COP1510 December

At last an official document for breakfast tomorrow at COP15

Climate change negotiators may have a new document to read over breakfast tomorrow.

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COP1509 December

Toxic leakage at COP15 heats up climate talks

Leakage of confidential documents have heated up the first three days of the climate summit in Copenhagen. Leakage of the “Danish non-paper”, published by The Guardian, started the fuss that galvanized negotiators, journalists and observers at COP15 all day yesterday.

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COP1508 December

EPA’s ruling a new factor at COP15 talks

The announcement by EPA’s administrator, Lisa Jackson, that the agency has finally ruled greenhouse gases posed a danger to human health and the environment has already become a factor in the background talks at COP15, in Copenhagen.

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COP1507 December

From diplomacy to realpolitik: a likely route for COP15

From diplomacy to realpolitik: a likely route for COP15

Several days of diplomatic maneuvering, lobbying and arm-wrestling could pave the way for the heads of states to seal a political deal after 12 days of strenuous conversations and off-the-record conspiring.

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Op-Ed05 December

IPPC dismisses doubts raised by the CRU Hack controversy

Those who were imagining the IPCC was rethinking its views on climate change after Rajendra Pachauri’s statements to the Press about the stolen e-mails didn’t get it quite right.

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COP1504 December

The Big Deal: Breaking the deadlock on global climate change politics

The Copenhagen climate summit could end by breaking a decade long deadlock that has been blocking any real progress on global climate change politics and policy. If that happens, this outcome should not be underrated.

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