7
December 2009
DK
: Rasmussen : Address by the Danish Prime Minister, to the World
Business Summit on Climate Change, Copenhagen
Polity website
Copenhagen
climate change conference : 'Fourteen days to seal history's
judgment on this generation' - 7 December
This editorial calling for action from world leaders on climate
change is published today by 56 newspapers around the world in 20
languages. - Guardian
website
SA
floats emissions deal in exchange for aid - 7 December
South Africa offered on Sunday to slow the growth of its
greenhouse gas emissions by 34 percent by 2020, conditional on a
broader international agreement and financial aid. Africa's
biggest economy made the offer on the eve of international climate
talks in Copenhagen, which it said President Jacob Zuma would
attend. - IOL website
The
time to act is now" . . . or later : The rapid talking
down of expectations for Copenhagen signals a lack of commitment
on the part of industrialised countries - 8 December
Polity website
Draft
Copenhagen climate change agreement : the 'Danish text' - 8
December
Guardian website
Developing
nations furious over climate text - 9 December
Three hours after the "Danish text" had been leaked to
the Guardian, Lumumba Di-Aping, the Sudanese chairman of the group
of 132 developing countries known as G77 plus China, spelt out
exactly why the poor countries he represents were so incensed.
"The text robs developing countries of their just and
equitable and fair share of the atmospheric space. It tries to
treat rich and poor countries as equal," said the diplomat. -
Mail & Guardian website
Draft
text divides climate summit - 8 December
Documents leaked at the UN climate summit reveal divisions between
industrialised and developing countries over the shape of a
possible new deal. Campaigners say a draft text proposed by the
Danish host government would disadvantage poorer nations. - BBC
News website
Legal
expert says draft climate proposal not unusual as 'leaked text'
sparks anger - 9 December
Various news reports from the second day of the 192-nation climate
change conference of the parties (COP) taking place in Copenhagen
were focused on the "leaked Danish texts", which were
made public by the UK's Guardian website on Tuesday. - Polity
website
Climate
summit veers towards emerging economies - 9 December
After a day of turmoil and a night of fence-building, the majority
of 192 countries attending the Dec 7-18 climate summit Wednesday
started to discuss an agreement drafted by India and other
emerging economies to save the world from the worst effects of
climate change. The so-called BASIC draft - because it was drafted
by Brazil, South Africa, India and China - became the main topic
of conversation among the 3,500-odd negotiators and over 12,000
NGOs after a draft penned by host country Denmark was pilloried by
developing countries. - Thaindian
News website
A
rough guide to Who's Who at Copenhagen : and what do they really
want? - 10 December
Many of the nations attending the UN Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen are part of larger international collectives. Here is a
sample of the key groups, or major nations and their prime issues.
The data below each group or country notes that group's percentage
of emissions, gross domestic product and population, as a share of
the global totals. - The
Daily Maverick website
The
unending tragedy of Bhopal - 2 December
Twenty five years and several thousand dead and disabled men,
women and children later, answers to most of the thorny questions
about the world's most horrific industrial tragedyare still
blowing in the wind in Bhopal. Why has the compensation to the
victims been so paltry? Why is there a thick fog over the extent
of contamination of groundwater in the Union Carbide factory
neighbourhood? And above all, why have those responsible been
allowed to go scot free? - BBC
website
In
pictures : Bhopal 25 years on - 3 December
BBC News website