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COP Blog: Dealing with the drivers of deforestation
20 November 2013Week two of the UNFCCC climate change negotiations always marks the incoming of high-level ministers. This year, they arrive (we hope) to take the necessary strategic decisions that will ultimately lead to a climate change agreement in Paris in 2015.
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COP Blog: Follow the money
19 November 2013Before this year's Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN climate convention got underway, the Warsaw meeting was being widely referred to as 'the finance COP'
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COP Blog: Can the last CDM participant to leave the National Stadium please turn out the lights?
18 November 2013At the end of the first week of ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP9), it has become abundantly clear that despite the proliferation of agenda items related to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and new market-based approaches, there is no sense of urgency to achieve progress in any of them.
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COP Blog: The evolution of equity
16 November 2013The notion of equity has always been one of the most divisive concepts at the UN climate negotiations. In fact, many argue that it has been the deal breaker to a global agreement more than once.
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EU allowance prices could reach €46 by 2020 - analyst
13 November 2013Carbon allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) could reach €46 ($62) by 2020, says a leading carbon market analyst.
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COP Blog: 90 minutes to make ten years worth of changes!
13 November 2013Finally, the Parties met to start the review of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Modalities and Procedures (the M&P), which were created in Marrakech back in 2001...
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Norway's $800bn 'oil fund' faces calls to change structure and divest from coal
12 November 2013Norway's $800 billion 'oil fund' could face a major shake-up of the way it implements its responsible investment strategy after a report recommended that politicians leave decisions on divestments to the country's central bank.
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Renewables subsidies to more than double by 2030, then decline – IEA
12 November 2013Annual renewable energy subsidies will more than double globally to reach a peak of around $240 billion globally in 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts.
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Poland must lead at UN climate talks
11 November 2013As COP19 begins, getting the right financial frameworks in place is crucial to a global climate deal, argues Stephanie Pfeifer
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COP19 to lay foundations for new global climate deal
11 November 2013The climate negotiations that kicked off today in Warsaw are expected to play a crucial role in laying the foundations for a new global agreement in Paris in two years' time.