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December 10, 2009
The following Op-Ed has been sent to Blogactiv by the Club de Madrid and has been published this morning in the New York Times. Mikhail Gorbachev: We Have A Real Emergency As the climate change summit meeting moves forward in Copenhagen, it is increasingly clear that more than just the environment is at stake. The… » read more
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Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English |
December 7, 2009
The following article about the start of the negotiations in Copenhagen was published by EurActiv.com on Monday 7th December. Long-awaited international talks kick off today (7 December) in Copenhagen, with negotiators from 192 countries meeting to hammer out a successor to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change. After some hesitation, US President Barack Obama,… » read more
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Climate change, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment |
December 4, 2009
Blogactiv spoke to Dr Stephan Singer (Director at the WWF European Policy Office in Brussels) at the European Parliament. He explains the goals of WWF for the Copenhagen Climate Conference.
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Climate change, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English, environment |
November 13, 2009
Blogactiv was pleased to speak to Margot Wallstrom at the EurActiv Awards ceremony in the European Parliament. We asked her what she thought would be required for an agreement to be reached at the Copenhagen Climate Conference next month…
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29723, Climate change, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment, EU Priorities and Opinion |
November 7, 2009
Blogactiv spoke to Paul Horton at the 5th Annual Conference of the European Water Association in Brussels. Mr Horton is the Chairman of the EWA Climate Change Working Group. He told us of some worrying developments in the run-up to the Copenhagen Conference about the role of water in the discussions. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/21vsUcVmA2w” width=”425″ height=”350″… » read more
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Climate change, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English, environment |
November 5, 2009
This post has been written for Blogactiv by Monica Frassoni, Spokesperson for the European Green Party. It was 2001, and among the 15 government representatives of the EU governments there were 5 green ministers; the Environment Commissioner was Margot Wallstrom, a Swedish and quite motivated lady. We were fully in the Bush era and Kyoto… » read more
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Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English |
September 29, 2009
The following has been submitted to Blogactiv by ACCA. Concerning the debate on climate change in the context of the upcoming Copenhagen Conference, ACCA ( the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) would like to share 6 top line messages: 1. Recent projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warn that that unless action… » read more
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27373, Climate change, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English, EU Priorities and Opinion |
The following post has been sent to Blogactiv by Veena Hudson, Head of Public Affairs, ACCA. The typical accounting professional has a pivotal position within an organisation and is well qualified to make a vital contribution toward climate policy and its implementation. Although some influential political leaders appear to have woken up to the enormity… » read more
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27381, Climate change, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English, environment, Financial Services |
The following article has been sent to Blogactiv by Jo Leinen MEP, Chairman of the Committee on the Environment in the European Parliament. At present, the world faces two major global crises: The first one is the financial and economic crisis, which has strongly influenced policy-makers and governments in their work over the last one… » read more
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Climate change, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English, environment, EU Priorities and Opinion, Financial Services |
July 23, 2009
This very interesting article about annual CO2 emissions has been forwarded to us by Gema San Bruno, Secretary General of European Small Hydropower Association. The article suggests that in 2008 carbon emissions fell because of high prices of fuels and the credit crisis. Read the full article here.
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Climate change, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English |
July 13, 2009
The following article about climate change has been written for Blogactiv by David Bennetts a Chartered Meteorologist from the United Kingdom. A critical question I have been asking is ‘Why are politicians not solving the climate change issues quickly enough’. It is true that they are beginning to get to grips with the issues now… » read more
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Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English |
June 10, 2009
This article is pertinent to the Bonn climate change negotiations taking place at this very moment and for the rest of the week. Authors are Benjamin Mkapa, Member of the Club of Madrid and Former President Tanzania, and Alexander Likhotal, Executive Vice-President of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America (GFNA) and First Vice-President of Green… » read more
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Climate change, CO2, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English, Environmental Diplomacy, Post-Kyoto |
April 9, 2009
The latest round of climate negotiations has been concluded in Bonn – and it seems that the Copenhagen meeting in December will have a greater chance of success. This story by the BBC explains that two extra negotiating conferences have been added to the climate agenda between the next Bonn gathering in June and the… » read more
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20296, Climate change, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English, environment |
April 6, 2009
Over the last week there have been a number of interesting developments in the field of climate change as it relates to the European Union. Firstly, the European Commission has released a White Paper which describes their adaption strategy. EurActiv.com reported on it here. And today, the European Council has adopted a climate-energy legislative package.… » read more
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Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English |
The consequences of climate change can be serious, but even more dangerous is the way we may react to the strain such change can impose on society. Climate change will not affect every geographic region equally; rather some areas will be hard hit, while others might escape the consequences or even […]
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Business & Climate Change, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English, environment |
February 24, 2009
My attention has just been drawn to a post by one of our other environmental bloggers. Essentially, there will be an emergency meeting in Copenhagen in March to warn politicians to act much more quickly and decisively. The Guardian in the United Kingdom reports here: Scientists plan emergency summit on climate change | Environment |… » read more
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Climate change, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Copenhagen conference, English |
February 20, 2009
On January 28th 2009, the EU Commission has presented its proposals for the Copenhagen climate Conference, due to finalise a comprehensive international strategy for tackling humanity’s most pressing problem in the 21st century. These are the main points: • Developed countries reduce their green house gas by 30 percent below 1990 levels until 2020; •… » read more
February 9, 2009
It’s maybe hard to think of global warming as we shiver in the coldest European winter for two decades, but there are just nine months to go before COP15, the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen, which may well determine whether or not the world can respond to a threat to our planet which… » read more
