Articles and resources produced and recommended around COP18:
Key resources summarising the UNFCCC, COP18 and related issues:
A summary of COP18’s key outcomes in the text by UNEP can be found here
This prezi introducing the UNFCCC process and COP18
This video made in the run-up to COP18
This article, about Healthy Planet UK, COP18 and the Declaration, in the Guardian online
Blogs written and produced by the Healthy Planet UK team during and after COP18:
- Introductory blog at the start of COP18: ‘A second look at Climate Change’ – Jonny Elliott
- Article on the links between climate change, women’s rights and the unmet need for family planning on rtcc.org – Izzy Braithwaite
- An overview of past themes and future directions in Climate Change and Health advocacy, written after the panel discussion organised at LSHTM by Shuo Zhang
- Jonny’s second blog ‘Stand by Me’ on climate and health, inequalities and resilience and the need for a new approach
- A blog by Jonny on climate-induced migration and health and how it fits into (or doesn’t fit into) the COP process. (see also this piece on the same subject in relation to loss and damage).
Our pick of the rest:
- Ban-Ki Moon – ‘the window of opportunity is closing but there’s still time’
http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/cop18-ban-ki-moon-warns-window-of-opportunity-on-climate-change-is-closing/
- Christiana Figueres (executive secretary of the UNFCCC) on why a deal is possible but achieving one will be complex http://www.rtcc.org/figueres-time-to-ditch-the-politics-of-blame-and-size-opportunity/
- A summary of the responses of important NGO players in the climate movement - http://adoptanegotiator.org/2012/12/11/the-cop18-outcome-through-the-eyes-of-our-partners/
- Mohammed Mukhier of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on health impacts in the global South http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/cop18-ban-ki-moon-warns-window-of-opportunity-on-climate-change-is-closing/
- ‘Sing for the Climate’ – and effort of around 80,000 people in total http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aMgfgYGb5cc (explained further at http://www.rtcc.org/why-its-time-to-sing-for-the-climate/)
- Connie Hedegaard on why COP18 was a success http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/14/doha-climate-conference-success
- Rishard Black on advocacy by least developed countries and small island states for a strong deal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/science-environment-15992519
- On the psychology of climate change and the need for focus http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/2013-prediction-climate-change-cop18
- On loss and damage: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/08/doha-climate-change-deal-nations
- On the prospects for leadership on climate by China and the US http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/12/china-us-global-climate-deal
A summary of COP18’s key outcomes in the text by UNEP can be found here
This prezi introducing the UNFCCC process and COP18
This video made in the run-up to COP18
This article, about Healthy Planet UK, COP18 and the Declaration, in the Guardian online
Blogs written and produced by the Healthy Planet UK team during and after COP18:
- Introductory blog at the start of COP18: ‘A second look at Climate Change’ – Jonny Elliott
- Article on the links between climate change, women’s rights and the unmet need for family planning on rtcc.org – Izzy Braithwaite
- An overview of past themes and future directions in Climate Change and Health advocacy, written after the panel discussion organised at LSHTM by Shuo Zhang
- Jonny’s second blog ‘Stand by Me’ on climate and health, inequalities and resilience and the need for a new approach
- A blog by Jonny on climate-induced migration and health and how it fits into (or doesn’t fit into) the COP process. (see also this piece on the same subject in relation to loss and damage).
Our pick of the rest:
- Ban-Ki Moon – ‘the window of opportunity is closing but there’s still time’
http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/cop18-ban-ki-moon-warns-window-of-opportunity-on-climate-change-is-closing/
- Christiana Figueres (executive secretary of the UNFCCC) on why a deal is possible but achieving one will be complex http://www.rtcc.org/figueres-time-to-ditch-the-politics-of-blame-and-size-opportunity/
- A summary of the responses of important NGO players in the climate movement - http://adoptanegotiator.org/2012/12/11/the-cop18-outcome-through-the-eyes-of-our-partners/
- Mohammed Mukhier of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on health impacts in the global South http://climatechange-tv.rtcc.org/cop18-ban-ki-moon-warns-window-of-opportunity-on-climate-change-is-closing/
- ‘Sing for the Climate’ – and effort of around 80,000 people in total http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aMgfgYGb5cc (explained further at http://www.rtcc.org/why-its-time-to-sing-for-the-climate/)
- Connie Hedegaard on why COP18 was a success http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/14/doha-climate-conference-success
- Rishard Black on advocacy by least developed countries and small island states for a strong deal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/science-environment-15992519
- On the psychology of climate change and the need for focus http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/2013-prediction-climate-change-cop18
- On loss and damage: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/08/doha-climate-change-deal-nations
- On the prospects for leadership on climate by China and the US http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/12/china-us-global-climate-deal
