Wednesday, August 04, 2010

United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany


The conference runs from Monday, 2nd August to Friday, 6th August 2010.
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Christina Figueres (UNFCCC Executive Secretary) stated that governments can build on progress in five key areas:
  1. they need to resolve what to do with their public pledges to cut emissions
  2. governments seem on track to agree to a comprehensive set of ways and means to allow developing countries to take concrete action
  3. industrialized nations can turn their funding pledges into reality
  4. countries want to see that what they agree with each other is measured, reported and verified in a transparent way
  5. governments agree that pledges need to be captured in a binding manner but they need to decide how to do it
Click here for more information on the conference (including reports and background readings).
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Humpback whales off Sydney Harbour

Photo supplied by: PAJ Environmental Consulting

Photo supplied by: PAJ Environmental Consulting

Photo supplied by: PAJ Environmental Consulting
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Here are some photos taken of some Humpback whales that were heading north - past Sydney Harbour - for the breeding season.
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