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  • Date:
    23 December 2011
    Location:

    Post-COP17 Briefing: Damian Ryan and our global policy staff on the key outcomes

    Download the full Post-COP17 Briefing, which marks the end of Damian Ryan's coverage of COP17 in Durban, and features country perspectives from our global policy staff in Australia, China, Europe, India and the US.

  • Date:
    12 December 2011
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    COP17 concludes with new negotiating process but signal to business and investors unclear

    This year’s UN climate conference – the longest to date - concluded in Durban at 6am Sunday morning after a second all night session of negotiating by ministers and senior officials - here's a first reaction to the Durban outcome.

  • Date:
    09 December 2011
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    COP17 Daily: Friday December 9

    As expected the final day of COP17 looks set to go into the early hours of Saturday morning – or indeed longer. Read Damian Ryan's update for Friday, and don't forget to follow his live-tweeting at @ClimateGroup tonight, for news as it happens.

  • Date:
    09 December 2011
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    COP17 Daily: Thursday December 8

    The penultimate day of COP17 witnesses the usual frantic activity associated with the last 48 hours of every annual climate conference, as Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group provides his daily round-up of the news from the second week of COP17 in Durban.

  • Date:
    08 December 2011
    Location:

    COP17: UNFCCC side event on financing climate action at the subnational level

    The Climate Group nrg4SD hosted a UNFCCC side event with leading sub-national governments and businesses to showcase how domestic climate initiatives are being financed at sub-national level, and what is needed from international financing mechanisms at this level in the future.

  • Date:
    08 December 2011
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    COP17 Daily: Wednesday December 7

    COP17 moved into its final stage today as ministers joined their officials for the final and traditionally most intensive three days of the annual two week conference.

  • Date:
    07 December 2011
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    COP17: Aviation and maritime transport are the perennial problem sectors

    Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group, argues that pragmatic and fair solutions for addressing emissions from international aviation and maritime transport exist and that the key to unlocking action lies to a large extent in the hands of developing countries.

  • Date:
    07 December 2011
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    Our 1,000 Village initiative announced as one of the UN's Lighthouse Projects

    Our 1,000 Village Initiative in Guiyang, China was selected as one of the ten worldwide Lighthouse Projects as part of the UN's Momentum for Change, by the UNFCCC Secretariat at an event in Durban, during COP 17.

  • Date:
    06 December 2011
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    COP17 Daily: Tuesday December 6

    All week Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group ismproviding a daily round-up of the news from the second week of COP17 in Durban, as well as analysis and live tweeting.

  • Date:
    06 December 2011
    Location:

    COP17: Philips and The Climate Group's China LED project chosen as model public-private partnership

    Philips Lighting and The Climate Group were praised for their joint solar-driven LED street lighting project in China’s Guiyang community at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban (COP17) today.

  • Date:
    06 December 2011
    Location:

    COP17: Alstom VP guest blog 'Half way through and still far to go'

    Helle Juhler-Verdoner, VP Global Affairs, Environmental Policies & Global Affairs, Alstom, guest posts for us with an update on COP17's progress so far - and what's left to go.

  • Date:
    06 December 2011
    Location:

    COP17: States and Regions accelerating prosperous low carbon development

    On Sunday December 4, The Climate Group hosted a Panel with its State and Regions Alliance government members at the World Climate Ltd Summit, moderated by our CEO Mark Kenber, where it was clear that the sub-national governments are already accelerating low carbon development across the world.

  • Date:
    06 December 2011
    Location:

    COP17 Daily: Monday December 5

    Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group is providing a daily round-up of the second week of COP17 in Durban. Week two of COP17 opened with a formal and crowded plenary session, before negotiators once again disappeared behind closed doors to finalise text for ministers later in the week.

  • Date:
    04 December 2011
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    COP17: Week one summary

    As part of our involvement in COP17, Damian Ryan our Senior Policy Manager, will be providing daily news and analysis, and live tweeting from Durban. This is his summary of the key issues and emerging developments of COP17's first week.

  • Date:
    01 December 2011
    Location:

    COP17: German State minister demands more federal action to achieve a climate deal

    North Rhine Westphalia Minister Remmel has called for stronger efforts from the federal government towards achieving a new global climate treaty at COP17, as well as transformational climate leadership from the sub-national level.

  • Date:
    29 November 2011
    Location:

    South Africa selects Cisco to connect COP17 to rest of the world

    Member of The Climate Group, Cisco, is technology partner to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17), where it is providing a number of video conferencing services to delegates in a bid to curb COP17's carbon footprint.

