Copenhagen News

Copenhagen News.

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  'A Global eBay for Caring'

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 6, 2009 1:23 PM ET

  has invited Barack Obama and Bill Gates to support the venture, which is scheduled to launch in December at the international climate conference in Copenhagen. He cites Obama's pioneering use of social media in his presidential campaign as a model for the Hope Plus site.While it seems that thi Read More

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  The Highs and Lows of Climate Activism

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 4, 2009 3:05 PM ET

  you may be disappointed to learn they will travel there by plane instead of climbing. The meeting will occur just before world leaders meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December to discuss solutions to global warming.The AP reports that glaciers are melting rapidly, forming lakes that threate Read More

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  Brazil Poised to Provide Climate Leadership

  By David Bois | Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:24 AM ET

  by the Brazilian government as "the most significant step yet by a developing country going into December's United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen."The primary source of excitement surrounding Brazil's nascent initiative is its apparent intent to leap well over the bar set for it as Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, United Nations, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Nature, Amazon, Brazil, Greenhouse Gas, Deforestation, Denmark, U.N. Climate Change Conference
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  Tinker Bell Granted Ambassadorship

  By Darragh Worland | Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:07 PM ET

  Bell's latest flick at UN Headquarters in New York and was intended to promote environmental awareness ahead of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December, where countries will aim to come to a new global agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Of course the move is Read More

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  Cabinet Holds Session Under Water

  By Darragh Worland | Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:13 PM ET

  to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Countries around the world are drafting similar documents ahead of the U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen this December where global leaders will sign a new Kyoto Protocol, setting standards for the reduction of greenhouse gases in years t Read More

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  Get In Bed with Kofi Annan

  By David Jenison | Wed Oct 7, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  and he is using the song (see video below) to launch a digital petition to push for climate justice at December's U.N. Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was joined by 'Inglorious Bastards" star Melanie Laurent and Havas Worldwide honcho David Jones last week t Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Celebrities, Australia, Planet, Pollution, Greenhouse Gas, Deforestation, Denmark, Nobel Peace Prize, Kyoto, Global Green
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  Banking on Carbon

  By Ben Corbett | Thu Oct 1, 2009 4:12 PM ET

  the reporting process and producing a verifiable baseline any entity can use to address climate change."With the coming U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen this December, the carbon tracking and environmental auditing industry could potentially break wide open. With all the stimulus mone Read More

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  Markets Demystified, No Impact Days, Google's Layers

  By Planet Green | Thu Oct 1, 2009 9:35 AM ET

  market, you'll wish you had a kitchen as cool as these for preparing a fresh meal. Check out these amazing green kitchens. Google Earth Ramps Up for Copenhagen: New Layers for Exploring Climate Change Scenarios (Video) - Take a tour courtesy of Google Earth and see what the world could look lik Read More

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  Cut Those Gases

  By Darragh Worland | Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:59 PM ET

  natural gas industries in an effort to solicit broader support.The bill could lead to a vote before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December. Either way, it's a long overdue step toward much-needed environmental legislation. Photo courtesy o Read More

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  Recessions Are Healthy

  By Ben Corbett | Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:03 PM ET

  policymakers will engage in the final sessions leading up to the all-important Kyoto II climate-change conference occurring in December in Copenhagen.So who said recessions are bad? Photo courtesy NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center vi Read More

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