Copenhagen Climate Talks

Panel of smarties, take one

Optimistic or pessimistic about the Copenhagen climate talks? 1
Posted 14 hours, 26 minutes ago The COP15 climate conference starts next week in Copenhagen, and our panel of experts is optimistic ... ish. We asked them, "What's the mood as Copenhagen approaches?" Find out what they had to say.
Mark your carbon calender

December 19—the day after COP15 0
Posted 17 hours, 4 minutes ago What happens on Dec. 19 -- the day after climate talks finish up in Copenhagen -- and beyond? Terry Tamminen has a handy cheat sheet to help you understand what to look forward to in the years ahead.
Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Prelude to COP15: Climate justice actions sweep the U.S. before Copenhagen talks 0
Posted 1 day, 12 hours ago Climate justice activists turned up the street heat to corporations in the financial and energy sectors most responsible for the climate crisis. Initiated by the Mobilization for Climate Justice and the Climate Pledge of Resistance, the day of action came a week before social movements converge in Copenhagen at the U.N. climate talks on Dec. 7 and on the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle in 1999. Major demonstrations, teach-ins, civil disobedience actions anchored the day of action in nine U.S. cities, supplemented by other smaller actions blooming around the country.
Wen the climate is willing, but the action is weak

E.U. pushes China further after pledge to slow carbon intensity 2
Posted 1 day, 13 hours ago The European Union said Monday that cataclysmic climate change cannot be averted without Chinese leadership, but China's lead climate delegate, Wen Jiabao, stood firm in pushing for the rich world to take the lead. Beijing said last week that by 2020 it would curb emissions per unit of GDP by between 40 and 45 percent compared to 2005 levels.
A wild ride

Copenhagen climate summit (part 1): the expectations 2
Posted 1 day, 18 hours ago As we are quickly approaching the final stretch before the Copenhagen climate negotiations (just a week to go before it begins), Jake Schmidt offers a quick summary of where the past 2 years of international negotiations have taken us and where we are headed.
Organic farming has a major part to play in a low-carbon world

Soil carbon—a blind spot in the debate on carbon 5
Posted 1 day, 19 hours ago COP15 looks like it may well be a cop out. The world was disappointed when it became clear Barack Obama would not get climate protection legislation through the U.S. Senate, endangering any meaningful global agreement. But a much earlier cop out came when agriculture failed to make it onto the agenda at all.
State of the Climate Movement: Can fasting and asceticism save the world? 0
Posted 2 days, 11 hours ago
China, India, U.S. commit to seal Copenhagen deal 2
Posted 5 days, 22 hours ago With global allies pressing for a commitment to emissions reductions, the White House and Beijing announced critical steps in the last week that may move the world as close to a binding agreement on climate change as possible.
Don't mess with Texas (Ranger)

Chuck Norris on Copenhagen 30
Posted 6 days, 15 hours ago A lot of dreck comes across my desktop. I'm even on a list called "ennui mail," and some of it is utterly irredeemable. But still I took notice when Chuck Norris: Copenhagen Talks To Forge "One World Order" blew in.
No More Communiques

Obama headed to Copenhagen, sets the bar for success 42
Posted 6 days, 19 hours ago President Barack Obama will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen next month and offer to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent (from 2005) by 2020.
Remembering People Power in Seattle in 1999 and Berlin in 1989

Learning how to count to 350 0
Posted 1 week ago Next month, at the climate change summit in Copenhagen, the wealthy nations that produce most of the excess carbon in our atmosphere will almost certainly fail to embrace measures adequate to ward off the devastation of our planet by heat and chaotic weather. Activists -- farmers, environmentalists, island-dwellers -- around the world will try to write a different future, a bolder one, and if anniversaries are an omen, then they have history on their side.
Making Copenhagen FAB

Fair, ambitious & binding: Essentials for a successful climate deal 0
Posted 1 week ago Working in a coalition of roughly 500 organizations from nearly 80 countries can be tough. With so many different points of view and unique perspectives and expertise, coming to agreement on something as complex as solving climate change can be difficult to say the least. But then again, isn't that what we're asking over 180 countries to do next month in Copenhagen?
ROCKET, man

Copenhagen talks ready for take off: 5, 4, 3… 0
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago Suddenly -- and just in the nick of time -- next month's Copenhagen climate conference is starting to gain momentum.
hedging on a pledge

Obama administration may (finally) offer greenhouse-gas targets 4
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago Provisional targets could let the Obama administration work around the Senate roadblock and bring pledges to Copenhagen, a top negotiator says.
Don't Miss Climate Change Ground Zero Showdown

Copenhagen, U.S.A. December 7 2
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago On Dec. 7, the opening day of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Americans from around the country will converge for a historic protest at climate change ground zero for our nation -- the Appalachian coalfields.
From wreaths to positions

City preps and countries posture ahead of Copenhagen talks 4
Posted 1 week, 3 days ago It's an exciting time to be in Copenhagen reflecting on a year of intense pressure, activity, and engagement around the world. The last time I wrote, I was convincing myself, and others, that all was not lost for December. Now, on this bright and sunny day, I'm as convinced as ever that world leaders can achieve an ambitious outcome in Copenhagen if they try.
Muckraking for the planet

Cast your vote for the best climate journalism 0
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago The good people at the Earth Journalism Awards have singled out 15 examples of the best reporting on climate and energy issues. They'd like you to cast your vote for the best of the best.
Eugene Mirman is doing what in Copenhagen? 1
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago
Unusual suspects

15 people worth watching in Copenhagen (a slideshow!) 7
Posted 1 week, 5 days ago Here are 15 people who wield outsize potential to shape the outcome, or to shape the narrative that affects the outcome. And two you can safely ignore.
Timeline goes by so slowly

Climate talks timeline: From 350 to Kyoto to Copenhagen and beyond 1
Posted 1 week, 5 days ago Whether you've been hitting snooze each time a global climate conference rolls around or you're looking for a refresher before the Copenhagen climate talks next month, Grist has an interactive timeline to bring you up to speed.