September 21, 2015 by Nick Rowley

If 'Paris' flops, “there will still be lots of climate summits, but ministers will stop coming, the top people will not attend, the air will go out of it”, said Connie Hedegaard, former EU Climate Commissioner who led the word’s  last crucial climate talks in Copenhagen in 2009, at a meeting of the Sydney Democracy Network. She warned that “Paris will probably deliver, but if it doesn’t, I fear we will see a radicalisation”. Professor Nick Rowley … [Read more...]

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April 13, 2015 by Nick Rowley

 “Targets and timetables are only exciting to policy insiders”, writes Professor Nick Rowley of the University of Sydney, former strategic director of the Copenhagen Climate Council as well as former climate policy advisor to Tony Blair, in the final part of his three-part essay on the prospects of a global climate deal at the Paris summit in December. To be successful, argues Rowley, the Paris climate talks should spell out what concrete steps … [Read more...]

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April 10, 2015 by Nick Rowley

Nick Rowley of the University of Sydney, who was closely involved in the failed Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009, presents five reasons to be optimistic about the outcome of the upcoming Paris talks. Many countries now see a climate agreement as more than an end in itself, he notes. They regard it as a vital means to address other challenges as well. And he notes that the cast of characters in Paris looks much better than in Copenhagen. … [Read more...]

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April 9, 2015 by Nick Rowley

With only nine months to go before the most important international meeting on climate change since Copenhagen in 2009, what are the chances of success at this year’s Paris talks? What might “success” mean? And can the mistakes and challenges that have befallen previous meetings be avoided and tackled? Nick Rowley, Professor, Sydney Democracy Network at the University of Sydney, and former climate advisor to Tony Blair, addresses these questions … [Read more...]

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