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Ex-climate chief calls for private sector seat at UN talks

Yvo de Boer, the former UN climate chief, has called for the private sector to participate in international negotiations about the financing of the yearly $100 billion Green Climate Fund. He spoke to EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.

EU eyes climate ‘paradigm shift’ on tax, growth and China

EU climate leaders have been setting out their environmental agendas for tax, resource efficiency and competition from China in the year ahead, one month after the Cancún climate change summit.

Modest steps in Cancún keep UN climate process alive

Some 190 nations agreed to a compromise text on Friday night which makes progress on a number of issues, including forest protection and the establishment of a Green Fund to deliver climate cash to developing countries.

Cancún summit delegates battle clock for climate deal

Delegates from 193 nations are struggling to strike a deal on steps to fight global warming before the UN Cancún climate conference's scheduled deadline of Friday 10 December. If they fail, it will herald a damaging setback for the multilateral process after the Copenhagen summit ended in disarray last year.

EU warns climate talks risk irrelevance as Cancún opens

The UN climate change process "risks losing momentum and relevance" if the new round of negotiations that opened in Cancún yesterday (29 November) fails to make progress towards a new climate treaty, the EU's climate action commissioner has warned.

Businesses ‘deploying clean tech’ despite slow UN talks

The slow pace of the international climate negotiations is not preventing large emerging countries from putting in place ambitious policies, said Mark Kenber, deputy CEO of The Climate Group. He was talking to EURACTIV ahead of the UN climate conference in Cancún, which starts next week (29 November).

Barroso to tell Obama: Together we do better

US President Barack Obama will meet EU leaders for a two-hour meeting in Lisbon on the sidelines of a NATO summit on Saturday (20 November).

China to host climate talks before Mexico meeting

China will host an extra round of international negotiations in October aimed at fostering agreement over a new climate treaty, the United Nations' top environment official said in remarks published on Monday.

Hedegaard throws weight behind EU carbon tax

'Don't tax what you earn, tax what you burn'. In an interview with EURACTIV, EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard throws her weight behind an EU carbon tax and speaks about Europe's efforts to stay ahead of the game in international climate negotiations.

Friis: ‘Climate depression’ is over, full speed to Cancún

Countries negotiating to deliver an international climate deal are back in business and both Denmark and Mexico, the outgoing and incoming chairs of the UN-led talks, are developing a "GPS system" to successfully reach their destination on time by December, Danish Energy and Climate Change Minister Lykke Friis told EURACTIV in an interview.

EU leaders to back conditional climate aid pledge

European Union leaders meeting in Brussels today (24 March) are set to confirm their commitment to providing €2.4 billion in immediate support to help poor nations tackle global warming, but only if other industrialised nations also make similar contributions, according to draft summit conclusions obtained by EURACTIV.

Mexico outlines road to Cancún climate conference

Mexico, the host of the next high-level UN climate conference on climate change, is working to draw up objectives for the Cancún talks, which will continue the search for a new international climate agreement at the end of the year .

Council taken to court over opaque workings of trade committee

WWF has taken the EU Council of Ministers to court after it was repeatedly denied access to working documents of its influential 133 Committee on external trade.

European industry leaders push for progress in WTO trade negotiations

On 30 October, 45 EU industry chiefs expressed their continued support for multilateralism in trade negotiations and urged the EU to make progress in WTO talks.

WTO: how to make it work for the poorest developing countries?

Participants at a CEPS conference on 19 September discussed ideas for the better representation of the interests of the poorest developing countries.

Cancún failure: what future for the WTO?

Two days following the Cancún trade ministers' gathering, trade experts are investigating the causes of failure and future prospects for the world trade body.

Cancún trade talks end in failure

After four days of wrangling, world trade talks collapsed in Cancún, Mexico. The deadlock occurred over proposed new rules on foreign investors, competition policy and trade procedures.

Despite Cancún failure WTO members commit to advancing Doha agenda

Although positions on agriculture moved somewhat closer during the five days of WTO talks, no consensus was reached on the start of talks on "new issues".

G21: EU and US must concede major farm subsidy cuts

On 11 September, WTO negotiations on all the controversial chapters were opened: groups of developing countries took a strong stance against the agriculture draft and the start of talks on investment.

Cancún meeting gets underway; angry protests intensify

The ministerial meeting in Cancún was officially opened on 10 September; negotiations are due to begin in earnest at informal meetings on 11 September.

Week of protest planned against the WTO in Cancún

Critical voices are getting louder as the WTO is about to begin its stock-taking Ministerial Conference in Cancún (10-14 September).

EU foreign affairs ministers reinforce priorities ahead of upcoming WTO meeting

The External Relations Council agreed on 21 July to focus negotiation efforts in a number of areas ahead of the Cancùn WTO Ministerial Conference in September 2003.

EU trade ministers gathered in Palermo to establish common stance on WTO issues

The informal EU trade ministerial meeting on 6 July aimed at establishing a common EU stance on a number of controversial trade issues ahead of the Cancun WTO ministerial meeting.