Only two out of 10 developed countries’ reduction targets submitted to the Copenhagen Accord qualify as ’sufficient’ to keep global temperature rise below 2°C. The reduction targets of all countries currently associated with the Accord lead to a striking inconsistency with the 2°C goal defined in the very same Accord. [...]

US negotiator Jonathan Pershing at the UNFCCC Climate Change Talks Bonn June 2010: In Cancun to limit the access of NGOs to the venue besides the accreditation a limited set of extra passes will most likely be issued in order to control the access to the meeting venues.

Yesterday evening Yvo de Boer said good bye to the UNFCCC Climate Change Talks community at a reception in Bonn. The Mayor of Bonn Jürgen Nimptsch thanked him for the importance he gave Bonn by establishing the UNFCCC as a respected body in the world. At the same time the successor in the office of [...]