  • Date:
    28 November 2011
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    COP17: China to highlight domestic efforts while seeking Kyoto deal in Durban

    Changhua Wu, The Climate Group’s Greater China Director, takes a look at China’s negotiating position ahead of this week’s Climate Conference in Durban, South Africa.

  • Date:
    25 November 2011
    Location:

    COP17: Australia to leverage carbon price momentum

    Caroline Bayliss, Director, The Climate Group Australia, takes a look at the Australia negotiating position heading into COP17 in Durban next week, as part of a series of articles from our international policy staff looking at the position of key countries in the UN climate talks.

  • Date:
    24 November 2011
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    COP17: EU leadership diminished but still key to progress at Durban

    Luc Bas, The Climate Group’s Director of European Programmes, examines the European Union’s negotiating position as it prepares for next week’s UN climate conference in Durban.

  • Date:
    23 November 2011
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    COP17: Over 300 business leaders call for urgent government action

    More than 325 signatures have been collected in The Climate Group supported 2°C Challenge Communiqué, which calls for national governments to break the current deadlock in international climate negotiations and drive the global Clean Revolution forward.

  • Date:
    23 November 2011
    Location:

    COP17: India to champion equity and access to sustainable development in Durban

    Ashirbad Raha and Aditi Dass, Consultants at The Climate Group’s New Delhi office, discusses the main issues behind India’s position heading into COP17.

  • Date:
    22 November 2011
    Location:

    COP17 Briefing: Damian Ryan on key issues and possible outcomes

    COP17 takes place in Durban, South Africa, from November 28 to December 9, 2011. As part of our involvement in COP17, Damian Ryan our Senior Policy Manager, will be providing daily news and analysis, and live tweeting from Durban. This Pre-COP17 Briefing marks the start of his coverage.

  • Date:
    22 November 2011
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    COP17: China confirms its official position

    Today Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission, distributed a White Paper on China’s climate change policies which confirmed the country’s official position for COP17 in Durban.

  • Date:
    22 November 2011
    Location:

    COP17: US will build on Cancun, but hampered by domestic constraints

    Evan Juska, The Climate Group’s Head of US Policy, takes a look at the US negotiating position heading into COP17 in Durban next week. This is the first in a series of articles from our international policy staff looking at the position of key countries in the UN climate talks.

  • Date:
    18 November 2011
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    Countries are racing to lead the Clean Revolution, UNEP report shows

    The new Green Economy report from UN Environment Programme (UNEP) demonstrates that as COP17 and Rio+20 draw closer, world leaders are taking the transformational steps needed to achieve a prosperous, low carbon global economy.

  • Date:
    10 November 2011
    Location:

    IEA says transformative leadership needed for sustainable energy future

    In its latest World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns that the world will head towards an unsustainable energy future without urgent government action.

  • Date:
    02 November 2011
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    ET Global Rankings: Europe leads on carbon disclosure, boasts lowest carbon intensity

    The latest global Environmental Tracking Carbon Rankings have been published, shining the spotlight on the standards of public greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting across the world and revealing Europe as a global leader in carbon disclosure.

  • Date:
    19 October 2011
    Location:

    Investors worth $20 trillion step up call for urgent climate action

    Despite the global economic crisis, the world’s largest investors today urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change in a joint statement from the group of 285 investors, who represent more than $20 trillion in assets.

  • Date:
    07 October 2011
    Location:

    EU on track to meet Kyoto Protocol target

    The European Commission today published a yearly Kyoto progress report which reveals that the EU is right on track to meet, and likely exceed, the Kyoto Protocol's 8% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target.

  • Date:
    23 September 2011
    Location:

    Climate Week NYC 2011 in review

    From 19-26 September 2011, New York City hosted Climate Week NYC 2011, the annual summit boasting high-level meetings between the world’s leading businesses and governments and an exciting array of public-facing events, all focused on driving a Clean Revolution.

  • Date:
    19 September 2011
    Location:

    Clean Revolution launched at Climate Week NYC

    Today The Climate Group launched the three-year Clean Revolution campaign during the Opening Ceremony of Climate Week NYC, the annual global forum which aims to mobilize an international public-private response to climate change.

  • Date:
    16 September 2011
    Location:

    Record number of events confirmed for Climate Week NYC 2011

    This year's Climate Week NYC, the annual summit boasting high-level meetings between the world’s leading businesses and governments and a diverse array of public-facing events, has a record number of events: here is a hand-picked list of just some of them.

  • Date:
    23 June 2011
    Location:

    UN climate talks in Bonn: business tells it like it is

    Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group, analyzes the UN climate change talks in Bonn.

