Bonn Climate News Updates   (April-May 2018) Publisher: TWN ISBN: 978-967-0747-25-5 Year: 2018   No. of pages: 64 21 cm x 29 cm

 

About the Book

This is a collection of 18 articles prepared by the Third World Network for and during the recent United Nations Climate Change Talks – the forty-eighth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 48) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 48) as well as the fifth part of the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-5) – in Bonn, Germany from 30 April to 10 May 2018.

Contents

Bonn News Updates                                                                           

1.     What to Expect at the Bonn Climate Talks                                                                                              

2.     Call for Balanced and Comparable Progress on All Elements of the Paris Work Programme         

3.     APA Co-chairs Outline Mode of Work towards Text for Negotiations                                          

4.     Historical Responsibility for Climate Change Must Not be Forgotten – Say Developing Countries         

5.     Developing Countries Frustrated in Discussions over Finance Issue                                                       

6.     Divergent Views on Whether ‘Modalities’ for Finance Information Part of Paris Mandate

7.     Need for Comparable and Balanced Progress on All Issues – Say Developing Countries

8.     Developing Country Delegates Provide Insights on Climate Negotiations

9.     Developed Countries Oppose Process to Set New Collective Finance Goal

10.   Lively Exchange over Common Time Frames for NDCs

11.   Paris Work Programme to Be Coherent and Balanced

12.   Expert Dialogue Underscores Finance Gap to Address Climate-induced ‘Loss and Damage’

13.   Developing Countries Raise Key Concerns at Subsidiary Body for Implementation

14.   Lively Exchange of Views at Closing of SBSTA

15.   Parties Express Divergent Views on ‘Features’ of NDCs

16.   Parties Discuss Technology Issues at Climate Talks

17.   Developing Countries Call for Greater Balance in Negotiations

18.   Attempts to Block Issue of ‘Conflict of Interest’ Policy in UNFCCC

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