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VIDEO: The history of climate change negotiations in 83-seconds

From On December 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

To understand some of what is happening inside the UN climate talks here in Doha, watch this  83-second animation on the history of international climate change negotiations.

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Is Climate Victory to Change a Word or the World?

From On December 4, 2012 · 3 Comments

You would never know I am an urgent, existential issue threatening human civilisation at the U.N. climate summit here in the final week in Doha. It is more like a trade negotiation, where hard-fought agreement to change the word “shall” to “may” in a document is considered progress.

Victory here is to change a word, [...]

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Global Warming: “You Can’t Negotiate With Me”

From On November 29, 2012 · 5 Comments


Everyone is cold inside the giant Qatar National Convention Centre where the U.N. climate summit is in its fourth day. The fossil-fuel powered air conditioning is making people cold while they work to keep me, Global Warming, from roasting the planet.

Outside, it’s actually winter and [...]

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Global Warming Goes to Doha

From On November 28, 2012 · 4 Comments

I’ve been getting a lot of press lately what with Hurricane Sandy and the U.N. climate summit in Doha, Qatar. Please allow me to introduce myself. You’ve been calling me “global warming” or “climate change” or even “climate weirding”.

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