Managing climate change

Features previewing and reporting on the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 16 & CMP 6, Cancun, December 2010.

In a statement following the conclusion of the Conference the European Commission said on the 11 December 2010: The European Union welcomes the positive results of the Cancún climate conference. The balanced and substantive package of decisions adopted today, known as the Cancún Agreement, represents an important further step on the road to building a comprehensive and legally binding framework for climate action for the period after 2012.

EUObserver, 12.12.10: Cancun climate deal restores faith in UN process http://euobserver.com/9/31482

EurActiv, 10.12.10: Cancún close to funding deal on CO2 storage http://www.euractiv.com/climate-change/climate-conference-puts-carbon-capture-and-storage-centre-stage-news-500489

EUObserver, 29.11.10: UN method hangs in the balance as climate talks begin http://euobserver.com/9/31370

ESO: Background information: Climate change policy: Cancun offers slim hopes of progress http://www.europeansources.info/record/climate-change-policy-cancun-offers-slim-hopes-of-progress/

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Homepage http://unfccc.int/2860.php

ESO: Background information: EU reflects on climate ‘disaster’ http://www.europeansources.info/servlet/showDoc?ID=1145037

European Commission: Memo/10/662: Statement by European Commissioner for Climate Action at the opening of the High-level Segment of COP-16/CMP-6 in Cancún http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/662&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

EUObserver, 3.12.10: Managing climate change http://euobserver.com/9/31420

European Commission: Press Release: IP/10/1699: European Union welcomes Cancún Agreement as important step towards global framework for climate action http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/1699&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: MEMO/10/673: Statements by the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action on the Cancún Agreement on climate change http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/673&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

BBC News, 11.12.10: UN climate change talks in Cancun agree a deal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11975470

EurActiv, 13.12.10: Modest steps in Cancún keep UN climate process alive http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/modest-steps-cancun-keep-un-clim-news-500551

EurActiv, 30.11.10: EU warns climate talks risk irrelevance as Cancún opens http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/eu-warns-climate-talks-losing-relevance-cancun-opens-news-500145

European Commission: Speech/10/755: Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, "European Parliament plenary debate on the outcome of the Cancún Climate Conference" http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/755&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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