A Gristy guide to the COP15 climate talks

From Dec. 7-18, we'll have reporters, videographers, and funnyman Eugene Mirman in Copenhagen to bring you news, intrigue, and gossip from the 15th annual international conference on climate change.

Copenhagen on Dipity.

Muckraking for the planet

Cast your vote for the best climate journalism
Posted 10 hours, 56 minutes 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?
Posted 11 hours, 53 minutes ago
Unusual suspects

15 people worth watching in Copenhagen (a slideshow!) 2
Posted 1 day, 3 hours 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
Posted 1 day, 3 hours 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.
Forget Polar Bears and PPM

Top 25 reasons to give a damn about climate change 14
Posted 1 day, 4 hours ago So you're not moved by melting glaciers? Here are a few other reasons to pay attention to climate change, from supermodels to super-hungry rats.
CRASH COURSE

Copenhagen 101: The essentials on the climate talks 1
Posted 1 day, 4 hours ago What is this whole Copenhagen thing? Can it really save the world in two weeks? We explain all -- without being boring. Really!
A Walk Through the Week's Climate News

The Climate Post: You heard it here first—Copenhagen a success
Posted 1 day, 6 hours ago A week of anticlimaxes saw President Barack Obama conducting a less-than-exuberant swing through China, the international community conceding a binding climate treaty at the COP-15 negotiations in Copenhagen, and U.S. lawmakers postponing to the spring of 2010 consideration of climate policy -- even as talk of a legislative "plan B" surfaced.
What would Jacques do?

If Cousteau went to Copenhagen
Posted 1 day, 8 hours ago If Jacques Cousteau, legendary undersea explorer, were alive today, what he would he tell the gaggle of international delegates heading to Copenhagen in December for those critical climate talks? Cousteau biographer Brad Matsen speculates.
Nobody knows nothin'

Reflecting on the lameness of my profession 9
Posted 1 day, 21 hours ago For the past few weeks there has been a flood of news about the Copenhagen climate talks and the clean energy bill in the U.S. Senate. Standing in that flood it's easy to get caught up in the atmospherics of frantic action and constant crisis. But step out for a while and it becomes clear just how much of the "news" consists of people who don't really know anything guessing: what things mean, who's thinking what, what the future holds.
Copenhagen is not Kyoto
Posted 2 days, 6 hours ago The most common and widespread criticism of the Kyoto Protocol was that it did not require major developing countries like China and India to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and the burden for reducing emissions fell largely on richer nations, like the United States and the European Union. Those concerns will be alleviated in Copenhagen, where a high-level policy agreement is expected to ensure that developing countries take on more responsibility for cutting emissions and paying for programs to do so.
Copenhagen climate crash

Hot planet to Obama: What’s your Plan B? 6
Posted 2 days, 10 hours ago The planet just can't endure another year of inaction. Obama should travel to the Copenhagen climate conference in December and guarantee dramatic action from the U.S. in 2010 even if it means blowing everything up in Congress and starting over.
Tackling population rise would fight climate change 4
Posted 2 days, 10 hours ago Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report published Wednesday that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.
False Alarm

Copenhagen panic is premature 4
Posted 2 days, 11 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.
Time: “The science of climate change grows more dire.”
Posted 2 days, 13 hours ago
BFF's?

U.S. and China announce plan for collaboration on clean energy and climate change
Posted 3 days, 8 hours ago On Tuesday in Beijing, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao announced a comprehensive plan for U.S.-China cooperation on clean energy and climate change, and it's much more ambitious than we had anticipated. The plan calls for a number of cooperative programs on clean energy technologies and capacity building, and some important steps to help China build an accurate inventory of its greenhouse-gas emissions.
We need more than rhetoric and excuses

Mr. President: Time to quit fibbing and spinning 10
Posted 3 days, 20 hours ago President Obama has, at least for now, punted on the hard questions around climate, as evidenced by the announcement from the APEC meeting in Singapore that next month's Copenhagen climate talks will be nothing more than a glorified talking session.
It ain't over yet

Rumors of Copenhagen’s demise have been greatly exaggerated 2
Posted 4 days, 6 hours ago Is a "politically binding" climate treaty really the best we can hope for out of Copenhagen? Is it over before it's begun? Despite what you may have read in the U.S. media, the answer is "No."
Courage to fail

Copenhagen calamity: Now what? 3
Posted 4 days, 12 hours ago 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 over the weekend that key nations, including the United States, were planning to push a final treaty into 2010, it came as shock to climate activists and commentators world wide.
perfect attendance

Merkel decides to attend Copenhagen climate summit
Posted 4 days, 12 hours ago German Chancellor Angela Merkel has decided to attend the Copenhagen climate conference after leaders including President Obama buried hopes of a binding deal, her spokesman said Monday.
Environment ministers meet to prepare climate summit
Posted 4 days, 12 hours ago Environment ministers from 44 key countries gathered in Copenhagen on Monday for a two-day closed-door meeting aimed at preventing embarrassing failure at next month's U.N. conference on global warming.