  • Date:
    23 June 2011
    Location:

    Second term for Ban Ki-moon applauded by The Climate Group

    On Tuesday, the 192-nation UN general assembly had voted unanimously to give Ban Ki-moon of South Korea a second five-year term as Secretary-General beginning 1 January 2012.

  • Date:
    08 June 2011
    Location:

    Ban Ki-moon way ahead in U.N. race to replace himself

    Former South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon would like to lead the United Nations for another five years. And it's almost certain that he'll get what he wants. Evan Juska, Head of US Policy, The Climate Group comments on the need for Ban Ki-moon to stay and continue his good progress in tackling climate change.

  • Date:
    07 June 2011
    Location:

    Mark Kenber, CEO, The Climate Group, on climate policy and the low carbon economy

    Mark Kenber, CEO, The Climate Group, shares his views on carbon markets, low-carbon economy and climate policy with Sheetal Vyas, in India's Planet Earth magazine's June 2011 edition.

  • Date:
    06 June 2011
    Location:

    EIO launches new Index to cut corporate emissions

    Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO) has released the Environmental Tracking (ET) Index Series, a low carbon market mechanism which aims to cut global companies’ emissions and spur green investment, as part of the Clean Revolution.

  • Date:
    03 June 2011
    Location:

    nrg4SD and The Climate Group join forces at Carbon Expo, Barcelona

    On Thursday, June 1, Lluís Recorder i Miralles, Catalonian Minister of Territory and Sustainability and Northern Co-Chair of nrg4SD, and Mark Kenber, CEO of The Climate Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing the already close cooperation between the two organizations.

  • Date:
    28 April 2011
    Location:

    Climate legislation advancing in 16 leading countries

    According to a study by Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) published last week, in the last 18 months the world’s leading economies have rapidly developed their climate change legislation, collectively helping to advance a global Clean Revolution.

  • Date:
    12 April 2011
    Location:

    Bangkok Climate Talks: A step back?

    Alaa Khourdajie reports on the first official round of climate negotiations for the year, which were wrapped up in Bangkok on April 8 2011 and where disagreement revolved around setting a new agenda for guiding negotiations through the rest of the year.

  • Date:
    12 April 2011
    Location:

    Clean Energy Ministers commit to accelerating CCS

    In light of the global energy ministers meet in Abu Dhabi last week, Rupert Posner, Global Director of Energy, The Climate Group, blogs for GCCSI about the serious progress required by governments if CCS is going to be deployed at the pace we need.

  • Date:
    03 April 2011
    Location:

    UN climate talks recommence in Bangkok

    The first formal round of UN climate talks since the successful Cancun summit (COP16) last December commences this week (April 4) in Bangkok. Although the meeting is expected to be a low-key affair, it is likely to provide the first real indication of whether or not countries can build on the positive momentum generated at the Mexico conference.

  • Date:
    17 January 2011
    Location:

    ‘COP 16: Post-Cancun Analysis’ webinar & briefing

    We held our ‘COP 16: Post-Cancun Analysis’ webinar on 13th January, with new CEO Mark Kenber and Senior Policy Manager Damian Ryan informing participants of what happened during the negotiations, what the main results were and what can be expected to happen over the coming year.

  • Date:
    13 December 2010
    Location:

    COP16 report: Cancun can, actually

    Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager at The Climate Group, analyzes the key outcomes from what proved to be a successful two weeks of negotiations in Cancun.

  • Date:
    10 December 2010
    Location:

    North South East West – COP16 Climate Cooperation without Borders

    The Climate Leaders Summit 2010 ended with “A Clean Revolution for all: developed and developing regions working together”, a successful panel session exploring cooperation underway between developed and developing country regions to advance climate strategies and specific mitigation and adaptation actions.

  • Date:
    10 December 2010
    Location:

    COP16 report: A slow day for observers

    With a lack of information filtering out of the very private ministerial discussions on Thursday, Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager at The Climate Group, took part in an interesting side event that discussed the national security implications of climate change.

  • Date:
    10 December 2010
    Location:

    Unlocking market transformation in energy efficiency and clean power

    On the last day of the fifth annual Climate Leaders Summit held in Cancun, a dozen business and government leaders came together to explore the pace of market transformation and the key technologies and policies that will unlock a clean industrial revolution.

  • Date:
    09 December 2010
    Location:

    Chinese business and government leaders convene in Cancun to discuss climate action in China

    On day 1 of the Climate Leaders Summit, The Climate Group hosted a high-level delegation of Chinese leaders from business, and municipal and provincial government who joined over 150 of their counterparts from around the world for a day of events focused on climate action in China.

