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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…

The World Bank is one of the most well known providers of financing to developing countries for “development” projects. But over the years, the Bank has shown time and again that it sees developmen…

UN climate conferences are a bit overwhelming. The negotiations, which are divided into several tracks that go on simultaneously throughout the two weeks, are awash in a sea of acronyms (SBSTA, SBI…

Australia has now ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the United States is left as the only major country refusing to join the agreement. A recent change in government in Australia means that the US is…

Negotiations started today in Bali, Indonesia at the 13th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Over the next two weeks, countries are working to agree to a mandat…