COP 15
Day 10 in Copenhagen: The Pressure Mounts
Tempers flared in Copenhagen today as protesters were beaten back by police outside the Bella Center, where the international climate talks were taking place. The police used tear gas to subdue the protests, and they arrested around 250 people.
Day 8 in Copenhagen: The Walkout That Wasn’t
The international climate talks in Copenhagen went on life support this morning when representatives of developing nations staged a temporary boycott of the conference, but leaders worked quickly to resuscitate the negotiations.
The dispute once again centered on dissatisfaction among developing countries with the way the world’s major economies were handling the negotiating process — particularly the threat that they might scrap the Kyoto Protocol, which imposes carbon emissions limits on wealthy nations while exempting poorer ones.
Days 6 and 7 at Copenhagen: Like a Death Panel, For Countries
Emotions are running high inside and outside the Bella Center in Copenhagen as the UN climate summit enters its second week.
Lord Monckton calls climate activists “Hitler Youth”
Here’s the story. Earlier in the week, in Copenhagen, a group of climate activists disrupted a public meeting of Americans for Prosperity, which is an astroturf organization committed to fighting action on climate change. At the time, Lord Monckton–a prominent speaker on the climate change denialist circuit–called the protesters,”Hitler youth.” That was bad enough.
Day 4 at Copenhagen: Small Countries Revolt
The prospects for a unified front between developed and developing nations in combating climate change further broke down today, as more than half of the world’s countries — mostly smaller nations, including those most threatened by the effects of global warming — pledged not to sign any accord that allows global temperatures to rise by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. (Abhishek‘s got more on that)
Behind-the-scenes at COP 15: Tuvalu(!) Makes Big Waves
The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a grouping of 43 countries particularly vulnerable to climate change, along with 48 other least developed countries backed a new target proposed by Tuvalu yesterday saying a rise of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels was not negotiable.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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