Climate Change: Adaptation needs attention
When it comes to the national policy and debate, rich countries take climate change very seriously, but when it comes to helping developing countries, governments hesitate.Climate change is no longer...
View ArticleClimate Finance: Finally, pledges to the Green Climate Fund
Climate finance is about more than numbers A global transition, towards a green future, built on resilience, will not come for free. Investments are needed, and action needs to be taken. And there is...
View ArticleWhat can we expect from two weeks of climate negotiations?
Monday, 1st of December, a new session of the UN climate talks, begin. This time parties meet in Lima, Peru, and they are faced with a packed agenda.International climate negotiations have been an...
View ArticleHow one single letter can make a difference for our future
Climate talks include confusingly many abbreviations. One of the most frequently used abbreviations right now at the climate summit, COP20, in Lima is “INDC”. INDC stands for “Intended Nationally...
View ArticleClimate negotiations in Lima: US dodge previous agreements
At the current climate talks in Lima, COP20, the US argues that the words “additional, adequate and predictable” should be cut out from a decision about climate finance.The US has signed several...
View ArticleClimate action is needed today
The climate talks at COP20 in Lima can be divided in two parts, two so called work streams. One about a global agreement, to be adopted next year in Paris, and to be implemented from 2020 and onwards,...
View ArticleLoss and damage due to climate change – an important theme at risk in the UN...
Climate change causes many challenges for poor and vulnerable people around the world. When the land which provides people with their daily bread is under constant flooding, or gets infertile due to...
View ArticleClimate justice – an urgent matter to solve before the next climate summit
The climate meeting in Lima, COP 20, has finished and it is time to reflect on the result. Actually, there is not much result to reflect on, as the meeting delivered an extremely weak agreement. As...
View ArticleWhy 2015 will become so important for our future
The world faces many challenges. Financial crisis, environmental crisis, poverty crisis, and not least, a climate crisis. Luckily world leaders do acknowledge that there is need for action and a number...
View ArticleWill governments look beyond their national climate interests?
Next week government delegations from all over the world gather in Geneva, Switzerland. There is time for a new session of UN climate talks, and the agenda is packed. The climate summit in Lima, COP20,...
View ArticleA global climate agreement is emerging
Global politics is not an easy game, and the UN climate talks is probably one of the best examples of processes which goes on and on, with difficult to reach a final agreement. 2015 is the year where a...
View ArticleIncluding fairness in the debate about Disaster Risk Reduction
When my neighborhood is hit by a storm, I close the door, and check my windows. When cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu, poor people had no alternative than trying to escape as their whole houses were wiped...
View ArticleThe true cost of a fossil based economy
Climate science makes it clear: We need a green transformation of our way of living. This year countries are presenting their plans for how to reduce CO2 emissions, and how to turn into a low carbon...
View ArticlePope Francis makes a climate plea to the world
The climate debate is often dominated by scientists, politicians, and different organisations. However, from time to time, church leaders and moral authorities also enters the debate. When Pope Francis...
View ArticleHow to make a climate agreement out of a text full of brackets
UN climate talks are moving forward, but with a pace which is far to slow. After one week of negotiations in Bonn, Germany, one can start to wonder if these talks can deliver an agreement. The text is...
View ArticleUN climate talks: Vital challenges for poor and vulnerable countries
Would you sign on an agreement, which would lead to extinction of your country?Ministers from small islands and poor and vulnerable countries will arrive in Paris to attend the UN climate summit in a...
View ArticleClimate finance mix up
Money. Nothing creates as many tensions in the UN climate talks as negotiations about money. It is obvious for any negotiator that money is needed, and that the growing challenges of climate change...
View ArticleLooking for the catapult effect in Paris
The Climate Summit in Paris will not offer many surprises. We already know most of the results. It may sound a little odd negotiating for two weeks if the result is already known. During the year,...
View ArticleClimate Change: Time to test the Paris outcome
2015 ended with good news. Finally, we could celebrate the adoption of a global climate agreement in Paris. However, the ink was barely dry when the newsfeeds presented worrying news. The north pool...
View ArticleNow the work begins - Time to implement the Paris climate agreement
The climate summit in Paris last year, ended with a success, and in April this year, it was followed up with a strong commitment made by 175 countries, signing the agreement at a ceremony in New York....
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