Over in Bonn, DeSmogger Joanna Dafoe is tracking the Canadian Government Delegation at the first climate meeting since Copenhagen. On the agenda: Climate financing and the new spirit of Canadian le...

One more day remains for negotiations at COP15 and the likelihood of breakthrough is now small.  The “fair, ambitious, and legally binding treaty” many hoped for will most likely end up as a fragme...

In 1992, the United Nations formally recognized civil society as valuable actors in environmental decision making. Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration states that “environmental issues are best han...