Posts Tagged ‘cop18’
 

 

COP18: Brazil deforestation highs and lows

Yesterday, the Brazilian Government announced that deforestation of the Amazon rainforest had hit a record low. Brazil has come a long way since deforestation peaked in 2004, at which time twenty percent of the Amazon rainfores...
by Sophie Trevitt
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COP18: Day 3 Update

Day 3 of COP18 was punctuated with news of numerous hurdles hampering the progress of the search for solutions to combat climate change. Typical of most negotiations, there were parties who were keen on making it near impossibl...
by Kennedy Mbeva
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COP18: Conflict, climate change and women

Today is the United Nations Gender Day and earlier this week marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. As delegates wind down from Day Two of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP18), it i...
by Sophie Trevitt
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