{"id":1518,"date":"2009-12-07T11:40:38","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T16:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:53:08","slug":"copenhagen-summit-starts-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/copenhagen-summit-starts-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen summit starts today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: COP15 website<\/figcaption><\/figure>The world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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<\/a>, as the conference has been named, it \u00e2\u20ac\u0153convened in an upbeat mood after a series of promises by rich and emerging economies to curb their greenhouse gases, but with major issues yet to be resolved\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.
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Renewable energy is a big part of the negotiation process in Copenhagen as any deal that comes out of this event will include policies to wean the world off fossil fuels and other pollutants and switch to green sources of energy. Helping poor nations to adapt to climate change is also a big part of the deal.<\/p>\n

According to the same report, this first week will be spent on refining a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153complex text of a draft treaty. But major decisions will await the arrival next week of environment ministers and the heads of state in the final days of the conference, which is due to end Dec. 18\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when Obama will be present at the event.<\/p>\n

The UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Guardian newspaper has created a liveblog<\/a> on the conference which is worth following. If you enjoy Twitter, the microblogging website is abuzz with Copenhagen-related chat<\/a>.
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Now, if you enjoy art and creativity, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d suggest a visit to the New Life Copenhagen website<\/a>, an art festival and social experiment organized by the artist-run community Wooloo.org. The festival takes place in thousands of Danish homes during the COP15. It is hosting more than 3,000 climate activists with private families in Copenhagen, but does not involve any actual exhibitions or physical works of art. Instead, the organizers have invited participants to live together \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u0153and to live in new ways\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Sounds like an interesting experiment.<\/p>\n

Energy Refuge is looking forward to see what the outcome of this conference will be. With so many people involved and enormous interests at stake, COP15 really is a box of surprises. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just hope the health of the planet as we know will be prioritized.<\/p>\n

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