Copenhagen climate talks
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Copenhagen news & views: follow all the latest
There were plenty of hints over the past month that world leaders would down-shift expectations for drafting a new, international climate treaty in Copenhagen next month. Still, when news broke […]
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World leaders say Copenhagen to be a stepping stone
Some very good news on the international front, as the UK Guardian reports today: During a hastily convened breakfast meeting in Singapore, the US president supported a Danish plan to […]
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Delaying an international climate treaty: not as bad as it looks
[See update at bottom.] The big news this weekend was that a coalition of world leaders made it official: there will be no full-fledged, legally binding agreement out of the […]
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U.N. deputy says Copenhagen deal may take two stage approach
The top climate lieutenant to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that a major — though perhaps preliminary — international agreement to curb global warming is still possible in […]
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Why Senator Inhofe is going to Copenhagen
Thousands and thousands of climate science advocates — including me — will be in Copenhagen next month trying to advance an international deal that gives the world a chance to […]
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From hopeful climate to climate of despair
It was less than a year ago, but everything seemed so different then. George W. Bush was still in the White House, but officials gathered at the annual international climate […]
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How 7.4% of Americans can block humanity’s efforts to save itself
A couple weeks ago I wrote a piece on what’s really killing climate legislation: the absurd procedural chokepoints in the U.S. Senate, coupled with an unprincipled minority devoted to obstruction. […]
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Obama will go to Copenhagen — if he can seal a deal
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he would travel to Copenhagen next month if a climate summit is on the verge of a framework deal and his presence there […]
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Hungering for climate justice
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for […]
