Voices and Expectations
INTRODUCTION
To meet the range of demands from various quarters an adequate response to climate change will require committed action from global, regional, national and local stakeholders. In this section we record conversations with representatives of these stakeholders during which they outline their strategies to combat climate change in their constituencies, how they are engaging with the climate change negotiations process and what their expectations for COP 17 are.
Voices and Expectations
COMMENT
African Civil Society Engagement with COP 17: One Step Closer to an African Climate Change and Development Agenda
It is not clear what Durban will deliver, but COP 17 is an opportunity for African civil society to rally forces and come to some kind of agreement on how it can proceed to work in unity, concludes
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OPINION
Realising That We Are Mother Earth: A Renewed Moral Vision for Dealing With Climate Change
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What is the good and moral thing for us to do? How can we secure a just outcome for not just some but all of the world’s peoples? A call for the restoration of a moral dimension to the climate talks in Durban.
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VOICES
Perspectives from Nigeria ahead of COP 17
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Three Nigerians of various constituencies talk about the impacts of climate change on their country and what their expectations for COP 17 are.
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INTERVIEW
"PAP is fully behind the common African position on climate change"
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The Heinrich Böll Foundation spoke to Hon. Sisa James Njikelana, Deputy Chair of the Pan-African Parliament Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, and Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy in the South African parliament about the role of the Pan-African Parliament in shaping a continental position on climate change.
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INTERVIEW
Civil Society-Government Engagement on Climate Issues on the African Continent
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Kiizza-Wandira, Advocacy Officer of Climate Action Network Uganda (CAN-U) spoke to the Heinrich Böll Foundation on civil society-government engagement on climate issues on the African continent and continental engagement among civil society ahead of COP 17.
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VIDEO
Conversations on COP 17
- In this section you can watch conversations with representatives of various constituencies on how they are engaging with the climate change negotiations process and what their expectations for COP 17 are. more»
INTERVIEW
"Cancun - a Floor and Not a Ceiling in Ongoing Climate Negotiations"
- - The Heinrich Böll Foundation spoke to Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Chair of the Africa Group on Climate Change Negotiations, about the group’s assessment of the outcomes of COP 16 and expectations for COP 17. The interview took place at the goup's COP 17 preparatory meeting in Cape Town, May 2011. more»