By Constituency
Delegates
Abias Huongo, Angola
Anna Taylor, South Africa
Charles K. Meshack, Tanzania
Deborah Roberts, South Africa
Isaac Kabongo, Uganda
Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, DR Congo
John Ward, United Kingdom
Jose Romero, Switzerland
Joshua Weise, United States
Juan Carlos Jintiach, Ecuador
Kevin C. Urama, Kenya
Kristie Ebi, United States
Mayor Adewale, Lagos, Nigeria
Negash Teklu, Ethiopia
Pasha Carruthers, Cook Islands
Rajendra K. Pachauri, India
Saleemul Huq, Bangladesh
Tetteh Hormeku, Ghana
Tiana Ramahaleo, Madagascar
Tony Nyong, Nigeria
Youba Sokona, EthiopiaCOMMENTS
Category Archives: ENGO
Isaac Kabongo on CAN Uganda and his hopes for COP 17
[ensemblevideo contentid=rnQjnxJ2RkqCvR5k_ZFmNA] Mr. Isaac Kabongo, Executive Director of Ecological Christian Organization and Programme Fellow for Climate Action Network (CAN) Uganda, discusses his work with Climate Action Network and his hope that during this COP each country will realize what needs … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, All, Capacity Building, ENGO
Tagged CAN Uganda, cooperation, Emily Bowie, Isaac Kabongo, Uganda
Leave a comment
Isaac Kabongo on Adaptation Challenges in East Africa
[ensemblevideo contentid=bORVd-KwkU6AvpjK-D0UPw] Mr. Isaac Kabongo, Executive Director of Ecological Christian Organization and Programme Fellow for Climate Action Network (CAN) Uganda, discusses adaptation challenges in East Africa. He describes how civil societies and the private sector are currently responsible for most … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, All, ENGO, Finance, Vulnerability
Tagged adaptation, civil society, East Africa, Emily Bowie, finance, Isaac Kabongo, poverty, private sector, technology transfer, Uganda
Leave a comment
Isaac Kabongo on various approaches to the challenge of climate change
[ensemblevideo contentid=5e8cH-9n1UadhPo1C7Dhdg iframe=false] Mr. Isaac Kabongo, Executive Director of Ecological Christian Organization and Programme Fellow for Climate Action Network (CAN) Uganda, discusses the necessity for climate change adaptation to be a collective intervention, involving all stakeholders and sectors. He also … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, All, ENGO, Vulnerability
Tagged adaptation, CAN Uganda, climate change, East Africa, education, Emily Bowie, Faith, Isaac Kabongo, Uganda
Leave a comment
David Cadman on adaptation and sustainable development
[ensemblevideo contentid=eKppb8hANUqFH-wwzRILCQ iframe=false] David Cadman, the president of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, discusses his organizations beliefs that an adaptation panel should be put together with a local representative on the board and that the Kyoto Protocol should continue. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, All, ENGO, Finance
Tagged adaptation, Canada, David Cadman, development, Elena Capaldi, finance, ICLEI, Kyoto Protocol, science, sustainability
Leave a comment
David Turnbull on key issues in the climate negotiations
[ensemblevideo contentid=KsMJ2tqLfkWl2eVmZLz9iw iframe=false] David Turnbull, Director of CAN International, discusses the key issues of the climate negotiations, namely a second commitment of the Kyoto Protocol, long term cooperative action, and climate funding. He claims there is a more masked issue … Continue reading
Posted in All, ENGO, Kyoto Protocol
Tagged ambition, CAN, Claire Tighe, David Turnbull, finance, Kyoto Protocol, science, United States
Leave a comment
Negash Teklu on Climate Change in Ethiopia
[ensemblevideo contentid=U-PzPfUffEqwBlKB-LXGGg iframe=false] Mr. Negash Teklu from Ethiopia, Executive Director of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Consortium Ethiopia and COP 17 Party Member to Ethiopia, discusses how climate change is affecting the environment in Ethiopia and East Africa in general and … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, African Group, All, ENGO, Kyoto Protocol, LDCs
Tagged adaptation, climate change, East Africa, Emily Bowie, Ethiopia, Negash Teklu, poverty
Leave a comment
Negash Teklu on adaptation initiatives in East Africa
[ensemblevideo contentid=ZKHkkO4T5UWXVdqUJmo5mQ iframe=false] Mr. Negash Teklu from Ethiopia, Executive Director of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Consortium Ethiopia and COP 17 Party Member to Ethiopia, discusses the adaptation knowledge that local communities in East Africa possess and the need for governments, … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, African Group, All, ENGO, Finance, LDCs
Tagged adaptation, East Africa, Emily Bowie, Ethiopia, knowledge, local, Negash Teklu, private sector
Leave a comment
Negash Teklu on the activities of PHE-Ethiopia and funding
[ensemblevideo contentid=XxJAuyQd00mtg-M6KlWU3Q iframe=false] Mr. Negash Teklu from Ethiopia, Executive Director of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Consortium Ethiopia and COP 17 Party Member to Ethiopia, discusses the activities of PHE-Ethiopia including pilot sites, social research and workshops. He then explains the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, African Group, All, Capacity Building, ENGO, Finance, LDCs
Tagged adaptation, capacity building, Emily Bowie, Ethiopia, finance, Negash Teklu, PHE Ethiopia
Leave a comment
Tetteh Hormeku on African country collaboration in the climate negotiations
