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Doha Climate Conference

The Metaphors of Doha

Aaron Gray-Block | Posted 02.06.2013 | Green
Aaron Gray-Block

The world's media has been plumbing the depths of the thesaurus to report on the growing despondence in and around the UN climate talks in Doha, testing the limits of their vocabulary as the world's leaders test the planet's patience.

Money In Focus As UN Climate Talks Enter Last Day

AP | By KARL RITTER | Posted 02.06.2013 | Green

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Nearly 200 countries haggling over how to stop climate change — and how to pay for it — failed to reach a deal on schedule Fr...

The Global Climate Crisis & Animal Agriculture: Doha and Beyond

Mia MacDonald | Posted 12.06.2012 | Green
Mia MacDonald

Approximately two-thirds of the world's poultry meat and eggs, and more than half of all pork, are now produced in industrial systems, and consumption of animal-based foods is rising, particularly in developing countries.

Why the World Bank Must Divest From Fossil Fuels

Daphne Wysham | Posted 12.06.2012 | Green
Daphne Wysham

What about the remaining 56 percent of World Bank energy lending, most of it still devoted to fossil fuels? Is this what the Bank calls "stepping up to the challenge" of climate change?

Doha 'At A Make-Or-Break Point'

AP | By KARL RITTER | Posted 02.05.2013 | Green

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — U.N. climate talks are heading into the final stretch with a host of issues unresolved, including a standoff over how much money ...

U.N. Secretary General: Developed World Has 'Most Of The Responsibility' To Address Climate Change

AP | By MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 02.04.2013 | Green

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The world's poorest nations on Wednesday called for significant financing to cope with the impacts of global warming, setting up ...

Ban Ki-Moon: Climate Change An 'Existential Challenge For The Whole Human Race'

AP | By KARL RITTER | Posted 02.03.2013 | Green

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Pointing to the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy and other weather disasters this year, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon t...

Hundreds March For 'Climate Justice' In Qatar

AP | By KARL RITTER | Posted 01.31.2013 | Green

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A few hundred people marched in a peaceful demonstration Saturday for "climate justice" in Doha, where negotiators from nearly 20...

Can a New Smartphone App Hold Leaders More Accountable in the Doha Climate Talks?

Angel Hsu | Posted 01.27.2013 | Green
Angel Hsu

When the next round of global climate negotiations begin this week in Doha, Qatar, will anyone be watching, or care?

QELROs and NAMAs: A Fast Guide To UN Climate Lingo

AP | KARL RITTER | Posted 01.26.2013 | Green

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Every time U.N. negotiators meet for their annual climate talks, they come up with a new set of unintuitive acronyms, as if to ma...

4 Countries Discuss Climate Change In Brazil

AP | Posted 11.20.2012 | Green

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Representatives of Brazil, South Africa, India and China are meeting to define a common position ahead of November's United ...