The Daily IIJ

By Chinyere Fred-Adegbulugbe The chief negotiator of the African Working Group at the ongoing Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mr. Djemoui Kamez, has accused the industrialised countries of trying short change Africa by bypassing the Kyoto protocol. That, he explained, necessitated an emergency meeting among the delegates, who then decided to pull out of [...]

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By Justus Wanzala The European Union (EU), is ready to commit 7.2 billion Euros to fight climate change across the globe. In a statement by the Swedish presidency at the on going Copenhagen climate talks, the EU urged other developed countries to announce their commitments and incorporate them in any agreement to be reached at [...]

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While all nations participating in the climate change conference in Copenhagen are trying to get a share of the climate change deal, Bangladesh does not want to be lagging far behind. By Simit Bhagat

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What are the impacts of climate change for the most vulnerable and poor? How can the industrialized world fight global warming and how can they support the developing countries? The IIJ invited journalists from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, the Philippines, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia to the UN Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) in [...]

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As UN climate talks wind down here on Friday evening, developing countries are celebrating the small success of operationalising an Adaptation Fund, even while expressing frustration about the progress toward a post-2012 treaty to fight climate change. By Priscilla Jebaraj, Poznan

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By Taiwo Rasak, Poznan After twelve days of intensive talks, negotiators at the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan reach an agreement on the adaptation fund which will see freeing of millions of dollars to help developing countries adapt to severe droughts, floods and other effects of climate change.

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Gigil Varghese Poznan (Poland), December 12 The United Nations Climate Change conference is on the last leg of discussions in Poznan where important decisions on adaptation and mitigation of climate change – the phenomenon of rising sea levels and melting glaciers – are likely to taken. Most of the 189 countries have discussed their national [...]

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por Juliana Radler, Poznan Nos penúltimo dia de negociação sobre as mudanças climáticas, que ocorrem durante conferência da ONU em Poznan, na Polônia, o Brasil foi elogiado por governos, pesquisadores e organizações não governamentais por ter assumido, finalmente, metas concretas e ambiciosas de combate ao desmatamento na Amazônia. O anúncio das metas, que já havia [...]

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Gigil Varghese Poznan, December 11 The high-level segment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met in on Thursday to discuss a Poznan climate change package. Four Heads of State, 145 Environment Ministers, and senior government representatives from the 189 countries attending the UNFCCC have met to discuss a path toward a [...]

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By Thomas Katamila Dec. 11 2008, Poznan People wearing cartoon-style feet depicting the size of different countries per capita carbon footprint shall remind negotiators at the UN Climate Change Conference who must curb greenhouse gas emissions first. Each country is identified by their flag designed on the feet.

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