Posts Tagged ‘guardian.co.uk’

Boycott Copenhagen | Sarah Palin

Any deal at the Copenhagen climate summit will be more about politics than science. President Obama should stay away With the publication of damaging emails from a climate research center in

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Palin’s call to boycott Copenhagen puts Republican at odds with polar bears | Suzanne Goldenberg

Washington Post article urging Barack Obama to ditch conference is perfectly timed, but poorly argued It would be interesting to know what Sarah Palin, sworn enemy of the polar bear, would make of

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Copenhagen climate change conference in pictures: Day three

An electric sports car takes to the road, while youth activists hold a Lennon-style ‘bed-in’ asking to ‘give youth a chance’ at the summit

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Danish police raid Copenhagen climate campaigners’ rooms

Police detain 200 activists at their Copenhagen accommodation and seize items they claim could be used for acts of civil disobedience Danish police last night raided a climate campaigners’

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Climate policy experts respond to outcry over Danish text

Despite anger from developing countries over the leaked document, the negotiations are still on track for success Rob Bradley, director of international climate policy, World Resources

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Ban Ki-moon reasserts leadership in Copenhagen climate talks

Danish text raised ‘trust issues’ between rich and poor countries but won’t derail deal, says UN secretary-general The United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has

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Copenhagen talks break down as developing nations split over ‘Tuvalu’ protocol

Developing countries have split between those who favour a new protocol proposed by Tuvalu and others who want to continue with the Kyoto agreement Negotiations at the UN climate summit in

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Copenhagen talks break down as developing nations split over ‘Tuvalu’ protocol

Developing countries have split between those who favour a new protocol proposed by Tuvalu and others who want to continue with the Kyoto agreement Negotiations at the UN climate summit in

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Roy Greenslade: Why Miami Herald amended climate change leader

Further to the posting below, I have now heard from Myriam Marquez, the Miami Herald’s editorial page editor, who has explained why a sentence mentioning the US senate was

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Chancellor announces boiler scrappage scheme in pre-budget report

Some 125,000 new boilers and doubling of commitment to carbon capture and storage included in Alistair Darling’s speech Householders will be able to trade in their old boilers for newer,

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Copenhagen is a world and a decade away from Kyoto | Tim Flannery and Erik Rasmussen

Kyoto’s ineffectiveness was due to lack of scientific clarity and lack of public understanding: none of these excuses now apply Few people outside Japan would have heard of Kyoto prior

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Tories can lead on climate change | Tim Yeo

Thatcher was the first leader of a major country to take climate change seriously. Cameron can continue that legacy The increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will, if

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Patching up after Copenhagen leak | Jakob Illeborg

Danish officials may play down a document implying a stitch-up between rich nations. But their impartiality as hosts looks shaky The Guardian’s publication of a leaked Danish government

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Spotted online – green and ethical Copenhagen

Discover organic cafes, ethical shops and green exhibitions in the climate change summit 2009 host city, in a special instalment of insider tips from blog network Spotted By Locals Verde Food and

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Can theatre do anything about climate change? | Steve Waters

Forget stories about global apocalypse. We need drama that gets real about global warming, from Cockermouth to Copenhagen When I decided to set my play The Contingency Plan in the near future, I

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Copenhagen police eye five potential days of action | Bibi van der Zee

With up to 30,000 activists gathering in Copenhagen, there are five key days when the Danish authorities will be preparing for trouble Warnings of troublemakers at the Copenhagen climate summit

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Vulnerable: An exhibition on the fragile state of the Maldives

Vulnerable is a photo exhibition organised by Bluepeace, documenting the vulnerability of the fragile coral islands of the Maldives to climate change

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Copenhagen diary: Mother Earth rights, African voices and aidwash

Universal declaration of Mother Earth’s rights, Lumumba Di-Aping’s cult status, and recycling existing aid promises Day three of the UN’s climate change conference in Copenhagen

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Technology transfer to developing countries is an impossible dream | Cath Bremner

Collaboration between private investors and public sector is the only way to introduce low-carbon technology to poor countries One of the most contentious topics for discussion at the Copenhagen

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Technology transfer to developing countries is an impossible dream | Cath Bremner

Collaboration between private investors and public sector is the only way to introduce low-carbon technology to poor countries One of the most contentious topics for discussion at the Copenhagen

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Video: Copenhagen climate change conference – John Vidal goes behind the scenes

The Guardian environment editor, John Vidal, delves into a cryptic world of Bingos, Ringos, Tungos and Engos at the Copenhagen climate change conference John Vidal Cameron Robertson

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Copenhagen diary: Prostitutes, zippers and permission to eco jive | John Vidal

Copenhagen mayor’s warning about sex workers backfires, NGOs enjoy a drink, and youth groups invade the stage Neat trick The Copenhagen mayor, Ritt Bjerregaard, fearful for the morals of

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Rip up aviation policy and start again | Leo Murray

The Committee on Climate Change report shows that aviation policy – including plans to expand Heathrow – has collapsed Lord Turner’s Committee on Climate Change has finally published its

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Boris Johnson signs London City Hall up to 10:10

But mayor stops short of making personal pledge to cut carbon emissions by 10% by 2010 Boris Johnson today signed City Hall up to the 10:10 climate change campaign, as part of his goal to make

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A changing climate: UNEP maps extreme weather events worldwide | Felicity Carus

From Atlantic hurricanes to Australian droughts, extreme weather events are more frequent and more violent In the run-up to Copenhagen, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published

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Interactive: A changing pattern – world climate anomalies

In the run-up to Copenhagen, the United Nations Environment Programme published a map of extreme weather events around the world Jenny Ridley Felicity Carus

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Copenhagen climate summit in disarray after ‘Danish text’ leak

Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power to rich nations, sideline the UN’s negotiating role and abandon the Kyoto protocol • Read the

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Tory block on third Heathrow runway a big mistake, says British Airways chief

Willie Walsh says Conservative plan to bar third runway on environmental grounds is incoherent The British Airways chief executive, Willie Walsh, has rounded on the Conservative party in the wake

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Met Office figures confirm noughties as warmest decade in recorded history

The past 10 years have been the warmest decade recorded in 160 years, despite 1998 being the warmest year on record The past 10 years have been the warmest in recorded history, according to the UK

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Hacked email climate scientists receive death threats

CRU scientists receive torrents of abusive and threatening e-mails since leaks that began in mid-November 2009. From environmentalresearchweb, part of the Guardian Environment Network Two of the

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