Two interviews with EcoEquity’s Tom Athanasiou:
On November 9, 2008, with the 14th Conference of Parties in Poznan on the horizon, Tom did a long interview with CNN.com.  The version that was finally printed was much shorter, but worth a look, even though it is flawed by a bit of journalistic over-simplification.  We’re not calling for a “global tax,” not in so many words.
Just before the 14th Conference of Parties (on November 27, 2008), Tom did a long interview with Phil England of The 300-350 Show.  The interview focused on eliciting a straightforward explanation of Greenhouse Development Rights and aired December 3, 2008.

This brief paper, by Robin Attfield of Cardiff University, surveys the key themes and principles that apply to ethical considerations of climate change and, more particularly, to the obligations to act that the climate crisis imposes upon us.   So, for example, you could consult it to see how the UNFCCC’s most famous words — “on  the  basis  of  equity  and  in  accordance  with  their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities” — fit into the lager ethical framework. [Read more…]

Financial Impacts of Climate Change: What Scale or Resources is required?, Arno Behrens, European Climate Platform Report No. 6.   This interesting, and pointed, review asks a critical question, and uses the GDRs “Responsibility and Capacity Index” to help answer it.   Also seeks to estimate the EU’s carbon debt to the developing world, and to account for it when answering the big question: Who Pays?

October 1, 2008 interviews at Norwegian Church Aid in Oslo (with EcoEquity’s Tom Athanasiou) result in several good news stories, but they’re all in Norwegian.

Motion in the Swedish Parliament for the government to explore to what extent GDRs can be part of the Swedish position for climate negotiations.  (In Swedish)