Wednesday side event day The REEEP Southeast Asia and Pacific team decided to avoid the long bus ride and attend three IETA side events off-site, at the Westin Resort, instead. We learnt that “yes” not always means “will do it”. On our question whether the bus driver would let us off the bus at a [...]

After the difficulties in Copenhagen with access to the venue, the admissions to COP16 have been severely restricted. Unlike a year ago, we didn’t witness hours-long queues at registrations or security. In fact, the admin operation is run extremely smoothly here in Cancun. For example, not only have we all enjoyed an incredibly speedy registration [...]

One year on from Copenhagen, the UN climate change talks began on Monday, hosted by the Government of Mexico, in Cancún. The expectations for Copenhagen were high, some believe too high. Many goalposts were moved forward in Copenhagen, but yes, the meeting fell short of concluding on one legally binding agreement. In opening the COP16 [...]