This story about international climate negotiations was published by EurActiv on 8th June 2010. Countries negotiating to deliver an international climate deal are back in business and both Denmark and Mexico, the outgoing and incoming chairs of the UN-led talks, are developing a “GPS system” to successfully reach their destination on time by December, Danish… » read more
Archives for Copenhagen
De Boer: EU 2020 climate targets ‘a piece of cake’
April 16, 2010
This story about the EU 2020 climate targets was published by EurActiv on 16th April 2010. Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said the EU has failed to convince the developing world that it is serious about global warming. Speaking in an unusually candid manner during… » read more
Humanity must not again become Hostage to the USA in Climate Policy
January 22, 2010
For those fighting to preserve the earth’s climate, the second decade of the 21st century has begun with two bad news: · UN member countries will not honour the deadline of February 1st, by which to submit their climate targets for 2020, as “agreed” in the “Copenhagen Accord”. That might be the beginning of […]
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Climate change, Copenhagen, English, environment, EU Priorities and Opinion, US |
Stanley Crossick Speaks To EurActiv
January 20, 2010
To celebrate his 400th blog post on Blogactiv, EurActiv’s Managing Editor, Daniela Vincenti Mitchener, interviewed Stanley Crossick. She asked him about the outcome of Copenhagen, the EU’s strategy and the ‘new world order’ that is emerging.
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Climate change, Copenhagen, English, environment, EU Priorities and Opinion, stanley crossick, Video Interviews |
Turn climate action into Apollo mission, says leading MEP
December 14, 2009
The following interview was published on Moday 14th December by EurActiv.com. The United States succeeded in bringing people to the moon: a dream that nobody thought would be realised. Perhaps we should think of climate protection as the new Apollo programme, the vice-chair of the European Parliament’s delegation in Copenhagen, Karl-Heinz Florenz, told EurActiv in […]
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Climate change, Copenhagen, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment, Sustainable Dev. |
Club de Madrid: Road To Copenhagen – Final Communique
December 10, 2009
Club de Madrid Members Mary Robinson and Gro Harlem Brundtland, joined by Margot Walstrom, concluded a very successful two day Road To Copenhagen conference today. The initiative, held simultaneously during the first two days of UN climate deliberations in Copenhagen, explored the necessary drivers for ensuring a Copenhagen climate change agreement based on climate justice:… » read more
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Climate change, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment |
COP15: Delegates, please look under own feet
December 9, 2009
While delegates from all corners of the world participate UNFCCC climate negotiations in Copenhagen (COP15) and these days they try to find a way how to tackle CO2 emissions, under their feet lies the clean energy source that could cover the total demand for electricity and heat in Denmark, EurActiv.sk informs. An extensive geological exploration… » read more
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Climate change, Copenhagen, Denmark, English, environment, geothermal, Geothermal Energy, Geothermania |
The following post has been sent to us by Monica Frassoni, spokesperson from the European Green Party. Barroso declared yesterday on a French TV that there will not be a binding agreement in Copenhagen because many countries are not ready. You may think that this is nothing new because we know since some weeks now… » read more
Global climate talks enter decisive phase
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 |
Dr Stephan Singer Explains The Aims Of WWF At Copenhagen
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 |
Searching for Effective Results at Copenhagen
November 30, 2009
10 days before the start of the Copenhagen climate negotiations the outcome seems slightly more open than a few weeks ago. · The scientific community has just in time presented new evidence about the extremely risky acceleration of climate change, thereby putting negotiators under heavy pressure to come to substantive agreement now, rather than […]
Kriton Arsenis: A Just Agreement in Copenhagen Might Be Our Last Chance
November 27, 2009
The following post was submitted to Blogactiv by Kriton Arsenis MEP, member of the environment and fisheries committees, substitute on the development committe: The leaders of the planet gather to decide upon humanity’s future this December in Copenhagen. After the nuclear threat of the Cold War it is the first time that the very existence… » read more
Is Climate Financing A Shambles?
November 25, 2009
With the Copenhagen summit approaching fast, the daily news is covered with stories about climate change, both good and bad. One area that seems to be ignored by the masses – and often the media – about climate change is the simple subject of ‘Who will pay?’. While it is obvious that all of humanity… » read more
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Climate change, Copenhagen, English, environment, funding mechanisms, Public Affairs, Sustainable Dev. |
Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found. Rich countries pledged $410m (£247m) a year in a 2001 declaration – but it is now unclear whether the money was paid. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has accused industrialised countries of failing […]
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Common Foreign & Security Policy, Copenhagen, English, Funding, Mechanism, United States |
What Role For Water In Copenhagen?
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 |
Can Europe Lead The Copenhagen Negotiations?
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 |
Danish minister: No more time to delay climate choices
October 6, 2009
The following interview has been published by EurActiv.com on 6th October 2009. With only 70-or so days to go before leaders meet to agree on a post-Kyoto climate deal in Copenhagen, there is a need to speed up negotiations and “make political choices,” Danish Climate Change and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard told EurActiv in an […]
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Climate change, Copenhagen, English, environment, Sustainable Dev. |
COP 15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Pre-brief
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 |