Two documents are under formal consultation today in Copenhagen. If approved, they will be presented to the political heads of COP15 delegations, for a “pre-COP’ to be held on Sunday.
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Climate change negotiators may have a new document to read over breakfast tomorrow.
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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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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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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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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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