December 10, 2011 Durban, Saturday 10:30 am New draft of Indaba text available. Shows hardening of stand of EU -- text now proposes only one date of 2015, by when the new protocol or another legal instrument applicable to all parties should have to be adopted. Clearly, there seems to be no sign of a resolution to this COP. Now Indaba is meeting again, plenary will meet soon (no specific time given). The meeting may well extend into Sunday at this rate.
Sunita Narain Durban, December 9: The halls outside are full of people who are now waiting for some action. But strangely enough, there is no sense of anticipation or excitement. Strange in a world, which is increasingly seeing the pain of climate change impacts, and which knows that time is running out. So what was the agenda for this conference, and what is the expected outcome?
Anju Sharma, Independent researcher, tracks negotiations on climate finance and discusses the outcome of the Durban talks
Do no support companies that burn waste, said the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers at a protest demonstration during the COP17 at Durban
Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, CSE, on the status of negotiations and the future of COP17, Durban
India's Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan talks tough at the BASIC press conference at COP17, Durban
A debate between LDC & The EU
Makes her first public address in Durban at a side event organised by CSE in association with the ministry
Cuban negotiator on the status of the KP II and G77 unity
Minister Maria Fernanda Espinoza, Ecuador also talks about why the World Bank cannot be trusted