The UN Climate Talks are at crisis point. Nothing on the table matches the scale of the challenge and corporate interests are rife. As the talks in Poznan come to an end, we take stock we three key protaganists.
Produced by Phil England for Climate Radio. www.climateradio.co.uk If you broadcast the programme, itd be great if you could drop me a line to let me know at phil@switch-off.co.uk. This is the last programme in the current series. Climate Radio plans to return in April 2009.
Our guides are Kevin Smith (CarbonTradeWatch), Oliver Tickell (Kyoto2) and Tom Athanasiou (EcoEquity).
Key points?
- UNFCCC tenders a report on alternative frameworks - 350 ppm CO2 target endorsed by Al Gore, AOSIS & the LDC country blocks - Potsdam Institute shows how we can achieve the 350 ppm target - Climate Justice Now! coalition grows in size from 20 to 160 organisations - Carbon trading advances despite a crisis of credibility - 142 organisations sign a statement against the World Bank's involvement with climate funds - The G77+China block support climate funds being managed by UN - Rich nations still failing to fulfill their commitments 16 years on - Developed countries need to move decisively next year to make good on their obligations - Plans develop for a mass mobilisation in Copenhagen December 2009 - Could extending the scope of the Montreal Protocol and controling black soot be two effective ways forward outside the UNFCCC process?
Friends of the Earth International - final assessment www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2008/rich-nations-to-blame-for-climate-inaction-and Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary www.iisd.ca/vol12/enb12395e.html Economist Debate on carbon trading www.economist.com/debate/debates/overview/136 Climate Justice Now! Poznan statement http://focusweb.org/radical-new-agenda-needed-to-achieve-climate-justice.html?Itemid=1 Climate Justice Now! email list https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/cjn Climate Justice Now! conference report http://focusweb.org/climatechange/index.php/conference-report World Bank Unfit to Manage Climate Funds (FoEE + 142 organisations) www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2008/world-bank-unfit-to-manage-climate-funds Draft REDD Conclusions http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2008/sbsta/eng/l23.pdf Keep Forests out of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme www.redd-monitor.org/2008/12/18/keep-forests-out-of-the-eu-emissions-trading-scheme/ EU Fails the World on Climate (Christian Aid) www.christianaid.org.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/December2008/EU-fails-world-on-climate.aspx TWN report on UN "shared vision" workshop www.twnside.org.sg/title2/climate/news/TWNpoznanupdate3.doc Al Gore's Poznan speech (video) http://copportal1.man.poznan.pl/Archive.aspx?EventID=100&Lang=floor Jonathan Porritt calls for an emergency review of climate change science www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/10/comment-porritt-poznan-copenhagen-environment
The 300-350 Show is named after what is now believed to the safe level in parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This finding is based on the work of James Hansen and his team in a paper titled "Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim." http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126 For more information see? Climate Safety http://climatesafety.org/
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