Waking up from the hangover of Copenhagen (op-ed) 14 December 2010 For the past year we have all operated under the hangover of Copenhagen: the disappointment, suspicion, scepticism and disorientation. And while there was so much more that could have been accomplished at Cancun, the other side of these talks is a better place to be.
Oxfam: Last minute package breathes life into UN Climate Talks 11 December 2010 UN climate talks are off the life-support machine, following a last-minute agreement that gives the Kyoto Protocol a lifeline. It establishes a global Climate Fund and, while falling short of the emissions cuts needed, lays out a path to move towards them.
UN Climate Talks in Cancun must be saved from the brink 10 December 2010 National self-interest and brinkmanship must not be allowed to sabotage the Cancun climate talks and risk reversing the progress made over the past two weeks, warned Oxfam on the penultimate day of the increasingly volatile Summit.
Mary Robinson: Concrete action within reach in Cancun Focus on Global Climate Fund and Finance Essential 6 December 2010 Halfway through the Cancun climate talks, negotiators have an opportunity to make real progress on a fair global climate fund and climate finance, said Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and Honorary President of Oxfam.
Oxfam reaction: Race to find out which is the hottest year on record 3 December 2010 Responding to the World Meteorological Organization's announcement that there is a race going on between 2010, 2005 and 1998 to see which will be the hottest year since records began, Oxfam New Zealan
Japan says no to second commitment period of Kyoto Protocol - Oxfam comment 30 November 2010 Reacting to Japan’s statement that it would not ratify a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, Tim Gore, Climate Advisor for Oxfam said:
Oxfam reaction to the EU’s report announced at Cancun on Fast Start Financing 1 December 2010 In response to the European Union’s report announced at Cancun on Fast Start Financing, Oxfam’s climate policy adviser Tracy Carty, said:
Climate change talks must deliver following record year of extreme weather 29 November 2010 Negotiators should begin UN climate talks with far more urgency and resolve following a year of weather-related disasters, record temperatures, flooding and rising sea levels.
International celebrities to climate negotiators: “You must do better” 22 November 2010 Oxfam Global Ambassadors call on international negotiators to protect the world’s poor from climate catastrophe at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun.