Copenhagen Conference 2009
Day 10 December 17
Milestones

Hopes for Copenhagen climate deal fade

Prospects for a strong United Nations climate change deal grow more remote full story


Carbon capture loses foothold in climate talks

Prospects for carbon capture look bleak as countries continue to express reservations over the technology full story


Danish P.M. drops plan for new climate texts

Denmark dropped plans to propose new draft texts after opposition from many developing nations full story
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Southeast Asian nations win $800 million climate aid

Vietnam, Thailand and Philippines have access to $800 million to develop and implement climate activities full story

U.S. joins $3.5 billion scheme to fight deforestation

The U.S. has pledged $1 billion for an initial financing toward slowing deforestation full story

John Kerry uncertain of fate of cap and trade

"Cap and trade" might not be included in the U.S. energy and climate change bill full story
Breaking News
  • World waits if President Obama can help salvage faltering climate talks.
  • U.S. vows to help mobilize $100 billion climate aid but wants China to follow strict requirements.
  • Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hit U.S. capitalism, saying "if the climate was a bank, they would already have saved it.”
  • Connie Hedegaard resigns as COP 15 president; Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen takes over.
  • Hundreds of protesters have been arrested outside COP 15. – (I.Y.C.N.)
  • Access to Bella Center restricted; civil society groups no longer allowed in as heads of states are expected to arrive. – (I.Y.C.N.)
  • Cape Verde wind farms to provide 28 percent of power by 2011. Power projects valued at 65 million euros.
  • Maya Lin, world-renowned artist and designer, promotes saving forests in new video at Copenhagen.
  • Vivienne Westwood and Anvil Knitwear Inc. collaborate on sustainable t-shirt to stop deforestation.
Video

U.N. climate chief said negotiations under two-track process are progressing.
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December 16, 2009 day 9
Milestones

Obama sees climate deal as summit deadline nears

President Barack Obama has expressed confidence a climate deal can be clinched full story


Improved Google Earth aids climate change efforts

Google demonstrates new technology prototype that enables online measurement of changes in the earth's forests full story


Africa supports $100 billion 2020 climate fund

The African group of countries scales back demands for climate finance from rich countries full story
Leading Stories

U.N. owes up to huge carbon footprint

U.N. emits the equivalent of 1.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually full story

Half a million people sign Copenhagen petition

Archbishop Desmond Tutu presents a petition with over 500,000 signatures to Yvo de Boer full story

U.S. political stars storm global climate stage

United States political celebrities stole the limelight with high profile calls for action full story

E.U. woos emerging nations for climate alliance

European leaders are courting developing nations to counter the clout of China and the U.S. full story
Breaking News
  • Prince of Wales told Copenhagen delegates a partial solution to climate change is no solution at all.
  • COP 15 President Connie Hedegaard: “The key words for the next few days must be compromise.” – (I.Y.C.N.)
  • U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to Copenhagen.
  • Danish police detained 230 protesters who stormed barricades around the Bella Center.
  • Rome needs bikes to curb 25 percent carbon dioxide emissions.
  • First Solar become first PV company to produce 1 GW in a single year.
  • Around 80 mayors from cities all over the world gather for their own climate summit at Copenhagen.
  • Philippine proposal to cut carbon emissions gains ground.
  • Vietnam's Mekong and Red River deltas face severe flooding due to climate change.
  • CFACT hits activist group Greenpeace as merely a “propaganda warrior.”

Video

U.N.’s Yvo de Boer said next 24 hours
must be used productively.
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