  • Date:
    09 December 2010
    Location:

    COP16 report: A fist full of dollars

    Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager at The Climate Group, reports on Wednesday's proceedings in Cancun, where finance and the reality of a complex, politically charged negotiation took center stage.

  • Date:
    08 December 2010
    Location:

    Clean Revolution Ceremony: leadership and action

    Day two of the Climate Leaders Summit, set on the sidelines of the UN’s COP16 negotiations in Cancun, opened on Tuesday with the Clean Revolution Ceremony, where leading businesses and international state and regional governments announced new commitments to further drive a clean industrial revolution.

  • Date:
    08 December 2010
    Location:

    COP16 report: Calm before the storm?

    With the high-level ministerial segment of the conference formally opening today (Tuesday), Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager at The Climate Group, examines the key divisions that remain unbridged across many of the core negotiation issues.

  • Date:
    07 December 2010
    Location:

    Cancun ‘Can Do’: Governments representing 15% of global GDP report real climate action

    The world’s most influential coalition of state and regional governments on climate change joined leading businesses at The Climate Group’s annual Climate Leaders Summit, on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Cancun, to report on substantial actions they have taken to cut emissions since Copenhagen, and to announce new commitments to further drive a clean industrial revolution.

  • Date:
    07 December 2010
    Location:

    Keep the COPs: Fix, don’t scrap, the UN process

    Evan Juska, Senior Policy Manager at The Climate Group in North America, writes on the need to change the current approach to the UN's COP negotiations in order to fairly assess progress in Cancun and beyond.

  • Date:
    07 December 2010
    Location:

    COP16 report: Negotiators bunker down as week two begins

    The final week of negotiations started in Cancun today (Monday), and Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager at The Climate Group, reports back on what progress has been made, and what issues still need to be resolved with only four more negotiating days remaining.

  • Date:
    06 December 2010
    Location:

    COP16 report: Cancun talks make quiet progress but key hurdles remain

    Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager at The Climate Group, reviews the end of the first week of COP16 negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, where quiet progress seems to have been made, despite certain difficulties surrounding the fate of the Kyoto Protocol.

  • Date:
    29 November 2010
    Location:

    UN climate conference opens in Cancun

    Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager at The Climate Group, writes on the decisive factors that are key to moving the talks forward and on how to avoid a repeat of last year's disappointing summit in Copenhagen.

  • Date:
    25 November 2010
    Location:

    Yes we Cancún

    Steve Howard, CEO of The Climate Group, writes an op-ed for The Parliament Magazine arguing that much can be learned from the practical leadership on climate change being shown at local levels.

  • Date:
    19 November 2010
    Location:

    The Climate Group to host landmark Chinese government and business leaders group at UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico

    International NGO The Climate Group announced today that it will host a ground-breaking delegation of senior Chinese government officials, green entrepreneurs and China business leaders in Cancun, Mexico on 6-8 December 2010.

  • Date:
    08 November 2010
    Location:

    Major UN climate finance report released

    A major UN report on how to raise $100billion to finance climate action in developing countries was released in New York on Friday November 5, 2010.

  • Date:
    12 October 2010
    Location:

    UN talks inch ahead (again)

    Progress, of a sort, appears to have been made at last week’s UN climate talks in Tianjin, China, with UN climate chief Christiana Figueres stating that negotiators had “gotten closer to the structure of a set of decisions at Cancun”.

  • Date:
    04 October 2010
    Location:

    Latest UN climate talks begin in China

    The latest round of climate change talks kicked off today in Tianjin, China. The week-long meeting is the fourth session held this year, and the last before the UN’s annual climate conference - ‘COP16’ - to be held in Mexico in late November.

  • Date:
    21 September 2010
    Location:

    Financing the Clean Revolution

    Influential business and political leaders gathered in New York’s Public Library to launch Climate Week NYC yesterday – The Climate Group’s annual global forum to mobilize an international public-private response to climate change – held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

  • Date:
    20 September 2010
    Location:

    Leaders convene at Climate Week NYC to urge action to finance a Clean Industrial Revolution

    International NGO, The Climate Group, and its partners, including the United Nations, the City of New York, and founding sponsor Swiss Re, today kicked off Climate Week NYC. From September 20-26, Climate Week NYC will bring together the world’s most influential government and business leaders to discuss the policies and public-private partnerships necessary to unlock the financing needed to ignite a clean industrial revolution.

  • Date:
    27 July 2010
    Location:

    The (slow) road to Cancun

    Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager for The Climate Group, analyzes what progress has been made so far and what remains to be done in the build up to COP16 in Mexico at the end of the year.

