The 300-350 Show: UN Climate Talks - Poznan Assessment
Climate Radio | 19.12.2008 16:54 | Climate Chaos | World
The UN Climate Talks are at crisis point. Nothing on the table matches the scale of the challenge and corporate interests are rife. As the talks in Poznan come to an end, we take stock with three key protaganists. Our guides are Kevin Smith (CarbonTradeWatch), Oliver Tickell (Kyoto2) and Tom Athanasiou (EcoEquity).
Key points:
- UNFCCC tenders a report on alternative frameworks
- 350 ppm CO2 target endorsed by Al Gore, AOSIS & the LDC country blocks
- Potsdam Institute shows how we can achieve the 350 ppm target
- Climate Justice Now! coalition grows in size from 20 to 160 organisations
- Carbon trading advances despite a crisis of credibility
- 142 organisations sign a statement against the World Bank's involvement with climate funds
- The G77+China block support climate funds being managed by UN
- Rich nations still failing to fulfill their commitments 16 years on
- Developed countries need to move decisively next year to make good on their obligations
- Plans develop for a mass mobilisation in Copenhagen December 2009
- Could extending the scope of the Montreal Protocol and controling black soot be two effective ways forward outside the UNFCCC process?
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Links and references for this week's show
Friends of the Earth International - final assessment
www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2008/rich-nations-to-blame-for-climate-inaction-and
Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary
www.iisd.ca/vol12/enb12395e.html
Economist Debate on carbon trading
www.economist.com/debate/debates/overview/136
Climate Justice Now! Poznan statement
http://focusweb.org/radical-new-agenda-needed-to-achieve-climate-justice.html?Itemid=1
Climate Justice Now! email list
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/cjn
Climate Justice Now! conference report
http://focusweb.org/climatechange/index.php/conference-report
World Bank Unfit to Manage Climate Funds (FoEE + 142 organisations)
www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2008/world-bank-unfit-to-manage-climate-funds
Draft REDD Conclusions
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2008/sbsta/eng/l23.pdf
Keep Forests out of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
www.redd-monitor.org/2008/12/18/keep-forests-out-of-the-eu-emissions-trading-scheme/
EU Fails the World on Climate (Christian Aid)
www.christianaid.org.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/December2008/EU-fails-world-on-climate.aspx
TWN report on UN "shared vision" workshop
www.twnside.org.sg/title2/climate/news/TWNpoznanupdate3.doc
Al Gore's Poznan speech (video)
http://copportal1.man.poznan.pl/Archive.aspx?EventID=100&Lang=floor
Jonathan Porritt calls for an emergency review of climate change science
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/10/comment-porritt-poznan-copenhagen-environment
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"The 300-350 Show" is named after what is now believed to the safe level in parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This finding is based on the work of James Hansen and his team in a paper titled "Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim" available at http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126
Climate Safety
James Hansen's findings and their implications for the UK are explored in an accessible way in a new report which is downloadable from http://climatesafety.org You can also watch Hansen giving evidence to the House of Commons Environment Audit Committee here: www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/VideoPlayer.aspx?meetingId=2908 George Monbiot has some practical suggestions for urgent action: www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/02/climate-change-lord-turner
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- UNFCCC tenders a report on alternative frameworks
- 350 ppm CO2 target endorsed by Al Gore, AOSIS & the LDC country blocks
- Potsdam Institute shows how we can achieve the 350 ppm target
- Climate Justice Now! coalition grows in size from 20 to 160 organisations
- Carbon trading advances despite a crisis of credibility
- 142 organisations sign a statement against the World Bank's involvement with climate funds
- The G77+China block support climate funds being managed by UN
- Rich nations still failing to fulfill their commitments 16 years on
- Developed countries need to move decisively next year to make good on their obligations
- Plans develop for a mass mobilisation in Copenhagen December 2009
- Could extending the scope of the Montreal Protocol and controling black soot be two effective ways forward outside the UNFCCC process?
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Links and references for this week's show
Friends of the Earth International - final assessment
www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2008/rich-nations-to-blame-for-climate-inaction-and
Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary
www.iisd.ca/vol12/enb12395e.html
Economist Debate on carbon trading
www.economist.com/debate/debates/overview/136
Climate Justice Now! Poznan statement
http://focusweb.org/radical-new-agenda-needed-to-achieve-climate-justice.html?Itemid=1 Climate Justice Now! email list
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/cjn Climate Justice Now! conference report
http://focusweb.org/climatechange/index.php/conference-report World Bank Unfit to Manage Climate Funds (FoEE + 142 organisations)
www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2008/world-bank-unfit-to-manage-climate-funds
Draft REDD Conclusions
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2008/sbsta/eng/l23.pdf Keep Forests out of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
www.redd-monitor.org/2008/12/18/keep-forests-out-of-the-eu-emissions-trading-scheme/
EU Fails the World on Climate (Christian Aid)
www.christianaid.org.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/December2008/EU-fails-world-on-climate.aspx
TWN report on UN "shared vision" workshop
www.twnside.org.sg/title2/climate/news/TWNpoznanupdate3.doc
Al Gore's Poznan speech (video)
http://copportal1.man.poznan.pl/Archive.aspx?EventID=100&Lang=floor Jonathan Porritt calls for an emergency review of climate change science
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/10/comment-porritt-poznan-copenhagen-environment
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"The 300-350 Show" is named after what is now believed to the safe level in parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This finding is based on the work of James Hansen and his team in a paper titled "Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim" available at
http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126 Climate Safety
James Hansen's findings and their implications for the UK are explored in an accessible way in a new report which is downloadable from
http://climatesafety.org You can also watch Hansen giving evidence to the House of Commons Environment Audit Committee here: www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/VideoPlayer.aspx?meetingId=2908 George Monbiot has some practical suggestions for urgent action: www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/02/climate-change-lord-turner ---
The full Climate Radio archive can be found at
http://climateradio.co.uk
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