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Jan 20 2012
Understanding Europe’s Unexpected Durban Success
By Nick Mabey
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Europe is currently so enmeshed in a narrative of weakness and decline that it seems to have missed the real success it achieved at the Durban climate conference. To read the European press, and much of the commentary by European environmental organisations, you would think that Durban had been a complete failure, or at best an uneventful talking shop.
But Durban achieved much more than this. It is true that it did not solve the global climate change problem. But then that outcome was never on…
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Climate and Energy Security
- Understanding Europe’s Unexpected Durban Success
20 January 2012, Nick Mabey - Durban climate deal opens door to 2°C future
11 December 2011, Admin - E3G Briefing: The Durban Package
18 November 2011, Shane Tomlinson, Liz Gallagher, Amal-Lee Amin - ENDS: Euro travails and climate inaction – twin crises of political will
14 November 2011, Tom Burke
Europe in the World
- Europe must complete its low carbon transition
14 December 2011, Nick Mabey - Driving down energy bills and security of supply: The case for demand side electricity market reform
30 November 2011, Taylor Dimsdale - Policy Brief: Securing Grids for a Sustainable Future
14 November 2011, Admin - Risk management, credible options and the future of European renewables policy
27 September 2011, Jonathan Gaventa and Nick Mabey
New Foreign Policy
- Nick Mabey at East West Institute Global Conference on Preventive Action
08 December 2010, Nick Mabey - Expanding the realm of the possible
30 September 2010, Tom Burke - Civil Society Open Letter: EU High Representative and External Action Service
22 March 2010, Nick Mabey and Jesse Scott - Making the Difference: Strengthening Capacities to Respond to Crises and Security Threats
26 June 2009, Nick Mabey
Systems for Change
- Green Investment Bank
01 December 2011, Ingrid Holmes - ENDS: These plans for planning need urgent rethinking
20 October 2011, Tom Burke - European Perspectives on the Challenges of Financing Low Carbon Investment
07 August 2011, Ingrid Holmes and Susan Davies - Financing the Green Deal
03 May 2011, Ingrid Holmes





