"I am very concerned by the pace of things," was Yvo de Boer's sobering assessment of the state of play at lunchtime today.
De Boer is
The Europeans don't like the message they're getting from the Americans that the IPCC goal of a 25-40% target is based on insufficient evidence to be
"We want to launch a process that is open and does not predetermine or preclude options."
This innocuous phrase represents the key fault line here in Bali -
A downbeat mood in Bali today, where there is shock at the attackon the United Nations in Algeria. The ‘high-level segment' of the conference has just started with a
Sir Nicholas Stern - these days a minor deity in the international firmament - spoke at a debate this evening on the new UNDP reporton climate change and development.
Stern
This afternoon saw a sparky press conference from the Brazilian foreign minister, Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim.
Amorim represented Brazil at the weekend's talk on trade and climate, where
Today sees a new tactic here at Bali - free massages. Yes, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) are helping members of the media ‘relax, unwind and chill out&
As we reported yesterday, Harlan Watson advised the media to be careful of accepting at face value the IPCC's work on climate stabilisation.
For industrialized countries to target
Sure enough, Yvo de Boer used today's press conference to underline that the 25-40% emissions target for the group of industrialized countries is still in the Bali road
Does climate change lead to war? UN Secretary General, Ban-Ki Moon thinks so. Darfur "began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change," he
The problem with being in the Bali bubble is that it's far too easy to lose all sense of proportion. You get hooked on the minutiae of the
And so to John Kerry, who followed Harlan Watson's press conference with quite a different performance.
Like Al Gore - who will collect his Nobel prize later on