  • Date:
    14 June 2010
    Location:

    UN climate talks nudge forward

    The Climate Group's Damian Ryan reports back from Bonn, following the conclusion of the latest round of UN climate talks...

  • Date:
    08 June 2010
    Location:

    Slow progress at latest UN climate talks in Bonn

    The Climate Group's Damian Ryan reports on the slow progress made during the first week of the latest round of UN climate talks, which began in Bonn on May 31st...

  • Date:
    04 June 2010
    Location:

    Making a difference: the importance of engagement in UN climate talks

    Damian Ryan, Senior Analyst at The Climate Group, discusses why engagement in the international UN climate talks should be on the agendas of businesses and sub-national governments...

  • Date:
    02 June 2010
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    UN Climate Talks: World’s states and regions sign Bonn Statement on road to COP16

    The Climate Group and the German state of North Rhine Westphalia hosted a high-level international summit on the sidelines of the UN’s mid-term climate talks in Bonn, Germany...

  • Date:
    30 May 2010
    Location:

    Copenhagen Accord to be under spotlight in Bonn

    The Climate Group's Damian Ryan looks ahead to the UN climate talks in Bonn, discussing the likely focus of attention...

  • Date:
    18 May 2010
    Location:

    The Climate Group welcomes Christiana Figueres as new climate chief

    Leading Latin American climate expert and negotiator Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica has been appointed to the top UN climate post by Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon...

  • Date:
    30 April 2010
    Location:

    BASIC group meeting underlines negotiating challenges ahead

    The Climate Group's Damian Ryan reports on the meeting of the BASIC group of countries, held in Cape Town at the end of April...

  • Date:
    20 April 2010
    Location:

    Major economies discuss climate talks

    Countries belonging to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) appear to have had a constructive meeting in Washington on April 19th.

  • Date:
    12 April 2010
    Location:

    Next steps for international climate negotiations agreed

    The Climate Group's Damian Ryan reports on the UN climate talks that took place in Bonn at the weekend...

  • Date:
    01 April 2010
    Location:

    UK lays out post-Copenhagen negotiation plan

    The Climate Group's Damian Ryan reports on the ‘International Climate Change Action Plan’, released today by the UK government...

  • Date:
    31 March 2010
    Location:

    COP 16 (Mexico): How it could succeed

    Thurstan Wright, Analyst, The Climate Group, discusses factors that could determine whether COP 16 will be a step in the right direction…

  • Date:
    18 February 2010
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    Yvo de Boer resigns from UN's top climate post

    Yvo de Boer today announced that he will resign from his post as Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC this July.

  • Date:
    12 February 2010
    Location:

    EU-US-China climate partnerships can cut global emissions and boost economy and jobs

    Following the UN climate Summit in Copenhagen, The Centre and The Climate Group convened a high-level panel in Brussels this week to discuss how the EU and the US should engage China in a dialogue on climate change...

  • Date:
    02 February 2010
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    All major emitters meet Accord deadline

    Fifty-five countries have met the UN’s 31st January deadline for submitting their intended climate mitigation commitments under the Copenhagen Accord...

  • Date:
    26 January 2010
    Location:

    BASIC countries set to shape international climate action

    The first official meeting of the BASIC group of countries (China, India, Brazil, South Africa) concluded in New Delhi yesterday. The Group, which played a central role in negotiating last month's 'Copenhagen Accord', set out a range of positions in a joint statement.

  • Date:
    16 January 2010
    Location:

    The Copenhagen Accord: A Q&A with our policy team

    What exactly was agreed in Copenhagen? Our global policy team offers its take on the Copenhagen Accord - what it says and what it doesn't say, and what we might expect now.

  • Date:
    13 January 2010
    Location:

    CEO Steve Howard on The Copenhagen Accord

    "Will the Accord stop us going over 2 degrees? Not by itself. However, if countries now step up and register ambitious but achievable targets and commitments it will be a clear step forwards..."

  • Date:
    20 December 2009
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    COP15 report: The final hours

    As the dust clears from Copenhagen, the issue for many will be determining what this new arrangement means. It is clear that this is neither a perfect nor a final deal.

  • Date:
    18 December 2009
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    COP15 report: Day 12

    The final day of the Copenhagen Climate Conference was characterized by rumour and counter-rumour as leaders conducted closed-door, high-level discussions to seal a political agreement. The climax of the day was agreement amongst the US and leading developing countries on a so-called 'Copenhagen Accord'.

  • Date:
    19 December 2009
    Location:

    The Climate Group and US business leaders get behind $100bn US climate commitment

    Jeffrey Swartz, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Timberland Company and The Climate Group's CEO Steve Howard speak their support for the US commitment.

