Hear from activists in Durbin, South Africa on the status of climate change talks.

Room for Progress: CI’s Dispatches from Durban (Sarshen Marais) – Conservation International (CI)

www.conservation.org Sarshen Marais is currently attending the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa. Drawing on CI’s field experience and scientific and policy expertise, sta…

Room for Progress: CI’s Dispatches from Durban (Preeya Rampersaud) – Conservation International (CI)

www.conservation.org CI Guyana’s Preeya Rampersaud discusses the benefits of REDD+ for high forest low deforestation countries, such as her developing country of Guyana. Drawing on CI’s field experience and scientific and policy expertise, staff memb…

Room for Progress: CI’s Dispatches from Durban (Tessa Mildenhall) – Conservation International (CI)

www.conservation.org www.conservation.org Conservation South Africa’s (CSA) Tessa Mildenhall talks about the visitors stopping by the CI CSA exhibition in the Durban convention center. Drawing on CI’s field experience and scientific and policy expert…

Room for Progress: CI’s Dispatches from Durban (Milagros Sandoval) – Conservation International (CI)

www.conservation.org CI Peru’s Milagros Sandoval discusses the progress on institutional arrangements and capacity building for indigenous peoples’ natural resources and indigenous rights. Drawing on CI’s field experience and scientific and policy ex…

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A range of opinions exist on how the Durban U.N. Climate Change talks have progressed.

WWF: Governments fail on ambition, courage at UN climate change talks:  Durban, South Africa — After two weeks of sparring and a day-long extension, governments once again failed today to provide the inspiration and ambition to tackle climate change and provide hope for hundreds of millions around…

• Durban: Saving the Planet or Saving Face? (huffingtonpost.com)
• Durban Climate Hero Abigail Borah: ‘I Am Speaking On Behalf Of The United States Of America Because My Negotiators Cannot’ (thinkprogress.org)

Slap Your Face Quotes from the Durban Climate Change …

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I haven’t put up any posts about the climate change conference that took place over the last two weeks in Durban, South Africa because because, well, because of a general sense of outrage overload and a feeling that nothing would get done …

China urges developed countries to take serious actions at Durban …

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Developed countries should shoulder their historical responsibilities by seriously implementing the commitments and legal documents that they have already been agreed to, Xie Zhenhua, head of Chinese delegation to UN climate conference …