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The recent Durban meeting of the UNFCCC climate change talks closed with some positive news coverage this week. But what’s the reality behind the headlines? Grounds for cautious optimism On the positive side, governments have stated that a binding agreement on climate change is required, and that emissions cuts need to be reached which are in line with the science.

Maggie von Vogt gives a personal reflection at the start of the UN climate talks from Cancun. It’s the opening press conference of the UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, and Christina Figueres, Executive Secretary of the talks, says, “Cancun can launch a new era for global action on climate change, where each year brings increasingly effective answers to keep humani

Progressio's Innocent Ogaba, a development worker with Environment Africa in Malawi, says things are looking up at the latest round of international climate change negotiations in Bonn. Before I set off to take part in the latest round of climate talks in Bonn, lots of people asked me if I had any hope. Copenhagen had admittedly been something of a disaster and people seeme

Today I arrived at work to see John Vidal’s excellent expose on the complex punctuation, backroom power games, bureaucracy and language of the UN’s climate change negotiations in the Guardian Weekend left open on my desk.  Back in London, the craziness of Barcelona faded away all t

With just a month to go until vital change negotiations in Copenhagen, Progressio staff and partner representatives are observing the "intersessional" meeting of the UNFCCC in Barcelona - the last opportunity for UNFCCC delegates to meet before December.         

This morning I reluctantly left the Barcelona sunshine and entered the convention centre where the UNFCCC is meeting for the last round of negotiations before Copenhagen.  Like many delegates, I hesitate before entering, wanting a few more moments in the sun before entering the chaos i