Profile: Yvo de Boer
His four-year tenure of the UNFCCC lifted climate change from just another international environment issue to one near the top of the global agenda.
His four-year tenure of the UNFCCC lifted climate change from just another international environment issue to one near the top of the global agenda.
Special negotiating groups created this week at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali are discussing the elements of a future roadmap for...
Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, discusses what world leaders can expect from next month's UN...
Africa is the ?forgotten continent? in the fight against climate change and needs help to cope with projected water shortages and declining crop yields,...
The UN's climate change chief blamed a secret draft treaty, leaked to the Guardian, for the summit failure.
Yes, these are troubling times, but it is vital for national leaders to cooperate and take action now in tackling climate change,...
Marthinus van Schalkwyk is a candidate to take over from United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer, who announced his resignation last month.
Thousands of delegates meet through December 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The goal is an agreement to cut greenhouse gases and help developing countries.
Greenpeace activists-224 (photo credit: Jpost Staff) By ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUST 28, 2007 13:22 More than 100 nations struggled Monday to strike a balance...
The latest round of UN climate talks in Bangkok ends with divisions between nations over the shape of a new global treaty.
Dutch climate diplomat and former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC; active as consultant and commentator on international climate policy.