  • Date:
    18 December 2009
    Location:

    "Trail-blazer" Arnold Schwarzenegger wins first annual climate award for leadership

    California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was awarded The Climate Group and South Australia's first annual Regional Leadership award by chair of The Climate Group's States and Regions Alliance Premier Mike Rann of South Australia.

  • Date:
    17 December 2009
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    Copenhagen report: Day 11

    The penultimate day of the Copenhagen climate conference saw resolution of Wednesday's procedural deadlocks; an important US announcement on financing; continuation of formal country statements; and the conspicuous absence of practically all observer organizations.

  • Date:
    17 December 2009
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    US support for $100 billion Global Climate Fund shows consensus is emerging

    The United States today announced in Copenhagen that they would contribute to the $100 billion per year needed by 2020 to help developing countries adapt to climate change...

  • Date:
    17 December 2009
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    Radical efficiency is needed to meet ambitious emissions reduction targets

    Corporate and state leaders assembled to discuss the benefits of high-level commitment to innovative technologies and policies in energy efficiency...

  • Date:
    17 December 2009
    Location:

    Governments commit USD$4bn to global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects

    The Climate Group and Global CCS Institute hosted a meeting on the sidelines of the UN climate summit (COP15) in Copenhagen this week to report on the significant and growing momentum governments around the world are putting behind the development of the first generation of CCS demonstration projects.

  • Date:
    16 December 2009
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    Copenhagen report: Day 10

    Confusion and delay characterized events both in and outside the Copenhagen climate conference today.

  • Date:
    16 December 2009
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    North-South regional partnerships yield climate, economic benefits

    Representatives today signed a statement of intent to support the territorial approaches to climate change with the UNDP, a further indication of the success of north-south partnerships.

  • Date:
    16 December 2009
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    Business leaders want a strong, legally binding deal from COP15

    Businesses want a strong, clear global deal that will promote and protect investment in low carbon technologies, promote clean technology innovations, and protect economies from climate impacts.

  • Date:
    16 December 2009
    Location:

    Long-term policy framework most important ingredient to clean energy future

    Representatives from sub-national governments and business leaders from major power companies and renewable energy developers yesterday came to two major conclusions...

  • Date:
    15 December 2009
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    Copenhagen report: Day 9

    Negotiations accelerated into their final phase today with parties agreeing to open the High Level Ministerial session half a day early.

  • Date:
    15 December 2009
    Location:

    Subnational governments unveil major climate actions at COP15

    Steve Howard, CEO of The Climate Group, said the pledges and actions reported in Copenhagen will make a very large contribution to a greener planet: "The states and regions taking part in todays summit can make a huge difference and represent 360 million people, a combined GDP of USD$10.5 trillion, and businesses of every sector with a collective turnover of USD$620 billion."

  • Date:
    15 December 2009
    Location:

    Legions of regions rally to set world on clean-tech pathway ahead of global climate deal

    The Climate Leaders Summit 2009, convened by international non-profit The Climate Group, gave platform to HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, Shai Agassi, Founder & CEO of Better Place, First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, Premier Rann of South Australia and Premier Charest of Quebec, among others. Each made an individual announcement on new low carbon initiatives in front of 60 leaders and ministers from around the world.

  • Date:
    15 December 2009
    Location:

    Google, GE, NRDC and The Climate Group call for real-time information technologies to cut emissions

    Google, GE, The Climate Group and NRDC are among a group of companies and organizations calling on governments to support citizens' access to real-time home energy consumption information...

  • Date:
    14 December 2009
    Location:

    Sino-US-EU panel outlines need for global framework to spur technology transfer

    Representatives from the world's largest developers of clearn technologies - China, the US and Europe - agreed that a global framework was urgent to speed up technology transfer...

  • Date:
    14 December 2009
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    Copenhagen report: Day 8

    The second week of climate negotiations in Copenhagen got off to a bumpy start today with both Convention and Protocol talks suspended for much of the day.

  • Date:
    14 December 2009
    Location:

    Electric vehicle roundtable in Copenhagen explores how to fast-track EVs

    A group of 25 mayors and heads of regional governments, policy makers, manufacturers and bankers from over eight countries met in Copenhagen today on the sidelines of the climate change negotiations to discuss electric vehicle development around the world.

  • Date:
    13 December 2009
    Location:

    Blair says clear pathway needed for business to take action on climate change

    Tony Blair talks about the new Breaking the Climate Deadlock report that was released earlier today...

  • Date:
    13 December 2009
    Location:

    NEW Breaking the Climate Deadlock Report launched by Tony Blair and The Climate Group

    The Office of Tony Blair and The Climate Group today launch "Doing the Deal: key elements for a Copenhagen Climate Agreement", the latest report from their joint Breaking The Climate Deadlock initiative.

