For climateye’s analysis of why U.N. climate negotiations are a betrayal of life, see: COP19 Warsaw UN Climate Summit 2013. COP20 Lima UN Climate Summit 2014 selected videos in playlist above. Collected resources below.
Main COP20 conference websites, outcome agreement PDF
- PDF – Full text of the “Lima Call for Climate Action” agreement (UNFCCC, PDF)
- Website – Lima Climate Change Conference, December 2014, UNFCCC
- Newsroom – UN Conference Lima, UNFCCC
- Watch – Recorded webcasts
Selected articles, posts, releases, statements
- Post mortem – Essential
- Article – Lima climate change talks reach agreement, S. Goldenberg, Guardian
- Article – A climate accord based on global peer pressure, C. Davenport, NY Times
- Post – The COP20 climate talks disaster movie, Jamie Henn, 350.org
- Post – Flush fossil fuels, Secretary Kerry, Kassie Siegel, Huffpost
- Release – No justice in Lima outcome, Friends of the Earth
- Release – Lima climate talks did nothing to stop the climate disaster: It’s time for the people to lead the way, Dipti Bhatnager, Friends of the Earth
- Statement – Climate talks fail to deliver progress despite hottest year, WWF
- Article – Lima deal a travesty of global climate justice? J. Vidal, Guardian
- Post – Weak deal disappoints climate hawks, Ben Jervey, Grist
- Post – And with that, Lima, we’re through, Julie Johnston, Greenhearted
- Post mortem – More
- Release – Rough seas ahead for climate talks, Winnie Byanyima, OXFAM
- Release – Fossil fuels fade as we focus on the world’s capitals, Greenpeace
- Article – UN negotiators drop the ball in Lima, Jim Shultz, YES! Magazine
- Statement – UN climate talks reflect disconnect with global momentum, 350.org
- Canada
- Report – Climate Change Performance Index: Canada in bottom 4 (58 out of 61) of worst industrialized offenders, Sustainable Brands, Website: CCPI
- Editorial – All nations must do their part to fight climate change, Montreal Gazette
- Article – At COP20, Canada is representing the fossil fuel industry, Truthout
- Post – Youth and frontline voices silenced at UN climate talks, CYD, Rabble
- Post – Canada’s climate negotiations song and dance, Alternatives Journal
- Video – Elizabeth May’s video blog from COP20 in Lima, Peru
- Post – Canada’s dismal presence in Lima at COP20, Elizabeth May
- Article – Harper says oil and gas regulations now would be ‘crazy’, CBC
- Post – A facepalm-inducing climate proposal from Canada, CYD
- Overtime
- Article – Activists: World set for climate disaster as Lima talks falter, Guardian
- Post – Youth and frontline voices silenced at UN climate talks, CYD, Rabble
- Article – Summit extended as poor countries demand more from rich, Guardian
- Week 2
- Article – Lima climate talks agree on just one paragraph of deal with just 24 hours left, Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
- Post – Catholic Bishops from every continent call for “an end to fossil fuel era,” CP
- Article – Why #BlackLivesMatter should transform the climate debate, Naomi Klein
- Article – Lima talks on track for record carbon footprint, AP
- Article – Goal to end fossil fuels by 2050 surfaces in Lima documents, Guardian
- Article – Australia named worst-performing industrial country on climate change (former worst-performer Canada close behind), G. Readfearn, Guardian
- Post – Nature does not negotiate: climate catastrophe is with us now! Greenpeace
- Post – Philippines official on Typhoon Hagupit: ‘The impacts of climate change are beyond our capacity’, Katie Valentine, CP
- Week 1
- Post – The good, the bad, and the downright frightening of climate change finance, Julie Johnston, Greenhearted
- Article – 6 countries produce almost 60 percent of global CO2 emissions, AP
- Article – Cost to adapt could be almost 3 x more than thought, Guardian
- Article – Top soil could be gone in 60 years if degradation continues, Reuters
- Article – 2014 set to be world’s hottest year ever, S. Goldenberg, Guardian
- Article – Yeb Sano, vocal critic of the west, dropped from climate talks, Guardian
- Post – Why the Lima, Peru climate talks matter, Ari Phillips, Climate Progress
- Lead up
- Post – Lima climate conference: We know how to save the world, Julie Johnston
- Article – Optimism faces grave reality at climate talks, C. Davenport, NY Times
- Article – ‘Hottest year’ record likely after warmest October, CBC
- Compilation – Wildlife populations halved in last 40 years, BBC
- Compilation – Antarctic’s Pine Island glacier meltdown now irreversible, climateye
- Post – Air pollution kills 7 million people every year, Think Progress
- Lead up – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5)
- Compilation: CON JOB – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (especially Part 3), climateye
- Synthesis Report
- Article – UN panel issues its starkest warning yet on global warming, NY Times
- Article – IPCC stern on climate change, but underestimates the situation, Guardian
- Article – IPCC: rapid carbon emission cuts vital to stop severe impact, Guardian
- Article – UN climate report rings alarm, offers guidance, Climate Central
- Article – 9 significant scientific findings too recent to be included in the new IPCC report, World Resources Institute
- Lead up – U.S. National Climate Assessment (Third Installment)
- Report – U.S. National Climate Assessment, GlobalChange.gov
- Post – Landmark report warns time is running out to save U.S. from climate catastrophe, Joe Romm, Climate Progress
- Post – Authors of major U.S. climate report: ‘The old normal is broken,’ CP
- Article – Climate change has ‘moved firmly into the present,’ U.S. report, AP
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