The Bangladeshi scientist Dr. Saleemul Huq is a key advisor to the countries which are most vulnerable to global warming. He is uniquely qualified to warn how climate change is transforming the planet.
(Originally published here) Talks on preserving a 100-strong ‘high ambition’ alliance that helped deliver the Paris climate deal last December are ongoing, according to a legal advisor for the world’s poorest countries. The unlikely group saw the US, Canada and EU link arms with African, Pacific and smaller Asian states in the closing days of…
(Originally published here) The Paris Agreement coming out of the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 negotiations gave breakthrough recognition to loss and damage, sorting through thorny discussions and politically charged negotiating positions. These positions revolved around liability and compensation, which developing countries called for but developed countries were unwilling to have included in the Agreement.…
(Originally published here) In exchange for including the ambitious target in the final text, developing nations are being pressured to never again mention “loss and damage.” Entering the closing 48 hours of the global climate negotiations, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that “we will not leave the most vulnerable nations…