Poznan Daily Updates

Day 12: Highlights from Poznan - Goodbye Poznan, Hello Copenhagen - December 12, 2008

World leaders and Ministers have now arrived in Poznan to sign off on progress made over the past two weeks by their government delegations.

Day 11: Highlights from Poznan - Door left open for forest protection in Copenhagen - December 11, 2008

With so many proposals flying around for perverse outcomes in the climate change negotiations, The Wilderness Society delegation has succeeded in making sure that the protection of forests as carbon banks is still on the table for Copenhagen. The forest live to fight another day.

Day 10: Highlights from Poznan - Countries missing in action on climate targets - December 10, 2008

The Wilderness Society delegation is still madly pumping out media, holding press conferences, writing submissions into the climate process and holding as many bilateral meetings as possible with delegates from around the world.

Day 9: Highlights from Poznan - The Wilderness Society delegation hits overdrive in Poland - December 09, 2008

The next four days are the most critical in Poznan, with The Wilderness Society's five representatives frantically running around lobbying country delegates, attending actions and briefings, holding press conferences and coordinating strategies with environmental groups from around the globe.

Day 7: Highlights from Poznan - Climate talks ‘heat up’ as Poznan enters week 2 - December 08, 2008

Last week was about intense lobbying, positioning and meetings between government advisers, indigenous and environmental groups, bureaucrats as well as major media events. From today world leaders, as well as climate change and environment ministers from around the globe arrive in Poznan as the talks get serious.

Day 6: Highlights from Poznan - Talks on forests get to the pointy end - December 06, 2008

Talks over the role forests should play in a new climate change agreement have intensified today. This is a more technical postcard about where negotiations are at, and what The Wilderness Society is working to achieve for forests around the world.

Day 5: Highlights from Poznan - Excuses, excuses... - December 05, 2008

As soon as The Wilderness Society and the other non-governmental delegations arrived in Poznan, governments were keen to hose down expectations of how much progress would be made in establishing a new agreement on reducing climate change, and setting tough emissions reductions targets.

Day 4: Highlights from Poznan - Germany, Norway lift the bar - Australia, Japan stumble - December 04, 2008

News that Australia has delayed announcing a 2020 emissions target and that it may be as low as a 5 – 15% reduction on 1990 levels, is drawing criticism at Poznan. South Africa led the chorus, calling on Australia to announce a much higher target ASAP.

Day 3: Highlights from Poznan - Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation. - December 03, 2008

Tonight The Wilderness Society and Birds International will host an event at Poznan on the critical role the protection of native forests must play as part of global efforts to reduce climate change.

Day 2: Highlights from Poznan - EU and Poland 'fossilised' at first awards - December 02, 2008

On each day of the Poznan climate talks, the international coalition of environmental groups under the banner of 'CAN' (Climate Action Network) present a 'Fossil Award' to the country who for that day, has showed the worst behavior in reducing climate change at the conference.