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Ciara O’Connor at COP21 – Final Blog

As at previous COPs, the distribution of the final text, which had been through two weeks of negotiations, and the convening of the final plenary session was delayed…and delayed…BUT on the evening of the 12 December 2015, Laurent Fabius, the […]

Ciara O’Connor at COP21 – Penultimate blog

The rest of my week at COP21 flew by in a blur of meetings, side events and trying to keep on top of things back at the office – and so this, my latest blog, is way overdue! On Thursday […]

Ciara O’Connor at COP21 – Day 3

This blog comes with a jargon warning but I hope you’ll still read on… As I signed off yesterday’s instalment, I mentioned that I would be spending time following up the negotiations and how they are progressing here in Paris. […]

Ciara O’Connor at COP21 – Day 2 and first CCS side event

I was bursting with enthusiasm this morning for my second day at COP21. I now knew how to get to Le Bourget. And having done a reccie yesterday evening, was familiar with the layout of the conference centre (even if […]

Ciara O’Connor at COP21 – Arrival and leaders’ statements

After a delay due to bad weather, I landed in Paris this afternoon, and once I’d dumped my bags at my hotel, I began to negotiate my way to the COP21 conference centre. The COP is being held at the […]

Ciara O’Connor at COP21 – Pre event thoughts

It is the eve of the first day of the long awaited 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Christiana Figueres (Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC) has just tweeted that Angola […]

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