Name: Cassidy Travis
Date registered: September 27, 2011
The key issue on everyone’s mind: the fate of the Kyoto Protocol. Will Parties emerge with some sort of a concrete agreement or will Durban be regarded as more politicking with little meaningful action? With only a few short hours left, negotiators have been working into the early hours desperately attempting to bridge the divisions …
“A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.” Gandhi’s quote reflects a philosophy that should be a precursor for the conference negotiation. The idea that Parties need to engage in “good faith” is not a new concept and the …
With day three of the COP upon us one of the salient themes that continued to color the negotiators opening statements and passionate pleas were descriptions of the devastating natural disasters and extreme events occurring in their home countries. From the Thailand floods where over 600 lives were lost to the ongoing famine in Somalia …