Tag: Cancun

Oxfam has joined with 215 other organisations in calling for the establishment of a fair global climate fund at COP-16 that will meet the needs and interests and protect the rights of the most vulnerable communities and people around the world. Read more »

Australia’s Minister for Climate Change, the Hon Greg Combet, has arrived in Cancun, landing himself in the middle of tense and fragile negotiations. Taking on the role of co-facilitating the negotiations on finance, technology and capacity building, he has a unique opportunity to steer one of the more important outcomes of these climate talks. Read more »

International attention has focused on the US and China this year – over the global economy as much as the fight against climate change – but Cancun is about much more than a G2 world. Despite what you might read – the climate change debate is about much more than the US vs. China. Read more »

Last week the trackers had the opportunity to meet with the UNFCCC executive Christiana Figueres, and talk about the status of the Cancun talks and her motivations for working with countries to find common ground to make real progress on addressing climate change. Read more »

As we move into the second week of the UN climate summit, we need you to help us send a message of urgency to government representatives meeting in Cancún, Mexico, including Australia’s own Minister for Climate Change, Greg Combet. Read more »

Oxfam volunteer Jessie had the opportunity to ask Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Development Mark Dreyfus some important questions on Australia’s action on climate change, before he headed off to the Cancun climate talks. Read more »

Amidst the coordinated frenzy of the Cancun climate talks, Climate Tracker Phil had the privilege of catching up with Pelenise Alofa from Kiribati and Fiji to hear about her story and reflections upon the current climate negotiations underway. Read more »

In the third day of the Cancun climate talks, tension lingers in the air. Everyone is talking about the Kyoto Protocol, with the media in particular making a lot about an announcement by Japan against the continuation of Kyoto protocol. However, it is not as bad as it seems. Read more »

Our Climate Tracker Phil reports from the first day of the 2010 UN Climate Summit in Cancun, Mexico, with a sense of both optimism and frustration. Read more »

Mary Robinson, Honorary President of Oxfam International outlines her reasons (and hopes) for attending the climate negotiations currently underway in Cancun, Mexico. Read more »