Posts Tagged: COP21

Madagascar’s Seedlings Hermann Fanomezantsoa realized he had a role to play to protect the environment at a very young age. His passion for conservation began when he was just 14. Even then I saw that the rainfall patterns were disrupted. People were destroying the forest without worrying about the consequences, destroyed forests were not replaced, […]

A statement from WWF’s Head of Delegation: Tasneem Essop We’re only a day away from the deadline set by the French COP President for the delivery of the final agreement text. Ministers now have to knuckle down and work to ensure that we have a strong outcome in Paris. We are at a crossroads – we […]

WWF issued the following statement from WWF’s head of delegation, Tasneem Essop, in reaction to the issuance of this morning’s draft compilation negotiating text: “Clearly, finding all the solutions to protect the world from the ravages of climate change is going to take hard negotiations and multiple drafts. We’re still early in the process, but […]

Here are some images from Day 2 of the COP 21 conference in Paris.

The document that lists Madagascar’s commitments to address climate Change, and for COP21 was finalized last September. The document listing these commitments is now available online and was made by the Climate Change Coordination National Office  (BNCCC) within the Ministry of Environment, Ecology, Sea and Forests. As a part of the Thematic Group on Climate […]

What is COP21? It’s the 21st Conference of parties (COP) at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This conference will be held in Paris from November 30th to December 11th 2015, and will bring together global political leaders from 190 countries, including Madagascar. The COP21 is an international conference on climate change […]