As COP15 gears up for its final big day, the deadlock has been broken, with the negotiations moving forward on […]
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COP15 update – WHO, bio-sequestration and 4 degrees C (17 Dec)
More world leaders will arrive today, including New Zealand PM John Key, who will attend the royal banquet later tonight. […]
Continue readingCOP15 Update – IPCC, solar power and designing a global carbon market
In the plenary hall, the two separate streams of the conference are due to converge in the High-level segment this […]
Continue readingCOP15 update – drought, emissions cuts and big names
Today, the high level segment of the conference kicks off, with press briefings from Ban-Ki Moon, Schwarzenegger and Al Gore […]
Continue readingCOP15 update – Melting ice sheets, natural disasters and koalas (14 Dec)
Pressure begins to mount as events get underway for the final week of talks. There’s been a noticeable up-tick in […]
Continue readingCOP15 update – Food miles, forestry and extreme mitigation
Consumer guilt over the distance food travels from paddock to plate is misguided according to a report released at Copenhagen […]
Continue readingCOP15 update – China-US friction, climate aid, clean tech deals
COP15 rolls into the weekend with a packed schedule of press conferences and meetings, many of them science-related, and several […]
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Continue readingCOP15 update – Island states, space satellites, Google Earth and algae
On Day Three, signs of a rift among developing nations emerged as Tuvalu led a call for a new legally-binding […]
Continue readingCOP15 update – Climate index, coral reefs and the Danish texts
Day two at Copenhagen saw the release of the WMO’s last global temperature data, which suggests the current decade is […]
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