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News • April 27, 2015

SBY calls on Asian, African nations to unite

Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on leaders of Asian and African nations to translate their longstanding solidarity campaign into practical actions to collectively tackle global problems and improve development on the two continents. In a keynote speech in front of participants of the Asia-Africa Parliamentary Conference on Thursday, on the sidelines of the 60th […]

News • April 10, 2015

Emissions monitoring and finance are key in ‘less scary’ Paris talks — former U.N. climate chief

By Lisa Friedman International climate negotiations are “less scary” now than before the 2009 global warming summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, in part because there is little expectation of a legally binding treaty, former U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer said. In an interview with ClimateWire, de Boer — now director general of the South Korea-based Global […]