Things we could only have dreamed of – and all that sand
Flying into Doha yesterday for the next round of international climate negotiations, landing in what seems to be a pile of white sand in the middle of nowhere, with high rise buildings sticking out of...
View ArticleDoha notes: Random thoughts from the Middle East
Shelob/Maman lurks over Doha delegates. Every time I walk into a press conference it seems there’s more ‘cheery’ news. Yesterday it was UNEP releasing a science report on melting permafrost. Scary...
View ArticleSigning up to nonsense: denialists plot letter to UN secretary general
People send me stuff. Imagine my surprise when this morning’s mail included the text of a round robin email from Tom Harris — the Canadian PR man who heads the Heartland-funded denialist lobby group...
View ArticleDear Negotiators…
Guest Post by Sam Sharp, a member of the NZ Youth Delegation in Doha This morning I stood with 40 other youth from all around the world to represent the voices of 1.5 billion youth who are not...
View ArticleThe Climate Show #31: Doha! Doha! Doha!
It’s the run up to Christmas, and the annual ritual repeats. Diplomats gather in Doha to discuss and debate action on climate change, so Glenn and Gareth talk to their correspondent on the spot, New...
View ArticleLost and damaged
New Zealand Youth Delegate Simon Tapp with our golden prize: a Colossal Fossil, shared with Canada. At the end of every UNFCCC meeting, on the last day, there’s a grand prize: the Colossal Fossil. So...
View ArticleStuff and nonsense (ministerial condescension and media fossil fools)
A select few politicians have the ability to make me (and others) shout at the radio. New Zealand’s minister of climate change issues Tim Groser is one such. On Radio New Zealand National’s Morning...
View ArticleThe Doha Gateway: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair
Where we are, where we should be and the consequences. Climate Action Tracker’s graphic on our future choices. And so. Another set of climate talks done, this year dusted with Doha sand and labeled...
View ArticleNew Zealand’s double dealing and special pleading over Kyoto 2: part the first
The 2020 target and Net emissions to 2020 Is Tim Groser a Kyoto pariah? Or a Kyoto visonary? A global emissions reduction emissary or is he tar-sanded with a Canadian brush? I try to make sense of New...
View ArticleClimate Show New Year podcast special: where it’s at and where it’s going
Here’s the podcast you’ve all been waiting for — The Climate Show New Year special. Glenn and Gareth review the big climate stories of 2012, discuss at the big picture post Doha, and peek into their...
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