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COP15 fails to seal a global climate deal
No commentsAll the Danish efforts to sell Copenhagen as the city of hope was not enough to guarantee a global deal at the end of the UN Climate Change Conference, billed by many as event of the century.
»Chavez, Morales lead climate summit walkout
No commentsHugo Chavez slammed US President Barak Obama in his speech to the climate summit before staging a walkout of countries in the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA).
»Climate Protesters Maintain Hunger Strike
No commentsHunger-strikers following in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and other notable political activists are drawing attention to their demand for action to protect the Earth’s climate.
»Kenya needs $10 billion a year – Environment Minister
No commentsKenyan Environment Minister, John Michuki, announced today that Kenya expects US$10 billion per year from rich countries to cope with the impacts of climate change.
»Protesters blocked from storming climate summit
No commentsA game of cat and mouse evolved on Copenhagen’s streets today as protesters attempting to storm the COP15 climate talks made their way to the Bella Centre where the talks have just moved to high level. Many protesters were arrested.
»Climate change gets new advocate in Shaggy
Comments offPopular Jamaican reggae artiste Orville Burrell, who goes by the stage name “Shaggy”, has thrown his weight behind the movement to raise awareness on climate change, performing at Monday night’s ‘Seal the Deal! Dance for Climate Change’ concert held in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Why are the Vietnamese cool toward climate talks?
3 commentsAs UN climate change talks opened here in the Danish capital, experts called this the most important meeting since the end of the second world war. But do people back home in Vietnam even know it’s happening?
»Day 5: Out Here in the Field — Thinking Globally, Reporting Locally
No commentsIt would be easy at these ginormous summits to just stay inside the conference center and confine yourself to the maze of negotiating stances and policy briefs. But journalists are supposed to report on, and be in touch with, the real world.
»Day 4: From silos to networks
No commentsIt should be possible to “leap the media gap”. After all, there generally is good climate expertise in most developing countries, even if it is concentrated in a few universities, institutes and government agencies. The problem is, this knowledge doesn’t go out, it goes up.
»Day 1: Curtain Raiser
No commentsThe 1st day has arrived, and we’ve finally got a chance to meet all the fellows after poring over their CVs for the last couple of months. As you can see from their bio’s, they’re an impressive bunch and they’ve come from all over the world to join us in covering the Climate Change Summit in Bali.
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