Stories: International Cooperation on Climate & Energy

On 2-3 February 2011, the World Resources Institute and Climate Analytics hosted an informal meeting of climate finance negotiators in New York City.

Tough issues remain as climate change negotiators chart the year’s work in Bangkok.

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The UNFCCC Cancun Agreements of December 2010 marked an important step forward for transparency of country actions to respond to climate change. In addition to creating a new standard for the way countries report on their national climate commitments and actions, the agreements mandated advances in the reporting and review of countries’ climate finance contributions.

Developed countries have collectively pledged USD 30 billion from 2010-2012 to support developing countries’ climate efforts. This pledge, known as “fast-start finance,” was initially made in Copenhagen in 2009, and reiterated in the 2010 Cancun Agreements.

Negotiators are now figuring out the details that will turn the Cancun Agreements into something that makes a difference on the ground.

This piece originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.org

This piece originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.org

The two defining challenges of this century are climate change and poverty. Our challenge is to find a way to deal with both, at the same time.

This piece originally appeared on the World Resources Report website.

This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.org

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