As the Tianjin climate negotiations come to a close, progress remains patchy. The forecast is still cloudy, but rays of sunlight are just starting to peak through.
This working paper explores the types of information and supporting
data necessary to ensure that
national strategies to reduce emissions are developed
and implemented effectively. It does so by focusing on
measures to address illegal logging, drawing on specific
strategies and recommendations from Peru and Indonesia
A series of international investigations into recent climate science controversies are now publishing their findings, and so far, they have cleared climate scientists of manipulating the evidence, and reaffirmed the integrity of the basic science.
Yesterday was the deadline set in the Copenhagen Accord for countries to submit their greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to the UNFCCC Secretariat.