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COP15

Dispatch from Brazil: climate change

July 27, 2010

Mild-mannered and soft-spoken Sérgio Serra has a tough job in his hands. He is the Brazilian Climate Change Ambassador, the representative of a country that emerged from the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen last October with one of the most ambitious emissions targets (around 37% by 2020), which was signed into law. Serra became a mouthpiece [...]

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Copenhagen gets off to a shaky start

December 9, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife The first two days of the COP15, the Copenhagen climate summit designed to produce a binding treaty whereby the international community will commit itself to reduce carbon emissions, has been plagued with controversy. That is because of a leaked Danish document that allegedly favors the rich and takes from [...]

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Copenhagen summit starts today

December 7, 2009

The world’s attention is turned to Denmark between today and the 18th of December. The event will be used by attendants to write a binding climate treaty. According to a report on the website of the COP15, as the conference has been named, it “convened in an upbeat mood after a series of promises by [...]

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YouTube joins climate change debate in the run-up to COP15

December 2, 2009

The joys of open access internet television … Technorati Tags: Climate change, COP15, Government of Denmark, Kyoto Protocol, Renewable energy, United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, YouTube Related Posts:Dispatch from Brazil: climate changeSeattle turns waste into renewable energyRenewable energy summit opens in the Middle EastRenewable energy: perspectivesInitiative wants more legal support for clean energy

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