‘Imagine if you know 189 people, and you got them all together and said, “Here’s how we want you to run a significant part of your lives in the next 30 or 40 years – and by the way, you have to have…
Progressio, 24th November 2009
Today I arrived at work to see John Vidal’s excellent expose on the complex punctuation, backroom power games, bureaucracy and language of the UN’s climate change negotiations in the Guardian Weekend…
admin, 16th November 2009
Listening to a speech at the Conservative party conference this week, I found myself sitting behind Simon Hoggart, the Guardian’s political sketchwriter. He appeared for the most part to be quite…
admin, 8th November 2009
The Fira Gran Via conference centre is little more than a giant airport hanger with moveable walls – a sprawling space that can be carved up according to the needs of each particular conference….
admin, 6th November 2009
The big frustrating aspect around the negotiations today is high-level politicians disussing a ‘politically-binding’ agreement at Copenhagen as opposed to a ‘legally-binding’ agreement. Kevin Grandia…
admin, 6th November 2009
I just did not want to miss this conference. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa –one of the most forward-thinking and controversial Latin American leaders– was going to stand proud in front of…
Cecilia, 6th November 2009
With just a month to go until vital change negotiations in Copenhagen, Progressio staff and partner representatives are observing the “intersessional” meeting of the UNFCCC in Barcelona – the last…
admin, 3rd November 2009
Climate change and sustainable development was the question, but whether or not there is a clear answer that’ll translate theory into practice remains to be seen. Professor Mohan Munasinghe‘s…
NJ, 23rd October 2009
It has been a remarkable political year in Ireland- economic depression, tripling of unemployment, halving of property prices, bankrupt banks and businesses and crippling imbalances between…
admin, 22nd October 2009
Postscript to my last post on Greg Clark and climate change. Looks like I was wrong. For journalists on the Sun, climate change is “hardly a riveting topic”…..”save me the lecture, Greg” says Sun…
admin, 13th October 2009
