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#NaiderCOP21 (Eleventh day): Electric buses for Bourget
Eleventh day of COP21. Among the deployment of demonstrations carried out in the Bourget, and within the ISO 20101 sustainability certification for events obtained by the venue, it is worth mentioning the fleet of electric buses that are used to allow event participants to access the venue. These communicate regularly and free of charge the…
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#NaiderCOP21 (Tenth day): Update, or how things are getting serious
Tenth day. This week, international delegates gave up their seats at the negotiating table to their respective ministers. As of Saturday, what was actually being done was finishing the job that was left undone at the last UNFCCC meeting in Bonn. The COP as such therefore began this week, developing on the draft that was…
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#NaiderCOP21 (Tenth day): One million commitments for the climate
Tenth day of COP21. Spain is going to present at COP21 the initiative “One million commitments for the climate”, a project that has indeed achieved its objective of adding one million supports to the fight against climate change. Large and medium-sized companies, associations, foundations, public administrations and thousands of citizens, as well as other entities…
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#NaiderCOP21 (Tenth day): FAO calls to simultaneously combat hunger and climate change
Tenth day of COP21. The FAO calls on governments to take into account the fight against hunger and poverty in the new climate agreement, recalling the extreme vulnerability of millions of disadvantaged people to the consequences of climate change. They stress the need for measures that focus on agriculture, forestry and sustainable soil management.
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#NaiderCOP21 (Ninth day): It’s possible! Uruguay already obtains 95% of its energy from clean sources
Ninth day of COP21. One of the great debates about the need for change in climate change has always been the possibility of scaling energy production so that it meets the entire needs of a country. Many said it was impossible, but Uruguay has shown the world that it is not. This year, the country…
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#NaiderCOP21 (Ninth day): The European industry wants a change, and it wants it now
Ninth day of COP21. A study published last week by Climate KIC reveals that the winds of change are blowing on the boards of European companies , and more and more managers are concerned about climate change. Up to 63% of European businessmen see climate change as both a regulatory and a physical threat to…
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#NaiderCOP21 (Eighth day): The two Asian giants in negotiations
Eighth day of COP21. India is being accused of being one of the biggest obstacles to the progress of the COP21 negotiations. The West accuses India of its unacceptable stance, while the Indian government and NGOs feel that India is intended to be used as a scapegoat for the failure of the negotiations. The INDC…
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#NaiderCOP21 (Eighth day): State of the negotiations
Eighth day of COP21. Half of the climate summit has already passed by, and the remaining five days are intense and decisive. Although the general opinion in the Bourget is that the negotiations are progressing slowly but steadily (although compared to the Copenhagen summit in 2009, the perception is that there is substantial progress), there…
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#NaiderCOP21 (Eighth day): France demands an acceleration of the negotiations
Eighth day of COP21. Laurent Fabius (senior French diplomat, chairman of the negotiations at the Bourget) called the past Friday to the countries participating in the summit to speed up the negotiations. He affirms that the mandate given by the heads of state at the inauguration of the summit is clear and unequivocal, and there…
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#NaiderCOP21 (Seventh day): Spain and the “4 per thousand” initiative
Seventh day of COP21. More than 30 countries (including Spain, Uruguay, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Paraguay) and organizations such as the FAO have joined the “4 per thousand” initiative, a pioneering project that aims to contribute to the mitigation of change climate change and food security through interventions that increase…