This article was written by Tom Athanasiou, Executive Director of EcoEquity, a project of Earth Island Institute. It is being cross-posted with his permission. (See original)
The Bonn workshop on “Equitable Access to Sustainable Development”
A few weeks back, deep in a diplomatic warren in Bonn, Germany, the UN climate negotiations convened their first major session since December’s “breakthrough” in Durban, South Africa. It would be a bit of an understatement to say that Bonn didn’t go well. See this rollup or, if you’re braced for the details, see the Climate Action Network’s coverage and commentary, and the Third World Network’s coverage and commentary, and the IISD’s summary. The UNFCCC Secretariat will also be doing a report; no doubt it will be soon.