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Cancún diary
Inside track
Throughout the conference, IUCN's delegation will be giving the inside view on what's happening and an insight into the key issues at stake.
Day Nine
So now we are into the home straight, says Stewart Maginnis IUCN's Director for Environment and Development. As my colleague Ninni Ikkala reported yesterday while the High Level segment was underway the real negotiations continued apace in closed meetings and bilateral meetings. While the spectacularly aquamarine Caribbean is literally within one minute from the conference centre it might as well be a million miles away for the delegates who are now facing up to the prospect of a third all night session. …
11 Dec 2010 | Event
Day Eight
The High-Level Segment of COP 16 has been in full swing for the last couple of days. This basically means over two full days of statements from all Parties to the UNFCCC. Some are from Heads of State, which receive most attention, especially when it’s a better-known personality such as Bolivia’s Evo Morales or Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg (who Co-Chaired the development of the recently released UN Secretary-General’s Report on Climate Finance), says IUCN’s Climate Change Coordinator, Ninni Ikkala. …
09 Dec 2010 | Event
Day Seven
After two weeks of negotiations on the future of climate change action in Cancun, Mexico, I think governments, together with all concerned parties, need to face the situation head on, says Fidaa Fawwaz Haddad, Gender Focal Point from IUCN’s Regional Office for West Asia. …
08 Dec 2010 | Event
Day Six
During the UN climate talks in Cancun negotiators, NGO representatives and other concerned people are coming together to decide and discuss the future of our planet. However, these discussions have so far overlooked one issue closely related to climate change – namely ocean acidification, writes Dorothée Herr, Programme Officer with IUCN's Global Marine Programme. …
07 Dec 2010 | Event
Day Five
Here in Cancun, at the start of the second week of climate change negotiations, forest watchers are cautiously optimistic that the Conference of the Parties (COP) will adopt a decision on REDD-plus that would provide added impetus to the protection, sustainable management and restoration of the world’s forests, writes Carole Saint-Laurent, IUCN’s Senior Forest Policy Adviser. …
07 Dec 2010 | Event
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Day Four
As the first week of the Cancun climate talks draws to a close, John Costenbader from IUCN’s Environmental Law Programme, noted a general feeling of disorientation, fragmentation and growing concern about the future of the UNFCCC process.
05 Dec 2010 | Event
Day Three
Day three of the climate change conference in Cancún saw the launch of the Spanish version of the book Natural Solutions, writes Pascal Girot from IUCN Mesoamerica and the Caribbean Initiative. …
02 Dec 2010 | Event
Day Two
We are here in Cancun, during COP16 where one of the topics that is making its way through the debate is REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation including conservation and sustainable management of forests), writes Lorena Aguila, Global Senior Advisor on Gender for IUCN. …
01 Dec 2010 | Event
Day One
The 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicked off today in Cancún with the traditional pomp and circumstance of an opening ceremony, writes Claire Parker, IUCN’s Senior Climate Change Policy Adviser. …
30 Nov 2010 | Event
