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Isaac Kabongo on CAN Uganda and his hopes for COP 17
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Isaac Kabongo on Adaptation Challenges in East Africa
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
José Romero on key issues and Switzerland’s position in the climate negotiations
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=lU1rGQ47ykieQM6qdWUkyg iframe=false] Dr. José Romero, the Scientific Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Transport, Communication, and Energy, discusses the key issues in the climate negotiations. He claims the […] -
José Romero on climate science and policy discrepancies
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=bWtVV_V5dU6KKqXXo9ib8g iframe=false] José Romero, the Scientific Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Transport and a Switzerland national delegate, Communication, and Energy, discusses the gap that exists between the […] -
Pasha Carruthers on the Cook Islands and COP 17 negotiations
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=HgTHwZwbykS6DZwxYQ4Kzw iframe=false] Pasha Carruthers, the AOSIS Coordinator on Adaptation and a Cook Islands negotiator, discusses the various goals of the small island states, and in particular the Cook Islands. […] -
Isaac Kabongo on various approaches to the challenge of climate change
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
David Cadman on adaptation and sustainable development
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
David Turnbull on key issues in the climate negotiations
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Rajendra K. Pachauri on his expectations for the climate conference
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=qQHfgbn5VU-5Jz99af0t2A iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how his expectations for COP17 in the areas of REDD, funding, and adaptation have […] -
Rajendra K. Pachauri on adaptation and capacity building
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=MQ86DuTKb0CMVlRYVzo4VA iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how adaptation is going to take a lot of involvement at the local level […] -
Rajendra K. Pachauri on climate science and the IPCC
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=Z2vpfYh7TUK-BiTlkVZrqg iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how the process of intense peer review in IPCC report production, while it slows […] -
Rajendra K. Pachauri on the role of the host country in climate negotiations
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=kSw3Sx8BG0C8cOTQMAI-JQ iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how both the host country and the secretariat run the COP. He voices concern […] -
Rajendra K. Pachauri on the gap between climate change science and policy making
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=yHkCphAceU6ZnLpxQXDsXw iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, explains the steps he believes need to be taken to breach the gap between climate […] -
Rajendra K. Pachauri on urgency for climate action
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=rupd_i2UUUq_dC3zcopHIQ iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses the need for urgency in climate change action. The AR4 report declares that in […] -
Rajendra K. Pachauri on REDD+
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=yUuLmQh0-0yhQ9H7tiwpIg iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses his views of the REDD+ initiative. He claims REDD is important but has a […] -
Negash Teklu on Climate Change in Ethiopia
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Negash Teklu on adaptation initiatives in East Africa
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Negash Teklu on the activities of PHE-Ethiopia and funding
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
The Mayor of Lagos on the city’s and Nigeria’s position in COP 17 negotiations
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=Ep0FhkePa06o9TVYwFVuig iframe=false] Mayor Ayodele Adebowale Adewale of Lagos, Nigeria discusses Nigeria’s position within the negotiations and a multitude of sustainable initiatives occurring in Lagos, and calls for developed countries […] -
Anna Taylor on sustainable development sources
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=Ol5EZXvaWEybYHfG6dn7lA iframe=false] Ms. Anna Taylor of the African Center for Cities and the Stockholm Environment Institute discusses how funding for South Africa’s sustainable development needs to come from both […] -
Anna Taylor on South Africa’s sustainable development situation
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsAnna Taylor of the African Center for Cities and the Stockholm Environment Institute discusses South Africa’s position as they move forward with sustainable development after COP 17. She notes poverty […] -
Anna Taylor on the effect of COP 17 on development
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=-8ocTlocYEux8NNuTlW8NA iframe=false] Ms. Anna Taylor of the African Center for Cities and the Stockholm Environment Institute discusses how the outcomes of the COP will most likely create a downstream […] -
Anna Taylor on her work and her hopes for COP 17
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=KwNM8EzR-kuA3X9p5Cbskw iframe=false] Ms. Anna Taylor of the African Center for Cities and the Stockholm Environment Institute discusses her work through both institutions looking at vulnerability and adaptation initiatives. She […] -
