Clancy Moore writes from Durban: As the Durban climate talks entered into overtime early on Sunday morning, many delegates were sleeping under tables or on desks or chairs, waking occasionally to the sound of people clapping a good speech from a negotiator. Negotiations seemed at a stand-off, with many countries unhappy with the proposal for [...]

Late-night negotiations at the climate talks in Durban resulted in 194 entities – including the European Union, the United States, China and India – agreeing to develop a global treaty by 2015, which will cut emissions by 2020. One of the most important lines to come out of Durban is that the future global plan will be “a protocol, a legal [...]

Clancy Moore writes: Reverend Tafue Lusama knows a thing or two about the urgency to tackle climate change. Living in Tuvalu, he has seen the climate changing over the last twenty years. Rising sea levels, storm surges and ocean acidification have had devastating impacts of people’s culture, livelihoods and ability to grow food. A few months [...]

Despite low expectations for outcomes two-weeks of discussions in Durban will produce, there are several key issues on the negotiating table that would benefit from the inclusion of the perspective of children and young people.

Clancy Moore writes from Durban: Dark, humid, noisy and little ventilation. This is the location of the Australian government offices here at the UN climate talks. It is also where on Wednesday morning some colleagues and I had the chance to meet with Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet. Although this [...]

Here’s two different writers and activists over at the UN climate talks in Durban offering their take on what’s happening, from Australia’s role at the climate talks to the Conference of Youth where hundreds of young people talk about how to fight climate change and push governments into action …

Clancy Moore writes: “Solving climate change can not be separated from the struggle to alleviate poverty.” This was the message on the opening day of the UN Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa. In his opening address, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa highlighted how the Pacific island nation of Kiribati is set to become the [...]

Four days in. Three days to go. Two main topics of negotiations. And one important international forum with the responsibility to tackle global climate change.