by Christine Campeau Greetings from the UNFCCC intersessional informal consultations in Bonn, Germany. Today marks the first day of what will be three weeks of formal negotiations – beginning here at Bonn III and continuing through to the first part of the seventh session in Bangkok at the end of September to early October, 2009. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Bonn talks’
June 16, 2009
From Bonn to Geneva, the Climate change debate goes on
Floriana Polito reports on the panel discussion on human rights and climate change at the Human Rights Council in Geneva Goodbye Bonn! Governments have just concluded two weeks of negotiations in Bonn (1-12 June) with the goal of moving closer to a new set of agreements that should be finalized in Copenhagen at COP15 in [...]
June 12, 2009
How Malawi is coping with climate change
by Christine Campeau After a six a.m. start and a 5hrs bus ride through the “warm heart of Africa”, we finally reached our destination of the day: the Chitseko Village. As part of the Mangochi Diocese, this area lies near the southern tip of Lake Malawi and is strung between the main lakeshore road and [...]
June 11, 2009
Malawi calling Bonn
By Christine Campeau, Caritas Delegate Our Climate Change group in Malawi had a very full agenda yesterday in order to prepare for our Voices of the South video connection to Bonn, Germany. This groundwork was done in order for our Southern members to make their ‘call for Climate Justice‘ directly to those present at the [...]
June 9, 2009
Malawi’s silent aftermath disaster
By Christine Campeau This morning launched the official start of the Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Workshop: a meeting that brought together 69 participants from 23 countries (10 African, 3 Asian, and 4 Latin American and 5 European countries) speaking over 12 different languages. The opening speeches began with a word from [...]
June 8, 2009
The view from Malawi
Father Frederic D’Souza, Caritas India; Firmin Adjahossou; and Sr. Aine Hughes, Caritas South Africa by Christine Campeau, Caritas delagate at the UN in Geneva Within minutes of checking into my hotel for the Malawi Climate Change meeting, I was greeted by Sr. Aine Hughes from Caritas South Africa. She then introduced me to Firmin Adjahossou, [...]
June 4, 2009
Obama: a change on climate change?
By Philippe Wealer, Caritas Luxembourg United States of America is among the largest emitters of greenhouses gases. In 1992 the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) came to the fore. As most UN documents, this has so far not become a legally binding text for the member states of this supranational organization. As a reaction, [...]
June 4, 2009
Bonn goes on and on
by Floriana Polito Meeting in front of the entrance of the Acora Hotel in Bonn with Philippe from Caritas Luxembourg and Francis from Caritas Bangladesh. Another day of frenetic negotiations and side-events organized by our NGOs colleagues are waiting for us. The tram, on the road to the Conference Centre, has become our “favorite” daily [...]
June 4, 2009
Bringing Bangladesh to Bonn
By Francis Atul Sarker, Caritas Bangladesh I’m here at climate change talks in Bonn trying to persuade government negotiators to think seriously about some low-tech solutions that poor countries like my own, Bangladesh, need to be able to deal with changing weather patterns brought about by climate change. Hopefully, I’ll also gain an overview of [...]
June 3, 2009
188 days, 15 hours, 35 minutes and 49 seconds to Copenhagen
By Philippe Wealer, Caritas Luxembourg 188 days, 17 hours, 15 minutes and 32 seconds left until Copenhagen, it says on several electronic boards in the ‘Maritim’. Anyone entering the hotel where the ‘Bonn Talks’ are taking place from 01.-12. June has to undergo the same safety procedures as in an airport. Commercial internet sites are [...]
