Tag archive for ‘Copenhagen’
Revealed – The real Extent of the Copenhagen Climate Conference Failure
Europe’s biggest current affairs magazine DER SPIEGEL has just released new evidence showing how fundamental the disagreement between Western nations and the rising Asian economies of India and China really were at the Copenhagen climate summit. Hitherto unknown recordings (that were accidentally made) reveal the extent of the disagreement.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused Indian Premier [...]
Where is the Money? Europe Should Keep its Promises
The following questions were hotly debated in last year’s European Council meetings: How much financial assistance should Europe deliver in the run up to Copenhagen? In which time-frame, and under which conditions? With the financial and economic crisis in the back of everyone’s minds, none of the 27 heads of state and government attending last [...]
Green Transport – The Next Step in Europe’s Climate Strategy
Reviewing and improving its climate protection strategy will be one of the main challenges facing Europe over the next couple of months. Generating new ideas and ensuring adequate preparation are essential before the world resumes negotiations in Mexico. During her hearing in the European Parliament’s Environment Committee, the new Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard, [...]
Lessons learned? Perspectives for post-Copenhagen
The UN climate summit in Copenhagen has failed to achieve its main purpose: To seal a global deal that will lead the way towards a low-carbon world. There can be no doubt about this dramatic shortcoming. Despite all the public attention and all the scientific recommendations for immediate action, over 100 heads of states and [...]
The Copenhagen Failure shows: There is no effective Global Politics!
In the early hours of this morning the news of the failure of the Copenhagen summit on climate change hit the news wires. I won’t repeat the individual disappointments as the papers will be full of it today. But I would like to comment on the political implications of this disaster. It shows that there [...]
Overcoming the Economic Recession with Green Policies: An Opportunity we cannot afford to miss!
There is no need to choose between environmental protection, economic development and social justice.
A socially just and environmentally sustainable future where markets serve the people and economic growth respects the planet is possible. I hope that the Conference of the parties in Copenhagen will lead the world forward along the path to a true [...]
Green Pathways
National decisions remain the essential building blocks of effective ecological internationalism.
It is in the nature of social democrats to be outward-looking, to seek the good of the world beyond the borders of the nation. We are natural internationalists. In the realm of ecological politics, the trend is further accentuated because so many major environmental problems [...]
Protecting Tropical Forests – More than a side event in the run up to Copenhagen
Deforestation and its impacts as a topic of international climate negotiations have been underestimated for too long. While the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC calculates that deforestation accounts for around 20 percent of global greenhouse gases, recent scientific findings emphasise that this figure might be much higher. Therefore, deforestation comes after energy supply and [...]