  • Date:
    12 December 2009
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    Copenhagen report: Day 6

    Given the potential flashpoints that could have seriously undermined talks in the first week, the progress reported is encouraging.

  • Date:
    12 December 2009
    Location:

    EU funding pledge both hits, and misses, opportunity to add momentum to COP15

    Friday's EU Council's pledge of 2.4 billion a year for the next 3 years to help developing countries combat climate change sent a message of hope to next week's negotiations - but on the more important issue of the mid-term finance package the EU failed to come up with concrete numbers...

  • Date:
    11 December 2009
    Location:

    Copenhagen report: Day 5

    Negotiations took an important step forward today with the release of draft 'Chairs' texts under both the convention and protocol negotiating tracks.

  • Date:
    10 December 2009
    Location:

    Copenhagen report: Day 4

    With ministers now beginning to arrive, and an informal mini-ministerial planned for the weekend, the intensity of negotiations is likely to pick up.

  • Date:
    10 December 2009
    Location:

    Copenhagen: What we need and what to expect

    Mark Kenber, Policy Director for The Climate Group, writes on what we need from Copenhagen, and what we can expect.

  • Date:
    09 December 2009
    Location:

    Copenhagen report: Day 3

    With three days now gone, thoughts of negotiators will have no doubt turned to whether things are on course. While it remains a mugs game to predict an outcome, the first signs of movement will need to emerge in the coming few days.

  • Date:
    08 December 2009
    Location:

    Copenhagen report: Day 2

    The Copenhagen climate talks moved up a gear today with the first substantive meetings of the two core negotiating groups.

  • Date:
    07 December 2009
    Location:

    Copenhagen report: Day 1

    Overall, this was a day of formalities. Statements from parties at the opening sessions of the key negotiating groups were formal and gave little away.

  • Date:
    07 December 2009
    Location:

    US EPA finalizes "endangerment finding"

    The decision enables the EPA to move forward with regulations that would limit greenhouse gas emissions from cars and large industrial sources, without new Congressional legislation.

  • Date:
    07 December 2009
    Location:

    Hacked emails from University of East Anglia should be no challenge to ambitious climate action

    An email chain may cause concern, but doesn't change the fundamental laws of science.

  • Date:
    07 December 2009
    Location:

    No tariffs in Copenhagen

    As countries gather in Copenhagen this week, Steve Howard, CEO of The Climate Group, takes a look at what should be left out of a deal, rather than what should be put in...

  • Date:
    07 December 2009
    Location:

    India announcement brings Copenhagen deal a step closer

    The Government of India's pledge last week to cut the carbon intensity of its economy by 20-25% below 2005 levels by 2020 means that all the world's major countries have now brought forward their initial offers on how they plan to cut their emissions.

Events

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  • Date:
    17 June 2012 - 22 June 2012 
    Location:
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Rio+20 Earth Summit 2012

    The Climate Group will be at the Rio+20 Earth Summit to showcase The Clean Revolution. Find out more soon.

  • Date:
    07 December 2011 - 07 December 2011 
    Location:
    Blyde River Room, DEC, Durban, South Africa

    Financing climate action at sub-national level

    nrg4SD and The Climate Group bring together leading governments and businesses to showcase how domestic climate initiatives are being financed at sub-national level and what is needed from international financing mechanisms at this level in the future.

  • Date:
    26 September 2011 - 26 September 2011 
    Location:
    New York City

    Climate Week NYC

    From September 19 - 26 2011 business, government, NGO and thought leaders will come together at Climate Week NYC 2011 to call for a Clean Revolution, one that ensures growth, creates jobs, and secures clean energy access for millions of people worldwide.

  • Date:
    25 September 2011 - 26 September 2011 
    Location:
    New York City

    Climate Week NYC

    From September 19 - 26 2011 business, government, NGO and thought leaders will come together at Climate Week NYC 2011 to call for a Clean Revolution, one that ensures growth, creates jobs, and secures clean energy access for millions of people worldwide.

  • Date:
    24 September 2011 - 26 September 2011 
    Location:
    New York City

    Climate Week NYC

    From September 19 - 26 2011 business, government, NGO and thought leaders will come together at Climate Week NYC 2011 to call for a Clean Revolution, one that ensures growth, creates jobs, and secures clean energy access for millions of people worldwide.

  • Date:
    22 September 2011 - 26 September 2011 
    Location:
    New York City

    Climate Week NYC

    From September 19 - 26 2011 business, government, NGO and thought leaders will come together at Climate Week NYC 2011 to call for a Clean Revolution, one that ensures growth, creates jobs, and secures clean energy access for millions of people worldwide.

