News from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Doha, Qatar

Members of the Global Women Scholars Network had the unique opportunity to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Doha, Qatar last week. Today marks the end of the conference, as well as the negotiations for the new protocol that will replace the Kyoto Protocol. There still remain some obstacles to overcome, and our group wanted to share the following links to stories and other blogs that highlight some of the issues that we as  a global community still need to resolve. See the links below and stay tuned for more information on reflections from our group’s experiences in Doha!

“Outcomes of the U.N. Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar” 

Other relevant blog posts that may be of interest include:

Shifting Gears in Doha, blog post by Elliot Diringer

Reflections from Doha: It’s never easy, blog post by Elliot Diringer

Not yet on track for 17 percent reduction, blog post by Doug Vine

“US, equity and the elephants in the room”, blog post from Doha by Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on the India environment portal:

“IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) is the humanitarian news and analysis service of OCHA (Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs). See the following for coverage on the emerging concepts and other issues on the table in Doha:”

• “When the damage is done ( A briefing on the issue)”
• “Migration not always a way to adapt”
• “When adaptation does not work”
• “Dealing with loss and damage”
• “Under-funding leaves poor unable to adapt”
• “Agriculture takes a backseat again”
• “Natural disasters made history in 2011”
• “To save trees, save people”
• “In the Arab world, building fridges to live in an oven”
• Also access IRIN’s archived coverage of various COPs (Conference of the Parties) in-depth at: http://www.irinnews.org/In-depth/78246/73/Gathering-Storm-the-humanitarian-impact-of-climate-change

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