You may be following the whirlwind of stories in the press that is engulfing Copenhagen. Unless you’re superhuman you’re probably confused, as are many delegates here. For a country that can’t send many negotiators, keeping up with the endless simultaneous meetings, working groups and documents becomes an impossible task. Kiribati, the island state we are currently working with, are in this position. So to keep us all up to speed on who is saying what we went to a useful briefing on the positions currently being advocated at Copenhagen. (more…)
Tags: AOSIS, climate change, COP15, Copenhagen, environment, Kiribati, pacific islands, samll island states, sea level rise, UN, UN climate negotiations, un fair play, unfair play, UNFCCC
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Thursday, 8 October 2009 by IsabelBottoms
The amazing President of the Maldives has now not only committed his sinking country of the Maldives to going zero carbon by 2050, but has announced his cabinet will be meeting underwater! (more…)
Tags: democracy, environment, Gordon Brown, Maldives, meeting underwater, PM, Politics, sea level rise
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