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Down to the Wire
Blog | Friday, 09 Dec 2011Standing at my bus stop in Durban and for the first time since I got here the bus doesn't arrive promptly. Maybe logistics are winding down. Last night was my first time finding a cab leaving the...
Youth in Durban
Blog | Thursday, 08 Dec 2011Things are heating up here in Durban. Today Minister Kent made his statement to the entire conference. Members of the Canadian Youth Delegation were there and they decided to demonstrate their...
Ministers in Durban - Day 3
Blog | Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011The “High Level” session started yesterday. This means that the big guns arrived, including UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and South African President Jacob Zuma. Our Minister of the Environment,...
COP17 enters home stretch
Blog | Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011The high level segment opened yesterday with speeches first from presidents and prime ministers, and, in the case of Monaco, royalty. Then down the pecking order to countries represented by ministers...
Dissonance in Durban - Day 2
Blog | Tuesday, 06 Dec 2011We had a highlight as we registered for the UN negotiations this morning. Elizabeth got an official delegate badge. Not from Canada - she got it from Papua New Guinea! Mike De Souza a reporter form...
Climate talks struggle to gain clear path forward
Blog | Monday, 05 Dec 2011Durban is a lovely place. I have never been here before and I will probably see nothing but the beach in front of my hotel as I walk to the bus stop for the shuttle to the convention centre. This,...
First thoughts from COP17
Blog | Monday, 05 Dec 2011I write this from the Plenary session at COP17 in Durban. My first pleasant surprise was that I was accepted for credentials to join the delegation of Papua New Guinea. I have long admired the PNG...
Durban, COP17 and what I think I will be doing when I get there
Blog | Friday, 02 Dec 2011I won’t likely be blogging for a bit until I get to Durban. Leaving soon from Toronto to Heathrow, all day wait at Heathrow and another overnight flight to Johannesburg and then a few hours to get...
Fact Check on Kyoto Distortions
Blog | Monday, 28 Nov 2011It has been a good week for the Harper Communications Machine. Peter Kent is a very effective spokesperson. The lines and spin work well. I like Peter Kent as a person. He is extremely kind in many...
Silencing debate: A government in a hurry
Blog | Wednesday, 09 Nov 2011It was beginning to look as though I would not be able to deliver on a promise I made in the election. If you (dear reader) made it to any of the all candidate meetings, or came to any smaller “...