We’ve been on vacation – and happily quite busy – thus have I been away from blogging. A little bit relative to the trip itself and some thoughts regarding sustainability, renewables, etc. perhaps in a couple of days. For now, here’s this on some of the recent talks under the auspices of the Framework Convention.
The Conference of the Parties in Cancún last December generated progress. We are looking to Durban this coming December for more. Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, in its July newsletter, had some comments you can see in the video below. In her op-ed here, she fleshes out some areas of progress: on the technology mechanisms, the Adaptation Committee, and the Green Climate Fund most importantly.
The newsletter itself has some excellent further material on a range of subjects including progress under the Clean Development Mechanism, energy-efficient lighting, and key reports on the mitigation talks, adaptation, finance, technology and other climate news, such as the great bang for the buck we’d get in reducing black carbon emissions. See the newsletter, by all means.
