The UN climate talks are over for another year – was anything achieved? ‘Yielded little progress despite protests’
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/dec/15/cop25-un-climate-talks-over-for-another-year-was-anything-achieved Governments at the UN climate talks in Madrid responded to the growing urgency of the crisis with a partial admission that carbon-cutting targets are too weak, but few concrete plans to strengthen them in line with the Paris agreement. Two weeks of talks ended on Sunday afternoon with a formal recognition of the need […]
Greta Thunberg apologizes for ‘against the wall’ comment about skeptical politicians
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greta-thunberg-climate-activist-apologizes-for-against-the-wall-comment/ BY JORDAN FREIMAN Greta Thunberg apologized on Saturday for a comment that some interpreted as a threat of violence against politicians who ignore climate change. Thunberg said she was merely translating a Swedish expression into English and apologized for the way her comments may have come off. “Yesterday I said we must hold our […]
Longest UN climate talks end with no deal on carbon markets – UN Sec Gen Guterres ‘disappointed’ in outcome
https://apnews.com/aca79ab4956f370b8892ba574fe56834 MADRID (AP) — Marathon international climate talks ended Sunday with major polluters resisting calls to ramp up efforts to keep global warming at bay and negotiators postponing the regulation of global carbon markets until next year. Those failures came even after organizers added two more days to the 12 days of scheduled talks in […]
Police drag environmental protesters from hall of Amsterdam airport – 100 activists from Greenpeace & Extinction Rebellion chant ‘climate justice’ & urge travelers to ‘take the train’
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-netherlands-idUSKBN1YI0D9 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch military police began forcibly removing a group of environmental protesters from the main hall of Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Saturday after they refused to leave. A protester is detained as Greenpeace stages a climate protest at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in Schiphol, Netherlands December 14, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw Hundreds […]
We’re saved! Even more pledges upcoming! BBC: UN Climate Summit’s Longest talks on record end with compromise deal – ‘Finally agreed to a deal that will see new, improved CO2 cutting plans on the table’ by next year
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50799905 The longest United Nations climate talks on record have finally ended in Madrid with a compromise deal. Exhausted delegates reached agreement on the key question of increasing the global response to curbing carbon. All countries will need to put new climate pledges on the table by the time of the next major conference in […]
We’re saved! Even more pledges upcoming! BBC: UN Climate Summit’s Longest talks in record end with compromise deal – ‘Finally agreed to a deal that will see new, improved CO2 cutting plans on the table’ by next year
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50799905 The longest United Nations climate talks on record have finally ended in Madrid with a compromise deal. Exhausted delegates reached agreement on the key question of increasing the global response to curbing carbon. All countries will need to put new climate pledges on the table by the time of the next major conference in […]
Climate activists outraged! UN climate summit ‘was a success for the fossil fuel industry, governments respond to people’s demands with weakest possible decision’
https://crm.350.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=1963 MADRID — As COP25 comes to an end, national delegates failed once more to step up to the existential challenge of the climate crisis. For two weeks, negotiators tinkered with the last bits of the so-called ‘rulebook’ of the Paris Agreement – the set of detailed provisions that are supposed to guide the implementation […]
All hail Prez. Trump! UN climate change talks have stalled. Countries are blaming the US.
https://www.vox.com/2019/12/13/21020192/cop25-greta-thunberg-un-climate-change-meeting-madrid MADRID — A tense round of international negotiations over the future of global action on climate change proceeded Saturday, as some countries continued to resist language in an agreement that calls for more aggressive actions to limit greenhouse gas emissions. The United Nations meeting known as COP25 is now in overtime as the future […]