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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Danish Prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen have called for the Copenhagen climate summit to extend into the weekend, urging world leaders to make overnight accommodations. The words of world leaders, delegates, and activists have been described as "glum," "frustr...
"We are running short on time," said President Obama in his speech to more than 100 world leaders in Copenhagen this morning. "We can embrace this accord, take a substantial step forward, and continue to refine it and build upon its foundation. We can do that, and everyone who is in this room will b...
The COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen is poised to unravel as delegates from each major bloc admit that the summit has failed to draft an agreement. Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed — whose country would be the first to be swallowed by rising sea levels — said that there is little hop...
Delegates from developing nations and various NGO's inside the COP15 climate summit left the building this morning to join what could be the largest activist activity of the conference. The demonstration is openly focused on overcoming security checkpoints to hold a people's summit inside the Bella...
Waving signs that read "There's no planet B" and "Nature doesn't compromise," about 40,000 protesters flooded the streets this weekend in attempts to shut down commercial activity in the harbor and flood the fortified Bella Center where the negotiations are being held.
The prospects of securing a deal in Copenhagen grow slimmer as developing nations lay out a three-day ultimatum and US Congressional Democrats scrap their plans to attend the climate conference. This news comes after African delegations vowed that their leaders would not travel to Copenhagen this We...
By Suzanne Maxx
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 11, 2009 (ENS) - Chanting "Our future, our future," wearing bright orange t-shirts reading, "How Old Will You Be In 2050?"
Going through security clearance lines to enter the Bella Center in the morning, young people stripped down to their underwear. Thi...
Just hours before corporate CEO's arrived in Copenhagen to begin weighing in on the proposed COP15 treaty, Danish police rounded up climate activists planning to take to the street and detained at least 40 individuals. The police say there was no reports of violence, and that the arrests were preven...
Reported in the environment section of The New York Times and derided in the editorial section of The Guardian, a small meeting of some of the world's most outspoken climate skeptic scientists convened to discuss the difficulties facing those who share their position. "They’ve got us outnumbered, bu...
Billionaire philanthropist and political activist George Soros held a press conference this morning to unveil a plan that he believes could narrow the political distance between developing and developed nations. Recognizing the deadlock caused by the desire of developing nations for climate funding...
