Copenhagen

In pictures: Behind the scenes in Copenhagen with Ed Miliband

Writer John Harris and Guardian photographer Martin Argles shadowed the energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, for 40 hours during his trip to an intergovernmental meeting in Copenhagen ahead of the main conference...

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Opec wants compensation if climate deal cuts oil use

Robin Pagnamenta, Energy Editor The chief of the Opec oil cartel said that oil-producing countries should be compensated for lost revenues if UN climate talks in Copenhagen next month reach a deal that cuts the use of oil. In...

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BBC dispatches 35 staff to climate talks - creating as much carbon as an African village does in...

The BBC is sending 35 people to next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen - creating as much carbon dioxide as an African village does in a whole year. If all 35 BBC staff go by plane, they will generate around six or...

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Good Cop Bad Cop

INFORMATION FOR ACTION FOR THE COPENHAGEN COP 15 CLIMATE CONFERENCE The climate summit at Copenhagen is drawing closer and closer, and various factions are mobilising across the world, some to push global elites into waking up...

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Miranda Kennedy -- The Indian attitude on climate change

In the five years I worked as a reporter in India, I sat through many uncomfortable silences during interviews about Pakistani terrorists, the pervasive caste system and Indian Muslims -- sensitive issues that, on the face of...

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Lester Brown -- Climate change means less food, more hunger

As the U.N. climate-change conference in Copenhagen approaches, we are in a race between political tipping points and natural ones. Can we cut carbon emissions fast enough to keep the melting of the Greenland ice sheet from...

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Juliet Eilperin talks to Brazil's Marina Silva about climate change

When international climate negotiators convene next month in Copenhagen, Brazilian politician Marina Silva will serve as the conference's unofficial philosopher-activist. A native Amazonian who grew up in a community of...

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Bill McKibben -- Obama should act urgently on climate change

Here's a story of two presidents, Barack Obama of the United States and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives. But on the biggest question the planet faces -- if we'll take action in time to slow down global warming -- they couldn't...

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NEWSMAKER: UN disaster expert knows first-hand what Copenhagen failure could entail

Among those keeping a close eye on the outcome of next month's climate summit in Copenhagen is the head of the United Nations body dealing with disaster risk reduction, who has seen first-hand the devastation wrought by...

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The Day Global Warming Stood Still (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Climate Change: As scientists confirm the earth has not warmed at all in the past decade, others wonder how this could be and what it means for Copenhagen. Maybe Al Gore can Photoshop something...

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