Over forty CEMS Masters in International Management students gathered in Barcelona from 19-20 May 2011 for the third annual CEMS Model UNFCCC. The block seminar is the culmination of a Climate Change Strategy Roleplay course, which involves students from the University of St Gallen, ESADE Barclona, the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Cologne. oikos Student Reporters blogged live from the negotiations to demonstrate the role of the mass media.

The output document of the model, which was not adopted in the final vote, is available here.

For more information about the CEMS Model UNFCCC organisers, please see the Institute for Economy and the Environment at the University of St Gallen.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

UNFCCC: Climate negotiations kick off in Barcelona tomorrow


Governments, NGOs and special interests groups will gather in Barcelona tomorrow to negotiate a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol. The 16th Conference of Parties (COP-16) in Cancun was a marked improvement on the COP-15 fiasco in Copenhagen, however the weak legal status of the agreement and lack of binding commitments leaves much to be done.

Can the delegates put aside their differences to produce a binding agreement for a more sustainable future? Delegates will be focusing on mitigation, trading and adaptation measures.

Follow the twists and turns of the negotiations with oikos Student Reporters, live online. We provide in depth coverage and exclusive interviews straight from the heart of the negotiations.
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