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©Bruce Sutherland | City of Cape Town

The City of Cape Town was one of the main signatories of the Durban Climate Change Adaptation Charter for Local Government signed on Sunday 4 December 2011.

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As I write this, civil society protestors are are engaging in peaceful protests in the Durban ICC at COP17.

The most striking thing about Rocklands Primary School in Mitchells Plain is the huge variety of trees. Neo Maditla, staff reporter of the Cape Argus explains why.

The are three days to go before the end of COP17 negotiations in Durban.

Some 85% of people would boycott a company or brand if they suspected it was acting in an irresponsible or damaging way towards its people, its community or its environment.

The High Level Segment of COP17 began today as political leaders continue to try to reach consensus on the draft proposals the officials and negotiators drew up last week. President Jacob Zuma and the UN’s secretary general Ban Ki-moon presided over yet another opening ceremony this afternoon.

COP17 discussions continued today as parties tried to come to an agreement on a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol, the only international, legally binding commitment for countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Activists & media present "Fossil of the day" at COP17

If you are looking for policy’s wonks view of COP17 so far apply elsewhere. The state of the negotiations, the scope of REDD, or REDD+, or REDD++ or construction of a Greenfund are not what you are going to find here.

The fourth day of negotiations on 1 December 2011, World Aids Day, continued around the key issues of the fate of the Kyoto Protocol after 2012 and the Green Climate Fund.