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About the Book This is a collection of 29 News Updates and a Briefing Paper prepared by the Third World Network for and during the recent United Nations Climate Change Talks – the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP18), and the 8th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 8) – in Doha, Qatar, from 26 November to 7 December 2012. Contents Updates 1 Climate Talks Resume, amid Weather Chaos 2 Climate Legal Regime at the Crossroads 3 Developing Countries Outline Key Deliverables for COP 18 4 Doha Must Deliver Strong and Effective Second Commitment Period, Says G77/China 5 AWG-LCA: Developed Countries Oppose Chair’s Overview Text 6 Kyoto Protocol Second Commitment Period Still Mired in Differences 7 Completion of Bali Roadmap Basis for Durban Platform Work, Say Developing Countries 8 SBSTA: Differences over Agriculture, Aviation and Maritime Transport Emissions 9 AWG-LCA: Heated Exchange at Informal Consultations 10 AWG-LCA: Disagreement over Need for Expert Group on ‘Review’ 11 AWG-LCA: ‘Various Approaches’ for Mitigation Actions Further Explored 12 Continuing Differences on REDD-plus and Way Forward 13 Climate Finance – a Major Make-or-break Issue for Doha 14 Deep Divide over Russia’s Proposal to Amend Convention 15 Unhappy First Week at Doha; Uncertainty over the Final Outcome 16 Disappointment Expressed at Informal Stocktake at Doha Climate Talks 17 AWG-LCA: Developing Countries Outraged over Lack of Text in Key Areas 18 AWG-KP: No Shift in Low Ambition, Unresolved Issues to Go to Ministers 19 AWG-KP: Outcome Document Forwarded with Brackets to CMP 8 20 A ‘Low Ambition’ Outcome in Doha 21 Durban Platform Work to be Guided by Principles of the Convention 22 AWG-LCA Concludes Its Work in Doha 23 Developing Countries Unhappy over Low Ambition in Doha Outcomes 24 Doha Decisions on Finance 25 Negotiators Buy More Time for Agriculture Discussions 26 COP 18 Outcome on Loss and Damage Opens Door for New Mechanism 27 Divergent Views over ‘Vision’ of Outcome under Durban Platform 28 Durban Platform: Way Forward on Pre-2020 Ambition 29 Response Measures: Avoidance of Negative Trade Impacts of Unilateral Measures Reaffirmed Briefing 1 Loss and Damage: Confronting and Addressing the New Burden for Developing
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