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The 15th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP15) took place in December 2009 and our delegation filmed as much of it as we could! Our team interviewed representatives of government, UN agencies, and civil society, business, and scientific organizations with the goal of helping YOU get an inside view of the conference!
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- Youth Movement
Tag Archives: Mitigation
Sanjay Khanna on the Goals of Resilient People
Want to learn more about this interviewee? About Sanjay Khanna Want more videos featuring this interviewee? Sanjay Khanna Videos Sanjay Khanna was a writer and climate-change journalist at COP-15. He is co-founder of the Resilient People + Climate Change Conference.
Posted in Adaptation, Canada, Mitigation, North America
Tagged adaptation, Mitigation, North America, United States
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Damian Casmiri on Mitigation
Casmiri_mitigation Want to learn more about this interviewee? About Damian Casmiri Want more videos featuring this interviewee? Damian Casmiri Videos Damian Casmiri was a delegate to COP-15 from the United Republic of Tanzania, a nation in Africa.
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Tagged Africa, Mitigation, Tanzania
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Ian Burton on the Potential Impact of CDR on the Negotiations
Want to learn more about this interviewee? About Ian Burton This is the only video from this interviewee in our database. Dr. Ian Burton was Scientist Emeritus of the Adaptation and Impacts Research Group (AIRG) and represented Canada, a nation … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, Canada, Common but Differentiated Responsibilities, Issues, Mitigation, North America, View All
Tagged adaptation, Canada, Common but Differentiated Responsibilities, ethics, historic emissions, legality, Mitigation, North America, polluter pays principle, predictions
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Claire Spoors on Proper Implementation of REDD Programs
global witness implementation Claire Spoors of Global Witness talks about the implementation of REDD programs. She talks about the importance of making the protected areas account for additionality: protecting areas that are in danger of being deforested, not areas that … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Mitigation, REDD, United Kingdom
Tagged accountability, Claire Spoors, Europe, Global Witness, governance, implementation, Mitigation, REDD, United Kingdom
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Claire Spoors on Clean Development Mechanisms
global witness CDM Claire Spoors of Global Witness talks about the possibility of REDD becoming a CDM and the importance of looking at where the money comes from. She shows concern that a CDM would be implemented in which developed … Continue reading
Claire Spoors on Common but Differentiated Responsibilities
global witness CBDR Claire Spoors of Global Witness talks about the concept of “common but differentiated responsibilities” in the context of REDD and climate change in general. She points out that developed countries create the demand and consume many of … Continue reading
Posted in Common but Differentiated Responsibilities, Europe, Mitigation, REDD, Role of Developed Countries, Role of Developing Countries, United Kingdom
Tagged accountability, CDR, Common but Differentiated Responsibilities, developing countries, Europe, Global Witness, governance, Mitigation, REDD, United Kingdom
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