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UNFCCC: Stalled political negotiations but the show does go on
BONN, GERMANY (May 26, 2012)- The first Intersessional of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began Monday, May 14, 2012 and ended Friday, May 25, 2012. During the 11 days of negotiations Parties tackled complex technical issues in the 36th session of the Subsidiary Bodies’ on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA36) and Implementation (SBI36) while also grappling with the many political issues within the 15th session of the Ad-hoc Working Group on …
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Heading Back to the Table: Climate Talks Resume in Bonn
[ May 14, 2012 to May 25, 2012. ]
Bonn, Germany- May 14th, 2012
The first session of the 2012 UNFCCC negotiations commence today in Bonn, Germany. In Bonn, Parties will build upon the outcomes achieved in Durban in November/December 2011- outcomes which were viewed divergently by stakeholders involved in this process, from Parties to civil society, as either a good step forward or a failure to deliver the change which was -and is still- urgently needed.
In WEDO’s analysis of the COP17 outcomes, we noted …
Gender equality and climate change in the EU
New York, May 3rd, 2012
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a report on gender equality and climate change which covers all the European Union Member States and provides comparable data on the European Union level. See http://www.eige.europa.eu/content/document/gender-equality-and-climate-change-main-findings
The findings demonstrate that women’s involvement in climate change decision-making at national, European and international levels is still low. Therefore, EIGE introduces the first EU indicators in the area K: Women and the Environment …
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Report from CSW56 Learning Circle on Gender and Climate Change
New York- April 18, 2012
On March 5th, during CSW56, WEDO was very pleased to participate in a “Learning Circle on Gender and Climate Change”, co-sponsored by the GGCA and the NGO CSW Forum 2012. Attached below, please find a final report from the event including summaries from each of the key areas of discussion: Mitigation, Adaptation, Advocacy, Finance, Disaster Risk reduction, and Grassroots community strategies.
http://www.gender-climate.org/Content/Docs/Publications/learning_circle_report.pdf…
WEDO Featured in ETFRN Journal: Moving Forward with Forest Governance
NEW YORK (April 1, 2012)– It is widely acknowledged that improving forest governance is an important prerequisite for sustainable forest management and reducing deforestation and forest degradation. Making governance work better for people and forests is not an easy task. Divergent interests, imbalanced power relations and unequal access to information, decision-making, resources and benefits all contribute to this challenge. The latest journal of the European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN), Moving Forward with Forest Governance, …