  • Date:
    19 September 2011 - 26 September 2011 
    Location:
    New York City

    Climate Week NYC

    From September 19 - 26 2011 business, government, NGO and thought leaders will come together at Climate Week NYC 2011 to call for a Clean Revolution, one that ensures growth, creates jobs, and secures clean energy access for millions of people worldwide.

  • Date:
    06 September 2011 - 06 September 2011 
    Location:
    The Royal Institution of Great Britain, London

    Leading a Clean Energy Revolution

    Bringing together distinguished guests and panelists, Leading a Clean Energy Revolution is an opportunity to highlight the leadership of our sub-national government and business members and to discuss what is needed to drive a 'clean energy revolution' – in particular the policies and mechanisms required.

  • Date:
    06 December 2010 - 08 December 2010 
    Location:
    Cancun, Mexico

    Climate Leaders Summit 2010

    The Climate Leaders Summit 2010, held during the second week of COP16 in Cancun, Mexico, will bring the world’s most influential coalition of government and business leaders to focus on initiatives and actions they are taking to bring about a Clean Revolution.

  • Date:
    06 December 2010 
    Location:
    Cancun, Mexico

    Climate Leaders Summit 2010: Day 1 - Climate Action in China

    Day 1 of The Climate Leaders Summit 2010 will have a special focus on sub-national government leadership and action in China.

  • Date:
    07 December 2010 
    Location:
    Cancun, Mexico

    Climate Leaders Summit 2010: Day 2 - The Clean Revolution

    Day 2 of The Climate Leaders Summit 2010 will focus on members of The Climate Group’s international alliance of business, cities, states and regions, allowing them to showcase their roles in the Clean Revolution.

  • Date:
    08 December 2010 
    Location:
    Cancun, Mexico

    Climate Leaders Summit 2010: Day 3 - Working Session

    Day 3 of The Climate Leaders Summit 2010 consists of a working session for The Climate Group's government members to share experiences and learn from one another.

Blogs

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Interviews

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  • Lord Nicholas Stern

    Date:
    14 January 2011

    Lord Stern sat down with The Economist’s Oliver Morton in Cancun on 7 December 2010 at The Climate Group's annual Climate Leaders’ Summit, to reflect on international progress made since The Stern Report, to share personal insights into ongoing UN climate negotiations (COP16) and to discuss how the world is faring on the path to a clean industrial revolution.

  • Francisco Javier Díaz Carvajal

    Date:
    16 December 2010

    The Climate Group spoke to Francisco Javier Díaz Carvajal, Minister for the Environment of Quintana Roo, about how the Mexican State is accelerating bold, new climate policies that will boost jobs and growth in their local economy and how it is inspiring other Mexican States to follow its example.

  • Premier Jean Charest

    Date:
    06 December 2010

    Premier Jean Charest of Quebec speaks to The Climate Group about his predictions and expectations from the upcoming COP16 negotiations in Cancun, as well as the policies and actions that are being driven forward by the state of Quebec in the fight against climate change.

  • What now? Network views on the Copenhagen Accord

    Date:
    18 January 2010

    We asked leaders from across our global network leaders for their thoughts on the outcome of COP15 - and what it might mean for business, policy and climate action in their regions.

Publications

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  • Post-COP17 Briefing 04 January 2012

    Date:
    04 January 2012

    COP17 took place in Durban, South Africa, from November 28 to December 9, 2011. Download the full Post-COP17 Briefing, which marks the end of Damian Ryan our Senior Policy Manager's Durban coverage, and features country perspectives from our global policy staff in Australia, China, Europe, India and the US.

  • COP 16: Post-Cancun Analysis briefing 30 January 2011

    Date:
    30 January 2011

    The Climate Group has put together a policy briefing which provides analysis and views on what the 2010 UN Climate Conference in Cancun means for governments and businesses.

  • Doing the Deal: Key Elements for a Copenhagen Climate Agreement 13 December 2009

    Date:
    13 December 2009

    We discuss the key elements needed to bring a successful agreement out of the talks at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen.

  • Copenhagen Climate Summit: A Climate Group Assessment 11 January 2010

    Date:
    11 January 2010

    The Climate Group offers an assessment on the 'Copenhagen Accord' and the outcomes of the Copenhagen Climate Summit

  • Cutting the Cost: The economic benefits of collaborative action on climate change 21 September 2009

    Date:
    21 September 2009

    Global collaboration can significantly cut the cost of mitigation and increase both GDP and employment in all major economies.