The political deal was incomplete and failed to deliver to the expectations the world leaders have raised. COP15 ended the best way it could, after the key players left Bella Center suddenly. The moment it was known they would not collectively report the result of a day of intense top level negotiations, failure was the only conclusion possible.
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Climate change negotiators may have a new document to read over breakfast tomorrow.
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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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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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Humans are today a major factor of global warming and climate change. Humans are also victims of radical environmental changes. Both statements are true and correlated. They mark the complex interactions between humans an the environment. The issue that most directly reflects these interactions is health.
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The last round of pre-COP15 announcements by countries pivotal to closing a firm deal in Copenhagen have added political weight to a summit that was about to wither away. COP15 seemed to be about to flop, particularly after the unfortunate joint US-China statement in Singapore, during the APEC meeting.
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