David Steven

David Steven is a writer and policy consultant whose work includes a pamphlet on the future of unionism in Northern Ireland (published by Slugger OToole) and reports for Daily Summit, at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

Talks collapsing? Copier shortage blamed

"I am very concerned by the pace of things," was Yvo de Boer's sobering assessment of the state of play at lunchtime today. De Boer is

By David Steven

/ 13 Dec 2007

US - hubristic, arrogant

The Europeans don't like the message they're getting from the Americans that the IPCC goal of a 25-40% target is based on insufficient evidence to be

By David Steven

/ 12 Dec 2007

Miracle needed

"We want to launch a process that is open and does not predetermine or preclude options." This innocuous phrase represents the key fault line here in Bali -

By David Steven

/ 12 Dec 2007

UN: Turn climate crisis into a climate compact

A downbeat mood in Bali today, where there is shock at the attack on the United Nations in Algeria. The ‘high-level segment' of the conference has just started with

By David Steven

/ 12 Dec 2007

Stern Reviewed

Sir Nicholas Stern - these days a minor deity in the international firmament - spoke at a debate this evening on the new UNDP report on climate change and development.

By David Steven

/ 11 Dec 2007

A shocked Brazilian

This afternoon saw a sparky press conference from the Brazilian foreign minister, Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim. Amorim represented Brazil at the weekend's talk on trade and climate, where

By David Steven

/ 11 Dec 2007

We love you long time

Today sees a new tactic here at Bali - free massages. Yes, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) are helping members of the media ‘relax, unwind and chill out&

By David Steven

/ 11 Dec 2007

IPCC and Harlan Watson

As we reported yesterday, Harlan Watson advised the media to be careful of accepting at face value the IPCC's work on climate stabilisation. For industrialized countries to target

By David Steven

/ 11 Dec 2007

25-40% not dead yet

Sure enough, Yvo de Boer used today's press conference to underline that the 25-40% emissions target for the group of industrialized countries is still in the Bali road

By David Steven

/ 11 Dec 2007

Ways in which we are doomed # 94

Does climate change lead to war? UN Secretary General, Ban-Ki Moon thinks so. Darfur "began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change," he

By David Steven

/ 10 Dec 2007

Bali bubble

The problem with being in the Bali bubble is that it's far too easy to lose all sense of proportion. You get hooked on the minutiae of the

By David Steven

/ 10 Dec 2007

Kerry: we lead, you follow close behind

And so to John Kerry, who followed Harlan Watson's press conference with quite a different performance. Like Al Gore - who will collect his Nobel prize later on

By David Steven

/ 10 Dec 2007