¿La Unión Europea está perdiendo el liderazgo en la lucha contra el cambio climático?
La Vanguardia, 2 November
Topic: International negotiations and agreements
Clock Ticking To Stop Climate Change, Warns UN
Carbon emissions must be cut completely by 2100 if the rate of global warming is to be slowed, a new report warns. read more »
Planting and burning billions of trees ‘will avert climate disaster’
Carbon dioxide will have to be extracted from the atmosphere and stored underground to prevent “severe, pervasive and irreversible” impacts of climate change, according to the UN’s scientific advisory body. read more »
Nicholas Stern: Tony Abbott should not prevent G20 debate on climate change
Leading climate economist Nicholas Stern says the Australian prime minister should put climate change high on the G20 agenda and not allow local politics to prevent important global discussions read more »
IPCC: rapid carbon emission cuts vital to stop severe impact of climate change
Most important assessment of global warming yet warns carbon emissions must be cut sharply and soon, but UN’s IPCC says solutions are available and affordable read more »
France, US lead voices of alarm at climate report
Yahoo News, 2 November
Tony Abbott must put climate change at front of the G20 agenda in Brisbane
The latest IPCC report shows why the Australian prime minister should encourage G20 leaders to discuss climate change read more »
UN climate change report to warn of ‘severe, pervasive’ effects of global warming
Flooding, dangerous heatwaves, ill health and violent conflicts among likely risks if the world keeps burning fossil fuels at current rates, IPCC expected to say read more »
Analysis of REDD policy networks in Peru
Menton, M., Perla, J., Sotes, J., & Fatorelli, L. (2014) Info Brief, n. 86, Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research.
“This time is different”: The prospects for an effective climate agreement in Paris 2015
COP21, to be held in Paris at the end of 2015, presents an important opportunity for governments to negotiate a new international climate agreement. A question of central importance to preparations for COP21 is: what sort of policy architecture is most likely to generate sufficiently ambitious action to reduce global emissions? read more »