Tetteh Hormeku on African country collaboration in the climate negotiations
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Kevin C. Urama on adaptation initiatives and ATPS’s conference hopes
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Joshua Wiese calls for USA youth to act on climate change
Posted on December 2, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=OAUWf9T55kKnPTlq9x07vA iframe=false] Josh Weise, a United States youth and Project Director of the “Adopt a Negotiator” project, calls to USA youth not to be discouraged by the lack of […] -
Joshua Wiese on “Adopt a Negotiator”
Posted on December 2, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=qlPV5-Row0yie3gpUE0wyA iframe=false] Josh Weise, a United States youth and Project Director of the “Adopt a Negotiator” project, explains how the project brings youth from many different countries to the […] -
John Ward on international climate funding sources
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=sQ2lZGaFFkKYaRL-z5lILg iframe=false] Mr. John Ward, Director of Vivideconomics, discusses the difference between the Adaptation Fund, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), including purposes and […] -
Charles K. Meshack on Tanzania’s position in COP 17 negotiations
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Charles K. Meshack on relationship between local communities and REDD+
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[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, […] -
John Ward on adaptation funding
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=pOKuIX8z2U-BPPa1NpCd-A iframe=false] Mr. John Ward, Director of Vivideconomics, discusses the different sources of funding reserved for adaptation and development initiatives. Development funding is meant to come from the Overseas […] -
Juan Carlos Jintiach on indigenous people’s rights and REDD+
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema on how to adapt to climate change
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=L7oehHzRYEGK49zfYM2zkw iframe=false] Mr. Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, Democratic Republic of Congo Negotiator and Research Coordinator for the Southern Africa Development Community, discusses his belief that dealing with climate change locally […] -
Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s position in the climate negotiations
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=5Q69xzdUaEqb81O6gt3dTw iframe=false] Mr. Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, Democratic Republic of Congo Negotiator and Research Coordinator for the Southern Africa Development Community, discusses what climate change means for the Democratic Republic […] -
Tony Nyong on Africa’s adaptation initiatives
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=UBgOvqZ_HU6Jg-ZCPAw_6g iframe=false] Dr. Tony Nyong, Principle Climate Change Expert at the African Development Bank, discusses how local communities have been adapting to climate forever, but that adaptation to anthropogenic […] -
Saleemul Huq on the role of vulnerable countries at COP 17
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Saleemul Huq on the transition to a green economy
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Saleemul Huq on the key issues at COP 17
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Saleemul Huq on the Green Climate Fund
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Youba Sokona on the barriers in Africa for jump-start development
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=5jbuKeVd90q1JAfMvMSpTw iframe=false] Dr. Youba Sokona of Ethiopia, the coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) based in the UN Economic Commission for Africa, discusses the need for a […] -
Youba Sokona on sustainable development in Africa
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=dmcE9sWZEU-8kXPIU6hBlw iframe=false] Dr. Youba Sokona of Ethiopia, the coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) based in the UN Economic Commission for Africa, discusses how the primary concern […] -
Abias Huongo on Angola’s position in the climate negotiations
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Tiana Ramahaleo on Madagascar’s position in the climate negotiations
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=6hgjn5D4t0WI1fgVE1310A iframe=false] Mr. Tiana Ramahaleo from the Madagascar delegation and World Wildlife Fund discusses Madagascar’s role within the G77 and the African Group. He also explains Madagascar’s wishes for […] -
Tiana Ramahaleo on Madagascar’s climate vulnerability and negotiations position
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No Comments[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 […] -
Deborah Roberts on Durban’s climate action initiatives
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=aHTf6kp8eEuU28X4cpB4xw iframe=false] Dr. Deborah Roberts from the Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department for the eThekwini Municipality in Durban, South Africa discusses Durban’s outlook on climate change action. She […] -
Kristie Ebi on recent IPCC Working Group II report on adaptation
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No Comments[ensemblevideo contentid=v99wElQlcU-mwpdpWMCYUw iframe=false] Dr. Kristie Ebi, Executive Director of the Technical Support Unit Group II under Working Group II of the International Panel of Climate Change, discusses the recent release […]