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Copenhagen Day Eleven #cop15
President Obama is scheduled to leave for Copenhagen this evening, but "U.S.officials stressed that when he travels to the climate conference inDenmark, he won’t bring anything to the talks beyond Washington’salready stated goals," that is, a 17% cut in emissions from 2005levels (3% from 1990 levels) by 2020 and modest assistance in aid todeveloping countries [...]
Copenhagen: Spotlight on U.S. Solar Potential #cop15
At the climate talks in Copenhagen, the American solar industrystepped into center ring with SEIA’s report on the effects fasterdeployment of solar energy could have on climate change. Seizing the Solar Solution: Combating Climate Change through Accelerated Deployment (PDF)makes the case for obtaining 15 percent of our total energy needs fromsolar by 2020. 12 percent from [...]
China in Copenhagen, Day 10
As we predicted from the beginning, the negotiations inCopenhagen are coming down to two countries that could make or break adeal – China and the United States. As we mentioned in our post on Day 9,the crux of this deadlock seems to be centered around a few criticalissues. The United States’ Congress won’t pass domestic [...]
Fear and Loathing in Copenhagen #cop15
As I write this I’m sitting in the Plenary Session of the COP15waiting for things to get underway. Just me and roughly 3,000 of myclosest friends. Security was ratcheted down today because the variousMinisters and Heads of State that are arriving, but there are stillthousands of people. The Danish police manage to effect an interestingbalance, [...]
Copenhagen Climate Conference: Day 10 #cop15
The possibility of agreement in Copenhagen is all but lost. As worldleaders arrived at the UN Climate Change Conference, there ultimatelymay be nothing for them to vote on. As protestors outside the Bella Convention Centre were doused in pepperspray beaten with batons and 230 of them arrested and detained, insidenegotiators still dealing with core issues [...]
Copenhagen Climate Change Conference: Day 9 Recap cop#15
The UN Climate Change Conference is entering the decisive phase, asheads of state and government begin to arrive for the final few days ofnegotiations. While UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is saying the leaders are facinga “defining moment in history”. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown,offers a more sobering assessment stating the deal “faces problems” andwonders [...]
Copenhagen Day Nine
The atmosphere at the 15th Conference of the Parties at the UnitedNations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen remainsdivisive even as world leaders are scheduled to start arriving tomorrowto finalize an international treaty on climate and energy. Sharpcomments by China directed towards the U.S. encapsulated the majorstumbling blocks of the negotiations so far. "InBeijing’s [...]
Copenhagen Conference: Day 8 Recap
After a brief boycott of the UN Climate talks on Monday, poor countries agreed to resume talks. The European Union says poor countries have stopped their boycott ofclimate change negotiations and have found a solution to their disputewith rich nations. Informal talks resolved the impasse between rich and poor nationsending the day long boycott, which [...]
China in Copenhagen, Day 9
BothTeam China and Copenhagen are under the weather as a wet snowfall hitin the early afternoon. We are starting to feel the palpable stress ofcountry delegations to remove brackets and whittle down the negotiatingtext in preparation for the high-level ministerial meetings on Dec.17-18, when 110 heads of states will participate. Additionally, the Bella Center [...]