Green For All Copenhagen Blog
All blog entries categorized as Copenhagen
- UPDATE: Text of tentative climate deal
- Latest from Copenhagen: the text from the tentative climate deal created by President Obama and leaders of several key nations in Copenhagen today.
- We Can’t Forget the Poor in the Climate Change Debate
- As international climate talks conclude in Copenhagen, it is clear that we are on the verge of a historic moment. Today, 130 heads of state seek to reach an agreement on clear steps forward to solve the climate crisis. The significance of this moment cannot be overstated, especially for historically disadvantaged communities.
- The mood I see in Copenhagen
- I'm at the "Fresh Air Center", where bloggers and online campaigners can meet, work, and strategize during the international climate talks. It's around 9 pm here in Copenhagen on the last day of the two-week negotiations. Heads of State from more than one hundred countries are in closed-door meetings to see if they can reach some sort of agreement or accord on an international response to the climate crisis. Non-governmental organizations, media, and ordinary people here to advocate for their own survival are waiting for an announcement on what's going on inside the talks.
- VIDEO: Green For All in the Bella Center?
- Earlier today, Jayme Montgomery-Baker (League of Young Voters Education Fund, Green For All Academy Fellow) joined me in a special briefing. . .
- Crossroads in Copenhagen
- I am writing from Copenhagen. It is 3a.m. and I am filled with incredibly conflicting emotions. I am surrounded by those who face the consequences of global warming every day – families who watched their homes disappear in flood waters, farmers who can no longer harvest their crops because of drought, and those who have lived peacefully but are facing strife as they watch their homeland’s natural resources deplete rapidly.
- Renewed Determination
- On the eve of the last day of COP 15, the mix of emotions that has been building up all week seems to be taking a slight turn. I don’t know if it’s the people I’ve happened to be surrounded with, but the desperation and frustration so present earlier in the week seem to have subsided. Perhaps it is the hush that falls over a city covered in snow. Or perhaps it is the realization that tomorrow is the final day of the climate negotiations, and regardless of the outcome, we know what our next steps are.
- Video: Copenhagen Protests
- Quick update from Copenhagen... Green For All Academy fellow Jayme Montgomery Baker with League of Young Voters made this video about the protests at the Bella Center yesterday, the site of the international climate agreement. Civil society presence has been locked out of the negotiations with the arrival of Heads of State yesterday and today. Watch the video below.
- Youth activists stage 9 hour sit-in as frustration mounts in Copenhagen
- Frustration is mounting on the ground in Copenhagen. Yesterday, thousands of accredited NGO observers found out they would lose access to the Bella Center, where U.N. climate negotiations are taking place. This is amidst growing certainty that the negotiations will not make any significant progress in the fight against the climate crisis, let alone a treaty that is legally-binding or fair for the developing world.
- Reflections on the Way to the Climate Change Summit
- I am boarding a plane to Copenhagen, heading to the United Nations Climate Change Conference that has captivated the world’s attention. As I packed my bags for the Danish winter, my thoughts fixated on how we bridge the gap between the priorities of the Copenhagen negotiations and the very real perils facing the world’s most vulnerable populations.
- Thousands of NGO's lose access to negotiations, and more from Copenhagen
- Here in Copenhagen, the mood on the ground is mixed with excitement and frustration. As the clock ticks and the U.N. Climate Conference heads toward an unknown conclusion this Friday, official negotiations inside the Bella Center are becoming less accessible and transparent by the day.
- Developing nations walk out of Copenhagen climate talks
- The start of the second week of climate negotiations in Copenhagen saw the G77, which represents 130 developing countries, walk out of the proceedings over concern that the Kyoto Protocol would be abandoned. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh of India and representatives from Brazil, South Africa, and China brought their protest to Connie Hedegaard, the Danish President of the proceedings.
- 100,000 rally in Copenhagen for a real climate deal
- Today an estimated 100,000 people rallied in the streets of Copenhagen for a strong and just climate deal. The rally, at the site of the international climate negotiations, was one of hundreds across the world on this global day of climate action.
- Copenhagen climate talks kick-off with tension over leaked text.
- Yesterday was the first day of the 15th UN Conference on Climate Change, which runs through December 18th. The Conference opened with speeches, concerts, and actions as delegates from 192 nations and tens of thousands of citizens of the world descended on Copenhagen, Denmark. Despite lofty speeches about coming together to seal a deal, the first day of the conference reinforced tensions between wealthy and developing nations.
- Binding international climate deal in Copenhagen?
- On Sunday, President Obama and other world leaders agreed to postpone reaching a legally binding agreement in Copenhagen this December. Then later this week the President asserted that the international UN climate talks, which begin December 7th, will still have "immediate operational effect."
