ngrclimatereports December 21st, 2009
Ban ki-moon
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the weekend welcomed the deal which world leaders reached on climate change at a United Nations summit in Copenhagen and called it an “essential beginning” that points the way forward on all key fronts. He however added that work should immediately focus on making the deal a legally binding treaty. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 15th, 2009
Africa
By: Akin Adesina
(Op-Ed)
For hundreds of millions of people in Africa, climate change is not about lowering smoke stack emissions or turning off electric lights. It is about whether or not they will have enough to eat.
Agriculture is Africa’s main connection to climate change. This fact must inform the global climate change pact now being hammered out in Copenhagen, if that pact is to address the needs and realize the potential of the world’s second-most populous continent. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 15th, 2009
COP15 Copenhagen
Compiled by Etim Imisim
Copenhagen: December 6, 2009 – On the eve of the historic United Nations climate change gathering in Copenhagen, Denmark, a top UN official today expressed confidence that the event will deliver a comprehensive and ambitious new deal.
The two-week talks are set to kick off tomorrow in the Danish capital, and by the end of the summit, Governments must adequately respond to the urgent challenge posed by climate change, said Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 15th, 2009
COP15 Copenhagen
Compiled by Etim Imisim
Copenhagen: December 7, 2009 – The highly-anticipated United Nations climate change conference kicked off in Copenhagen, Denmark, today with countries issuing urgent calls for action to curb global warming.
UN news wire reports that over 15,000 people, including government officials and representatives from the private sector, environmental organizations and research institutions, as well as 110 heads of State and government – including United States President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao – are expected to take part in the two-week summit, making it the largest gathering on climate change ever. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 15th, 2009
COP15 Copenhagen
Compiled by Etim Imisim
Copenhagen: December 8, 2009 – The outcome of the historic United Nations climate change conference under way in Copenhagen will have reverberations for the future of humanity and the planet, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
“We’ve come a long way in just two years’ time, but what we do now over the next two weeks [in Copenhagen] will determine how we fare,” Mr. Ban told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, according to UN news wire. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 15th, 2009
Compiled by Etim Imisim
Copenhagen December 9, 2009 – With the frequency and severity of droughts likely to increase due to climate change, more than 60 scientists from all the world’s regions are meeting at a United Nations-backed conference in the United States this week to draw up guidelines for early warning systems that could save countless lives. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 15th, 2009
COP15 Copenhagen
Compiled by Etim Imisim
Copenhagen: December 9, 2009 – Talks under way at the historic United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, have entered the drafting phase towards reaching a final agreement.
A UN source said the two-week summit in the Danish capital entered its fourth day today, and negotiators have only a few days to wrap up their work before the start of the high-level segments next week, which will draw government ministers and heads of State. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 15th, 2009
Compiled by Etim Imisim
Copenhagen: December 10, 2009 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, today launched the first ever eco-friendly stock market index that allows investors to track the carbon efficiency of companies doing business in emerging economies. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 15th, 2009
Compiled by Etim Imisim
Copenhagen: December 10, 2009 – Negotiators at the historic United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, are making good progress in the area of technology, a senior official with the world body said today. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 8th, 2009
COP15 Copenhagen
By: Etim Imisim (Abuja)
The United Nations was confident today that its conference, which opened this morning at Copenhagen, will “seal a comprehensive, ambitious and international climate change deal”.
Danish Lars Lokke Rasmusen announced that 110 heads of government will be attending the 2009 conference at its close December 18. Continue Reading »
