Copenhagen

Copenhagen Accord Aftermath: "Uncontested Superpower" To Blame

Submitted by RA on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 22:07

After the failure, the politicians' empty boasts of a "historic agreement", the real story of what happened behind the scenes at Copenhagen is coming out piece by piece.

Climate Change Deal Could Be Ebbing Away

Submitted by RA on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 05:44

"We know the fault lines because we have been imprisoned by them for years - the time for talk is over." So said President Obama in his speech at COP15 in Copenhagen. Obama called for unified action rather than delay and repeating "the same stale arguments" while the climate change problem escalated.

A Planet of Hockey Sticks

Submitted by RA on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 01:52

There's a good opinion piece in The Tyee by Michael McGonigle, in which he argues that Copenhagen must fail "if we are to win the fight against global warming".

Looks like he might get his wish, although there's still a chance that his worst fear might be realised: a weak climate change agreement that acts like a major obstacle to change. I haven't heard that many advocates making the connection between climate change and the general ill health of the environment, although it's pretty plain to see.

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