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Se llegó a un acuerdo y la conferencia finalizó esta tarde alrededor de las 5:30 p. m., un día entero tarde.

The Ugly

Negotiations continued today, largely behind closed doors, with technology transfer for developing countries at the top of the agenda. Rumors are that some agreement has been reached, at least on t…

The intensity level kicked up a notch today. More people, more security, two separate entry lines for “heads of state” and “participants.” The high level segment has started with a series of speech…

The Bush administration is once again holding things up in the international climate negotiations. In fact, the United States won the Fossil of the Day award today – a daily award given by the NGO…

Senator Kerry arrived in Bali today, trumpeting the Lieberman-Warner climate bill as an indication that the United States is ready to take a lead on climate change internationally. Although the bil…

One of the big items being discussed in Bali is an Adaptation Fund that would help developing countries deal with problems arising from climate change – severe weather events, droughts, flooding, i…

Friends of the Earth is focusing not only on what is going on inside the talks in Bali, but is also working closely with social movements and others outside the negotiations to build a movement to…

REDD stands for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries. It is a big issue at the UN negotiations, because deforestation accounts for as much as 25 percent of annual greenhouse…