NGO experts from Climate Action Network will hold a press briefing THIS MORNING at 11am at Hotel Maritim on the opening of the UN climate talks.  The press conference will be webcast live.
 

• WHAT: NGO experts briefing on the geopolitical context and expectations for the second UN climate negotiations of the year.
• WHEN: Today Monday June 3, 11am CEST,   
• WHERE: Haydn Room, Hotel Maritim, Bonn, Germany
• WEBCAST LIVE: http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/sb38/templ/ovw_live.php?id_kongressmain=243
• WHO: Speaking will be:
  • Enrique Maurtua Konstantinidis, Climate Action Network Latin America
  • Jason Anderson, WWF
  • Kyle Ash, Greenpeace
  • Sivan Kartha, Stockholm Environment Institute

Media Advisory – Webcast Notice

[Doha – Qatar] – December 4, 2012 – Experts from NGOs who are members of Climate Action Network will be available to respond to the expected announcement by Qatar in the morning that it will pledge to reduce emissions.

Available to comment after the announcement are:

Wael Hmaidan, director of CAN-International, with expertise on the Middle East and Gulf region.
Contact: Ria Voorhaar - +974 33 38 6907, rvoorhaar@climatenetwork.org

Tim Gore, 
Climate Change Policy Advisor for Oxfam International, with expertise on climate finance.
Contact: Sunita Bose - +974 5504 6084, sunita.bose@oxfaminternational.org

Ruth Davis, chief policy adviser, Greenpeace, with an expertise on climate negotiations.
Contact: Tina Loeffelbein - +974 6618 6317, tina.loeffelbein@greenpeace.de.

Key NGO experts attending UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar, including Tim Gore and Ruth Davis, will also host a media briefing, webcast live, on Wednesday, December 5 at 15.30 on the Qatar pledge and the current state of the negotiations.

·      What: Review of current national pledges and update on the UNFCCC climate negotiations in Doha

·      Where: Press Conference Room 2, QNCC, Doha, Qatar

·      Webcast Live at:  http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop18/templ/ovw_live.php?id_kongressmain=231

·      When: 15.30 local Doha time, Wednesday, December 5, 2012

·      Who: NGO experts on UNFCCC negotiations

Contacts

Climate Action Network (CAN) is a global network of over 700 NGOs working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.

For more information, please contact CAN International Communications Coordinator Ria Voorhaar, email: rvoorhaar@climatenetwork.org, local mobile: +974 33 38 6907.

Media Advisory – Webcast Notice

[Doha – Qatar] – November 30, 2012 – Which countries were the most productive during the first week of the major climate talks of the year? Which were the most obstructive? As COP18 in Doha prepares for the arrival of ministers later this week, what do countries need to do to make the negotiations a success?

Civil society groups attending UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar, will host a media briefing, webcast live, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 at 10.30am, which will answer these questions and more.

Speaking at the press briefing will be a range of international experts from NGOs organized in the Climate Action Network (CAN) - a network of more than 700 organisations from over 90 countries - including Alden Meyer from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The briefing takes place in Press Conference Room 2 in the Qatari National Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar on Monday, December 3 at 10.30am (7.30am GMT).

·      What: Stocktake on the UNFCCC climate negotiations in Doha

·      Where: Press Conference Room 2, QNCC, Doha, Qatar

·      Webcast Live at:  http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop18/templ/ovw_live.php?id_kongressmain=231

·      When: 10.30am local Doha time, Monday, December 3, 2012

·      Who: NGO experts on UNFCCC negotiations

Contacts

Climate Action Network (CAN) is a global network of over 700 NGOs working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.

For more information, please contact CAN International Communications Coordinator Ria Voorhaar, email: rvoorhaar@climatenetwork.org, local mobile: +974 33 38 6907.