In conjunction with the ADP meeting in Bonn last week, the UNFCCC held a Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on Carbon Capture and Storage. It was …
Category: Warsaw
Is the UNFCCC ADP on track?
This week (March 10th-14th) in Bonn, parties to the UNFCCC are meeting under the direction of the Fourth Part of the Second Session of the …
The other end of the spectrum
With Warsaw now a fading memory and the meager outcome still cause for concern that there really isn’t enough substance to build a robust global …
What happened to carbon markets in Warsaw?
While there was plenty of talk at COP 19 about financing, national ambition, increasing pre-2020 ambition and adaptation, another core subject that struggled for high-level …
A final contribution from Warsaw
As most will have seen from various media reports, delegates to COP 19 in Warsaw continued negotiating the outcome until late Saturday night. The key …
Selling CCS at a climate conference
As COP 19 rolls on in Warsaw, both delegates and observers that I have talked to are seeing little agreement, despite the sometimes upbeat assessment …
“Show me the money” or CO2 mitigation at COP 19 ??
After the first week of the Warsaw COP, an observer could be excused for wondering what exactly the thousands of delegates meeting here were actually …
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What to make of COP 19?
The flight from London to Warsaw this week gave me a chance to flick through the latest World Energy Outlook from the IEA (I couldn’t …
Is there cause for optimism on emissions?
Perhaps the BBC and others are having a fit of pre-COP optimism, but two recent stories would lead the reader / listener to the view …
Are we heading for a coal COP in Warsaw?
It is widely known that Poland gets much of its energy from coal (it is even a net exporter). Many countries do, so it is …