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  • Budapest 2011
Brussels on 25-27 October, 2010
Brussels on 25-27 October, 2010
Brussels on 25-27 October, 2010
Brussels on 25-27 October, 2010

  • Der Standard - "Man soll Cancún nicht ganz abschreiben"
  • Bloomberg - "European Union Could Opt to Ban Hydrofluorocarbons, Nitrous Oxide Offsets"
  • Bloomberg - "EU May Ban UN's Industrial Gas Offsets Starting in 2013, Slingenberg Says"
  • Bloomberg - "EU Carbon Price Will Rebound As Economy Recovers, Delbeke Says"
  • Bloomberg - "Excess Emission Rights Are Flaw of Kyoto Climate Treaty, EU Official Says"
  • LiberoReporter - "Climate Action Conference- Jeffrey Sachs:“L’Italia è un partner serio nelle politiche climatiche”"
  • Vermelho - "Sachs sugere que China assuma liderança de acordo sobre clima"
  • vat.pravda.sk - "V Cancúne sa dohoda o klíme opäť nezrodí"
  • Bloomberg - "Cancun Could Start `Concrete Actions' on Climate, Senior EU Official Says"
  • El Economista - "En manos de 16, reducir el efecto invernadero"
  • The Guardian - "IPCC vice-chair: Attacks on climate science echo tobacco industry tactics"
  • Publico - "Vice-presidente do IPCC sugere mais transparência nas reuniões do instituto"
  • The Guardian - "EU plans to clamp down on carbon trading scam"
  • Solomon Star - "Call for media support climate campaign"
  • El Economista - "Acciones de gobierno, lejos de las necesarias"
  • Wall-Street - "Comisarul pentru Politici Climatice: Energiile regenerabile aduc Romaniei independenta fata de Rusia"
  • Corriere della Sera - "Ue, posizione radicale in vista del vertice mondiale di Cancun"
  • evz.ro - "Connie Hedegaard: preţurile la energie vor creşte după ieşirea din criză"
  • ilsussidiario.net - "CLIMA/ Hedegaard (commissario Ue): noi siamo pronti per il dopo-Kyoto"
  • Deutsche Welle World - "Cancun: just keep the ball rolling?"
  • ELTA - "Žalieji vietoj atominės energetikos ragina plėtoti atsinaujinančią"
  • ELTA - "Eurokomisarė: Kankune nebus įpareigojančio susitarimo dėl Žemės klimato"
  • ELTA - "Tęsis diskusijos dėl šiltnamio efektą sukeliančių dujų išmetimo mažinimo"
  • Expresso - "EUA são alérgicos a dar dinheiro aos outros países"
  • Morel - "Prihodnji teden široka razprava o podnebnih spremembah"
  • Morel - "Cancun bo čas streznitve in prevzema odgovornosti za nadaljnjo usodo sveta"
  • Morel - "Vse države na svetu morajo sprejeti sporazum o konkretnih podnebnih ukrepih"
  • Morel - "Novinarsko srenjo iz vsega sveta želijo prepričati o nujnosti uspeha cancunskega vrha"
  • LiberoReporter - "EU Commissioner Hedegaard: Acerra incinerator, the only active Campania, is not working properly"
  • 2Celsius Network - "Cancun conundrum and EU expectations at Climate Action Conference in Brussels"
  • 2Celsius Network - "Delbeke on Major Flaws of Kyoto Protocol"
  • Kathimerini - "EC backs Birbili’s climate goals"
  • Salmon Nation Euroblog - "The Road to Cancun: Europe and the Next Climate Conference"
  • Salmon Nation Euroblog - "The Road to Cancun, Part 2: The View from Brussels"
  • Salmon Nation Euroblog - "The Road to Cancun, Part 3: There’s Something About Connie"
  • Salmon Nation Euroblog - "The Road to Cancun, Part 4: An American in Brussels"
  • Publico - "Brasil descarta avanço só nas florestas na próxima cimeira climática"
  • Publico - "UE defende negociações climáticas “passo-a-passo”"
  • ekolist.cz - "Evropa nevěří v úspěch dohody v Cancúnu, klima prý zachrání Čína"
