CAN Copenhagen News: Day 8

In this daily news summary, expert NGO speakers assess the state of the Copenhagen climate talks after the first week of negotiations and preview the home stretch for ministers and Heads of State. The summary includes expert analysis on yesterday’s actions by developing countries and the response from developed countries.

Tuvalu at Copenhagen: ‘The Fate Of My Country Rests In Your Hands’

Ian Fry, the Tuvalu delegate to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, makes an impassioned plea for legally binding agreements to be made by world leaders to save his nation and other low-lying island states. He notes that is is “an irony of the modern world that the fate of the world [...]

Fossil of the Day: USA Wins First for Weak Target, No Cash

Fossil Awards in Copenhagen: Fossil delivered to the White House:

Fossil of the Day: Mayor of Toronto Receives Award as “Embarrassed Canadian”

CAN Copenhagen News: Day 7

Final Week of Copenhagen and the Last Act is Far From Clear

By Keith Schneider US Climate Action Network COPENHAGEN – Like all spellbinding human drama the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which today entered its second and last week, represents the accumulated chapters of an urgent script – the fate of the planet. Everybody in every corner of the world has a stake. Island nations, some [...]

Kumi Naidoo on Global Day of Climate Action

Executive Director of Greenpeace International Kumi Naidoo speaks from Copenhagen on December 12, 2009 about the importance of action, both in civic and governmental realms, and offers a special appeal for Barack Obama.

Big Copenhagen Climate Demonstration – Noisy, Colorful, Insistent – Pushes For Climate Action

By Keith Schneider US Climate Action Network COPENHAGEN – Great social movements are about the intelligence and vision of individuals, and the compelling strength of crowds. Both have been in abundance throughout the first week of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and especially today. Wearing polar bear costumes, red suits and dark glasses, black [...]

Desmond Tutu speaks at Real Deal Vigil

CAN Copenhagen News: Day 6

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