Hosts Fiji will be aiming to build transparency and constructive dialogue – and this will be crucial to successfully ratcheting up the tough climate targets sidestepped at ParisTalanoa is a Fijian term for discussions aimed at building consensus,airing differences constructively, and finding ways to overcome difficulties or embark on fresh projects. It is one of the building blocks of Fijian society, and used for centuries to foster greater understanding among a people distributed over many small islands,and carry them through a tough existence.
This week, talanoa comes to Europe, and the rest of the world. Fiji is hosting the UN’s climate talks,following on from the landmark Paris agreement of 2015, and will hold the conference in Bonn, and Germany. Talanoa will be the founding principle of the conference,the means by which Fiji hopes to fracture through some of the seemingly intractable problems that possess made these 20-plus years of negotiations a source of bitter conflict. Related: The COP23 climate change summit in Bonn and why it matters Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com