  • The Earth Institute Blog - "Sachs: ‘US Remains Trapped and Paralyzed on Climate Change'"
  • TckTckTck - "Journalists: Do No Harm"
  • The Huffington Post - "The Movement with a Thousand Faces"
  • Dnevnik - "ЕС ще търси алтернативи на протокола от Киото в Канкун"
  • QdS - "Cambiamenti climatici, Europa contro tutti" (PDF)
  • Climate Change TV - "November 2010 – Cancun: EU; China; US; and let’s not forget public opinion"
  • Climate Change TV - "Interview with Yvon Slingenberg, Head of EU ETS unit, DG CLIMA"
  • Climate Change TV - "Interview with Marcos Savini, Head of the Energy and Environmental Section, Mission of Brazil to the European Communities"
  • Climate Change TV - "Interview with Kelly Rigg, Executive Director, Global Campaign for Climate Action"
  • Climate Change TV - "Interview with Luc Bas, Director for European Programmes, The Climate Group"
  • Climate Change TV - "Interview with Laurence Graff, Head of Unit – International and Inter-institutional Relations, DG CLIMA"
  • Athens Plus - "Connie Hedegaard leads EU charge to improve climate" (PDF)
  • SABC radio - "Richelle Seton-Rogers (PKG) on how reaching a legal climate deal in Cancun is unlikely, leaving it on SA's shoulders next year" (MP3)
  • Portuguese Public Radio - "Arlinda Brandão's audio report 1" (MP3)
  • Portuguese Public Radio - "Arlinda Brandão's audio report 2" (MP3)
  • Portuguese Public Radio - "Arlinda Brandão's audio report 3" (MP3)
  • Ecology&Life Journal - "Кони Хедегаард: Политики мира знают, что мы обязаны сделать, и сейчас самое время для этого"
  • Solomon Star - "Journos urged to keeping climate change alive"
  • Keskisuomalainen - "EU:n ilmastokomissaari suomii päästökauppaa" (PDF)
  • Keskisuomalainen - "Päästökeinottelu pöydälle" (PDF)
  • Keskisuomalainen - "IPCC selvisi ryöpytyksestä" (PDF)
  • Keskisuomalainen - "Metsiensuojelu voi edetä" (PDF)
  • Climaty.ru - "В Мексике состоится конференция ООН по Киотскому протоколу"
  • Deutsche Welle - "EU sets sights low for Cancun"
  • Deutsche Welle - "欧盟减排目标不变"

Speaker line up includes

Connie Hedegaard

European Commissioner for Climate Action, European Commission

Jean-Pascal van Ypersele

Vice-chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Jeffrey Sachs*

Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University

Chris Davies

Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, European Parliament

Peter Liese

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, European Parliament

Jos Delbeke

Director General, DG CLIMA, European Commission

Gilles Gantelet

Head of Communication and Inter-institutional Relations Unit, DG ENER, European Commission

Laurence Graff

Head of International and Inter-institutional Relations Unit, DG CLIMA, European Commission

Yvon Slingenberg

Head of Implementation of ETS unit, DG CLIMA, European Commission

Marcos Savini

Head of the Energy and Environmental Section, Mission of Brazil to the European Communities

Simone Ruiz

European Policy Director, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

Tomas Wyns

EU ETS Policy Officer, Climate Action Network Europe (CAN Europe)

Hans ten Berge

Secretary General, EURELECTRIC

Morten Thoroe

Secretary General, Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF)

Kelly Rigg

Executive Director, Global Campaign for Climate Action (tcktcktck)

Alex Kirby

former BBC environmental correspondent

Anke Schulmeister

Senior Forest Policy Officer, WWF European Policy Office



* (video conference)