Copenhagen Climate Conference

Yes, Pogo: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is US

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011

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I am afraid that there will not be a global agreement to check climate heating until it is too late.

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How the Cancun Conference Can Succeed With -- or Without -- China

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday some 15,000 delegates, business leaders, activists and journalists gathered in Cancun to kick off the UN Framework Convention on Climate Cha...

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A Ray of Light in China? EPA Administrator Attempts to Defuse Climate Standoff

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.25.2011

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The climate talks in Tianjin last week did very little to improve the prospects for a binding international treaty, which would reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are warming the globe.

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Tianjin Climate Talks Recap: Little Progress on the Policies

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.25.2011

The six-day Tianjin climate talks, which concluded this weekend, made so little progress that some diplomats openly wondered whether continuing the UNFCCC process was even politically worthwhile.

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Privatizing Climate Protection: A New Approach to Fighting Global Warming

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Crafting comprehensive carbon emissions laws is maddeningly difficult. Addressing the threat of climate change cannot wait for politicians to agree on all the regulatory details.

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Former UN Climate Chief: Emissions Targets and Timetables Are Irrelevant

Devon Swezey | Posted 05.25.2011

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De Boer's about-face is a stark admission of the inefficacy of the UNFCCC framework that has governed global action on climate change for nearly two decades.

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China: Unwilling to Play the Climate Negotiation Game

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.25.2011

Although China and Japan are deeply connected trading partners, the Asian giants sit on opposite sides of the climate debate. In spite of their differences, the two countries have a history of climate cooperation.

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American-Bashing Misses the Point When Climate Talks Fail

Colin Beavan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The problem is not the "American" way of life. It is that the way of life in the United States is largely under the control of corporations.

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Fires, Flooding, and Climate Finance: Is there enough fast-start funding?

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.25.2011

The World Resources Institute recently released updated estimates of the "fast-start" climate mitigation and adaption commitments rich nations made to...

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Richard Reiss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our cultural habits still come from an expansionist idea that would suit a civilization that actually has mastered space travel. But in real life we just have this planet.

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Copenhagen, Methane Emissions, and the Arctic

Armond Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reducing methane emissions could bring quick results, because its warming lasts only 10 years, while CO2 warming already in place will continue for centuries.

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Greenpeace Ad Depicts Old President Obama: I'm Sorry For Not Stopping Climate Change

Posted 05.25.2011

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A new Greenpeace/tcktcktck.org ad depicts President Obama in 2020 as an old man with white hair apologizing for failing to stop global warming. The ad...

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Join The Hopenhagen Ambassador Contest

Bradley Whitford | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'd like to invite you to join Huffington Post's Hopenhagen Ambassador Contest.

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Meaningful Agreement: Obama Says 'A First Step' Climate Deal Has Been Reached In Copenhagen

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein/Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 'meaningful agreement' has been reached at the Copenhagen climate change conference, according to U.S. officials. The deal includes China, India, a...

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Copenhagen Climate Summit Protest: 600 Detained At Climate Rally Urging Bold Pact

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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COPENHAGEN — Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through the chilly Danish capital and nearly 1,000 were detained in a mass rally to de...

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50,000 Climate Change Protestors March In London For COP15 (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 50,000 people participated in The Wave on Saturday by marching through the streets of London to voice their concerns against climate change....

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Youth Activist Ruchi Jain On Her Hope For Change

Posted 05.25.2011

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As a young person in India, Ruchi Jain began to see the effects of global climate change all around her. She talks about farmers in the Himalayas who ...

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Canada Gets Punk'd In Copenhagen: Work Of The Yes Men, Mayhap?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE (5:55 P.M. EST): Huffington Post Green Editor Katherine Goldstein, who is in Copenhagen at the COP15 Climate Change Summit, spoke to Andy Bichl...

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Copenhagen Climate Change Conversation

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Check out the Copenhagen climate talks live through our curated Twitter lists. Do you know a tweeter who's perfect for one of these lists? Email us at...

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Obama To Copenhagen For Climate Talks (BREAKING)

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenho...

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Firestorm in the Arctic: Al Gore Vindicated on Comments in Copenhagen

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Gore is caught twisting the truth -- even lying -- is it good for sales and readership? Does it matter whether he did or not, because perception is reality today, not truth?

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Karl Rove On "O'Reilly" (VIDEO): Bush Was A Green Leader

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal columnist and former adviser to George W. Bush, appeared on The O'Reilly Factor to discuss the Copenhagen climate confe...

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Richard Wolffe: Obama's Secret Climate Pact

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's no coincidence that one day after the White House announced new emissions targets, China followed suit with its own target. The Daily Beast's Ric...

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Copenhagen Deal: Activists React

Posted 05.25.2011

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Copenhagen (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared Friday a "meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough" had been reached among the U.S., China and thr...

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Ecuador's Rafael Correa: Copenhagen Climate Hero or Environmental Foe?

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

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One key figure pressuring the Global North to live up to its responsibilities is Rafael Correa, firebrand president of the small Andean nation of Ecuador.

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