[ensemblevideo contentid=cJIGnUGPzEGEEI4Ei1SmkA iframe=false] Mr. Tetteh Hormeku, Programme Officer for the Third World Network’s Africa Secretariat, discusses the Africa Group and their hopes for the negotiations. These hopes include a second commitment priod for the Kyoto Protocol and greater developed country … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, African Group, All, ENGO, Kyoto Protocol, Vulnerability
Tagged African Group, Anna McGinn, cooperation, Ghana, Kyoto Protocol, responsibility, Tetteh Hormeku, vulnerability
Leave a comment
Kevin C. Urama on adaptation initiatives and ATPS’s conference hopes
[ensemblevideo contentid=xXr5krhItkimYdn3-FQ68A iframe=false] Dr. Kevin C. Urama, Executive Director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), voices his desire for the government’s of the world to wise up and save the planet. He calls for a legally binding agreement … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, All, Capacity Building, ENGO, Kyoto Protocol
Tagged adaptation, ATPS, Emily Bowie, Kevin C. Urama, Kyoto Protocol, private sector
Leave a comment
Charles K. Meshack on Tanzania’s position in COP 17 negotiations
[ensemblevideo contentid=x7WL2GWOnEeCbjc5jij5LQ iframe=false] Mr. Charles K. Meshack, Executive Director at Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, discusses Tanzania’s postion in the COP 17 negotiations. He says the country wants to call attention to issues other than REDD that are further behind in … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, All, ENGO, Finance, REDD+
Tagged Anna McGinn, Charles K. Meshack, finance, REDD+, Samuel Pollan, Tanzania, technology transfer
Leave a comment
Charles K. Meshack on relationship between local communities and REDD+
[ensemblevideo contentid=zvRgzV6aq0Oc-Y0mEIpoFA iframe=false] Mr. Charles K. Meshack, Executive Director at Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, discusses the structure and goals of REDD+ in Tanzania and the social impacts of the program, including monetary issues. He also discusses the relationship between REDD+ … Continue reading
Posted in All, ENGO, Finance, REDD+, South Africa
Tagged Anna McGinn, Charles K. Meshack, finance, local, REDD+, Samuel Pollan, Tanzania
Leave a comment
Juan Carlos Jintiach on indigenous people’s rights and REDD+
[ensemblevideo contentid=BoVOTb20i06kl42ax-5iww iframe=false] Mr. Juan Carlos Jintiach, Coordinator in the Field of International Economic Cooperation and Autonomous Development with Identity for the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (CORCA), discusses the relationship between the indigenous people of the … Continue reading
Posted in All, ENGO, REDD+
Tagged civil society, CORCA, Ecuador, indigenous rights, Juan Carlos Jintiach, REDD+, Samuel Pollan
Leave a comment
Saleemul Huq on the role of vulnerable countries at COP 17
[ensemblevideo contentid=-SKdUaQJoE6Dxq8_YwwQOA iframe=false] Dr. Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development Climate Change Group, explains the role of vulnerable countries in the negotiations under three main groups: AOSIS, LDCs and the African Group. He continues … Continue reading
Posted in All, Capacity Building, ENGO, LDCs, Vulnerability
Tagged adaptation, African Group, Anna McGinn, AOSIS, Bangladesh, Claire Tighe, Esther Babson, LDCs, Maggie Rees, Saleemul Huq, vulnerability
Leave a comment
Saleemul Huq on the transition to a green economy
[ensemblevideo contentid=I9sG_Yyyak28F33xIrBFmg iframe=false] Dr. Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development Climate Change Group, discusses how climate change will severely affect the development of poor countries in the near future. He says in the long … Continue reading
Saleemul Huq on the key issues at COP 17
[ensemblevideo contentid=z5RroaSUNE2vpRuXzY57AA iframe=false] Dr. Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development Climate Change Group, names the most critical issues at the 17th Conference of the Parties to be a second period for the Kyoto Protocol … Continue reading
Saleemul Huq on the Green Climate Fund
[ensemblevideo contentid=FB0dvplT_USj964XAehM4w iframe=false] Dr. Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development Climate Change Group, explains the Green Climate Fund and its history as well as its future in the current conference and beyond. Interviewed by … Continue reading
Posted in All, ENGO, Finance, Green Climate Fund, LDCs
Tagged Anna McGinn, Bangladesh, Claire Tighe, Esther Babson, finance, Green Climate Fund, key issues, Maggie Rees, Saleemul Huq
Leave a comment
Abias Huongo on Angola’s position in the climate negotiations
[ensemblevideo contentid=FgZE-Tk5N0Wy6FCjJIZfQA iframe=false] Mr. Abias Huongo of the Angola delegation, founder and president of Angola’s biggest environmental organization Juventude Ecologica d’ Angola, discusses Angola’s interest in a second commitment of the Kyoto Protocol, long term finance, capacity building and technology … Continue reading
Posted in African Group, All, Capacity Building, ENGO, Finance, Kyoto Protocol
Tagged Abias Huongo, Angola, capacity building, Christine Burns, finance, Kyoto Protocol, technology transfer
Leave a comment
Tiana Ramahaleo on Madagascar’s climate vulnerability and negotiations position
[ensemblevideo contentid=tm4xF26jd0mlbRmhuiiUOQ iframe=false] Mr. Tiana Ramahaleo from the Madagascar delegation and World Wildlife Fund discusses Madagascar’s alarming vulnerabilities to climate change, both in biodiversity and livelihoods. He then describes the critical issues that the delegation from Madagascar is following at … Continue reading
Posted in African Group, All, ENGO, G77 + China, LDCs, Vulnerability
Tagged Anna McGinn, biodiversity, key issues, Madagascar, Tiana Ramahaleo, vulnerability
Leave a comment