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NEWS ABOUT: Copenhagen climate change conference

Copenhagen climate change conference stories: 12 news summaries

 Globe on Course for 'Worst-Case' Temp Hike

6 degree rise predicted if Copenhagen deal fails

Nov 18, 09 4:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The worst-case scenario for climate change is getting closer to becoming reality, a group of climate scientists warned yesterday. World temperatures are on course to rise an average of 6 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to the Global Carbon Project researchers. Experts believe a temperature rise... More »

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climate change • global warming • carbon emissions • Copenhagen climate change conference

 Obama, Hu Begin 
 Bridging Divide 

Superpowers work to find common ground on nukes, climate, economy

Nov 17, 09 6:08 AM CST
(AP) - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from intense talks today determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security, and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers. "The relationship between our two nations goes far beyond... More »

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China • Barack Obama • North Korea • human rights • US-China trade deficit • Hu Jintao • President Obama • Copenhagen climate change conference • Iranian nuclear program

BACKSTAGE AT ASEAN

 Leaders Punt on 
 Copenhagen Deal 

Acknowledge gaps too far to bridge before climate change summit

Nov 15, 09 12:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Just 22 days ahead of Copenhagen, President Obama and other leaders have declared that a meaningful and binding international deal is unlikely to come out of the climate change conference. The move, as the New York Times reports, sets the bar much lower and effectively delays the most treacherous issues... More »

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climate change • Copenhagen • ASEAN • climate change legislation • President Obama • Copenhagen climate change conference

Break Stuff to Save the Planet: Gore

Former VP endorses civil disobedience against climate change

Nov 6, 09 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore says nonviolent disruption of polluters and airports is justified considering the grave threat posed by climate change. "Civil disobedience has an honorable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • global warming • Copenhagen • civil disobedience • US Senate • Copenhagen climate change conference

Jeffrey Sachs

 Coal Harms the Planet 
 —and Owns the Senate 

Blame industry as well as ideology if US shirks Copenhagen

Oct 21, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the world turns to Copenhagen this December, the US, which never ratified the Kyoto Protocol, may once again fail to sign up to save the world from serious climate change. Ideology plays a part, Jeffrey Sachs notes, as many Republican senators are "intent on derailing any Obama initiative.... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • environment • coal • Kyoto Protocol • coal mining • treaty • Copenhagen climate change conference • Jeffrey Sachs

West Eases Off Carbon Demands for China, India

Copenhagen deal closer, but 2050 goal less likely

Oct 20, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Industrialized nations backed away from long-term carbon cut demands on developing nations yesterday, in the hopes of reaching a deal at December's Copenhagen summit. The US and EU have pushed for a 50% reduction in global carbon emissions by 2050, but China and India refused to sign up, wary of... More »

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China • climate change • India • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • developing countries • carbon emissions • Copenhagen climate change conference

COPENHAGEN SUMMIT

 5 Years Until Climate 
 Disaster, Warns WWF 

Checking global warming requires 'green revolution'

Oct 19, 09 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disastrous climate change is inevitable unless the world begins cutting carbon emissions within the next five years, the World Wildlife Fund warns in a new report. Ahead of December's clutch Copenhagen summit, meant to forge a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the fund repeats that global temperature rises could stay... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Gordon Brown • World Wildlife Fund • WWF • carbon emissions • Copenhagen climate change conference

Terror Act Used to Block
Climate Activist's Trip

Protester stopped en route to Copenhagen

Oct 15, 09 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British climate change activist says police abused anti-terror laws to prevent him from traveling to this week's climate change conference in Copenhagen. Police yanked him and another activist off a bus they stopped on the way to the Channel Tunnel. The activist, who has taken part in several acts... More »

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climate change • terrorism • political activism • protesters • Copenhagen climate change conference

OPINION

Climate Activists Torqued By Obama Nobel

With US the biggest obstacle to action, they hope prize acts as stick

Oct 14, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban and conservative commentators in the US aren’t the only ones steamed by  Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. “It’s hard for me to emphasize enough the thickness of the international resentment towards America at the climate negotiation level,” Ben Jervey writes. The argument is simple:... More »

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climate change • Oslo • Nobel Peace Prize • carbon emissions • environmentalists • President Obama • committee • Copenhagen climate change conference

 Recession Trims 
 Carbon Emissions 3% 

There's less industrial activity, and more countries look to alternative fuels

Oct 6, 09 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The recession will help the world achieve something this year few laws have been able to: cut the output of greenhouse gases. Emissions will be down 3% mainly due to lower industrial activity, the International Energy Agency said today, with countries also helping by switching to alternative energy sources. More »

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greenhouse gases • alternative energy • recession • carbon emissions • International Energy Agency • financial crisis • Copenhagen climate change conference

 Airlines Pledge to Halve 
 Emissions by 2050 

Industry makes vow to UN ahead of Copenhagen summit

Sep 22, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The airline industry is pledging to cut carbon emissions by 50% in 2050, reports the Guardian, in a reluctant concession meant to stave off more dramatic action—but one that will likely increase fares and trigger a race for new, greener technology. The plan will be presented at the... More »

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climate change • Greenpeace • airline industry • Kyoto Protocol • British Airways • airline • aviation • Copenhagen climate change conference • Willie Walsh

China Plans Massive Push for Green Power

Country could be world's leader in clean energy by 2020

Jun 10, 09 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - China is on course to obtain 20% of its energy from wind and solar sources by 2020—a transformation that would make the country the world leader in renewables. Beijing is ramping up its targets for clean energy, helped by the $590 billion stimulus package passed last year, a senior... More »

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China • climate change • energy • environment • global warming • green energy • Chinese economy • renewable energy • solar power • wind power • carbon emissions • Copenhagen climate change conference

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