Cancun climate summit

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The United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010, encompasses the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 16). Almost 200 nations will meet to try to agree on a "green fund" for poor countries and other steps toward an elusive climate treaty.

Together with Global CCS Institute, National Wildlife Federation, and other organisations, Bellona will be conducting workshops on subjects ranging from CO2 capture and storage to carbon-negative energy and the US Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Download program for Bellona room (PDF).

ARTICLES
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[ 10.01.2011 ]
Russia begins to sell quotas on greenhouse gas emissions in a first for the country
ST. PETERSBURG – For the first time in its history, a Russian company, Gapromneft, has passed foreign companies quotas on emissions of harmful substances and greenhouses gasses into the atmosphere, selling at the beginning of January a quota on 290,000 tons of greenhouse gasses to Japan’s Mitsubishi and Nippon oil.
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(Anne Karin Sæther)

[ 11.12.2010 ]
The Bellona Foundation pleased with the outcome in Cancun
CANCUN, Mexico – Bellona is very pleased that the climate change summit in Cancun ended in consensus and progress in a number of areas. “The outcome will not save the climate, but it lays a good foundation for future ambitious climate action,” said Bellona’s international adviser, Svend Søyland.
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[ 10.12.2010 ]
Climate negotiations in hot settings
CANCUN, Mexico – With just one day left of climate negotiations here in Mexico the outcome remains uncertain. Ministers and bureaucrats are sitting and sweating over reams of text proposals, while the world expects them to agree on something that will slow down global warming.
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[ 09.12.2010 ]
UNEP report on light bulbs under consideration at COP16, Russia already making strides
ST. PETERSBURG – The United Nations Environmental Programme released a report at the Cancun climate summit indicating that replacing all incandescent light bulb on the planet with compact florescent light bulbs – also called energy saving bulbs – would cut 246 million tons of carbon emissions annually.
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Anne Karin Sæther

[ 08.12.2010 ]
CCS crucial for the climate
CANCUN, Mexico – A high level panel discussed progress for CO2 capture and storage (CCS) globally in the Bellona Room in Cancun yesterday. Several projects are in the pipeline, but the panel was impatient to get CCS deployed on a larger scale.
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[ 08.12.2010 ]
Cautious optimism in Cancun
CANCUN, Mexico – With two days left of the climate summit, it is hoped that a consensus is emerging. “What one can agree on here will not save the climate, but it can lay a good foundation for a comprehensive and legally binding agreement, "said Bellona’s Svend Søyland.
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BLOGS
Postet 10.12.2010 i Cancun blogg av Tone Knudsen

Tired pinks and cool yellows

Today's blog continues to divide between the official delegates with pink name tags and the NGO's with yellow name tags.

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Postet 09.12.2010 i Cancun blogg av Tone Knudsen

Naugthy yellow or boring pink?

In the chaos of daily meetings, press conferences, conferences, side-events, workshops or whatever you prefer to call it, there are certain differences between people in Cancun...

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Postet 09.12.2010 i Jonathan Temple's Blog av Jonathan Temple

Jonathan Temple's Cancun blog: Private sector mitigation efforts in South America

CANCUN, Mexico – The private sector has a leading role to play in climate change mitigation efforts. One example is the cattle industry in Brazil where the private sector and NGOs are working together. A group of NGO leaders discussed sustainable farming practices in the Bellona room at the Cancun climate change meeting on Tuesday 7th December.

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