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From wreaths to positions

City preps and countries posture ahead of Copenhagen talks 0
Posted 10 hours, 46 minutes ago
Timeline goes by so slowly

Climate talks timeline: From 350 to Kyoto to Copenhagen and beyond 0
Posted 2 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.
False Alarm

Copenhagen panic is premature 4
Posted 3 days, 8 hours ago There's a chance that, with luck and skill, a climate-saving deal can be reached at the Copenhagen climate talks. And a salvageable deal, even if it's far from perfect, is still is a lot better than the doom that was so widely pronounced at the start of the week.
MORE FALSE SOLUTIONS! OH MY!

Geoengineering: Plan B for when Copenhagen fails? eek! 0
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago
common but differentiated despondencies

Rich countries halt Barcelona climate talks with inaction; Africa walks out 4
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago African negotiators at the U.N. climate talks in Barcelona refused to continue formal discussions about all other issues until wealthy countries live up to their legal and moral responsibility to commit to deep emissions reductions.
Letter from Europe

London gathering gives boost to climate talks 2
Posted 1 month ago Rich and poor countries resolved some differences over a new climate treaty this past weekend in London at the latest meeting of the Major Economies Forum.
Letter from Europe

From Oslo to Copenhagen: Earning the Peace Prize 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Could Barack Obama's controversial Nobel Prize help bring about an effective global agreement to tackle climate change? Could the American president, by heading straight to Denmark after collecting his prize, actually demonstrate why he was the right pick for the honor within days of delivering his laureate address?
CLIMATE CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN

Bangkok: rich countries try to kill Kyoto, youth declare 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
It's the Little Things

Global warming negotiations with 21 (or so) negotiation days left 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago You know the saying: "it's the little things that matter." Well you can't really take that saying too literally when discussing global warming pollution as it is the big things that ultimately matter, such as: pollution reduction cuts, assistance for developing countries in cutting emissions further, and support for the most vulnerable countries to adapt to the impacts of global warming.
Think Climate Finance is boring? Think again.

Reparations for Climate Chaos 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Remember when the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and International Monetary Fund were constantly making global headlines for their fierce opposition from people's movements around the world?
Letter from Europe

Melting the glacial pace of climate talks 3
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago This week's climate talks in Bangkok are a make-or-break meeting. When delegates leave the Thai capital next week, there will only be five short negotiating days left before the vital conference that is supposed to seal the deal opens in Copenhagen in early December.
...as if we needed even more of a wakeup call

U.N. Climate Talks Bangkok day 3: Filipino activists call for justice as Manila floods 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Filipino groups are in Bangkok calling for the solutions their communities need. On Tuesday, The Peasant Movement of the Philippines and the National Federation of Peasant Women in the Philippines held a demonstration in front of the United Nations Climate Change Negotiations.
Seeing REDD

If REDD can’t save this…. 2
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago The new forest part of the climate change treaty (called REDD) under negotiation this week here in Bangkok may end up calling it carbon savings and subsidizing its destruction.
Shifting into High Gear

Wrapping up Climate Week, G20 Outcome & on to Bangkok 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
...and we're off to a crawl

Bangkok: Day one of the U.N. climate negotiations 2
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago With an invigorated sense of skepticism, civil society, governments, and of course business interests are in Bangkok this week to try to hammer through obtuse and contradictory text to create something that can be of some use on the table at the Copenhagen meetings this December.
On to the steel city

Seizing the opportunity: reflections from the U.N. Climate Summit 2
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Remember, there are five key building blocks for the agreement that emerges from Copenhagen so we need to watch what details are filled in on each of these.
The nightingale scenario

HSBC team outlines possible post-Kyoto compromise 2
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago In a new report entitled The Emperor, the Nightingale and the Phoenix, a team of HSBC experts suggests the outlines for a post-Kyoto climate framework that could be agreed to at Copenhagen.
Some Rays of Hope for Global Efforts

Important week for global warming 0
Posted 2 months ago
Today begins a week dubbed because of all the high-level climate discussions that are occurring. And they just all happen to be occurring in the U.S. at an important time for the domestic debate to pass a clean energy and climate bill in the Senate.
A happy ending after all?

Suddenly, a few reasons to be optimistic about Copenhagen 3
Posted 2 months ago
Suddenly, unexpectedly, there is a ray of hope in the air, hope that a significant global climate deal may yet be struck at December's talks in Copenhagen.
Sterny Likes It!

Obama administration comes out in support of key international provisions in climate bill 1
Posted 2 months ago
Todd Stern the Special Envoy for Climate Change, just testified before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on: The Road to Copenhagen and International Climate Agreement.