyoto agreement.
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20 Nov 2008 / George Gray Molina
As developing economies were recovering from the news of 100 million new poor from high food and fuel prices, the world financial crisis hit. For the poorest economies, the impact of the most recent crisis is significant, but mostly indirect. It runs through a decline in world commodity prices, slower demand for exports, lower investments, [...]
