We should change tack on climate after Copenhagen
The dismal failure of the UN talks may finally get us to face the facts about what works and what does not to cure climate change, writes Bjørn Lomborg
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The UN’s climate change conference in Copenhagen ended in confusion, disagreement and disarray – but seemingly with a deal, though one not as ambitious as delegates had hoped for after two weeks of wrangling
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EU in cold as climate deal redefines relations
The European Union had hoped to use its pledge to deepen emissions cuts as a bargaining chip to coax the US and China into stronger action, but Barack Obama brushed aside EU demands and forged a non-binding deal
UN urges end to climate wrangling
Threat to legally binding treaty
Beijing rejects UK Copenhagen criticism
China: Miliband comments are ‘political scheme’
India welcomes Copenhagen accord
Re-affirms its solidarity with China
China hails deal despite being cast villain
UK blames Beijing over Copenhagen
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Copenhagen: A discordant accord
The failure of climate talks to forge a global deal increases doubts about the UN’s ability to solve the world’s most pressing problem
Dismal outcome at Copenhagen fiasco
Governments need to understand, even if they cannot say so, that the conference was worse than useless. If you draw the world’s attention to an event of this kind, you have to deliver, otherwise the political impetus is lost
Hopes for new order from climate chaos
Many participants seem to have lost sight of the reason why they are in Copenhagen: to save the world from what the majority of scientists insist is an impending disaster
Lessons of a memorably chaotic global gathering
The rich-poor divide will not be bridged as long as many developing nations frame climate finance from the north in terms of “carbon debt”, writes Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff
Bah, humbug. For rich nations, this is not the season for giving
Given the murkiness with which aid is labelled and distributed, any promise is highly uncertain when announced and its implementation almost impossible to judge in retrospect
Copenhagen’s nuclear glow
The demonstrators in Copenhagen this week should come to grips with an inconvenient truth: alternatives to smashing atoms are costly and ineffective
Leaders must now agree climate deal
On Thursday some 115 heads of government will descend on the Danish capital to try to agree on a global climate deal. They must succeed – and not stumble over public financing
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Carbon emissions past and projected
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Reducing emissions
Interactive graphic: compare the pledges made by some of the world’s major economies to cut carbon emissions by 2020 from their 2005 levels
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Breaking the deadlock
With two days left to secure a deal the US attempts to break the deadlock by backing a proposal that developed countries should provide poorer nations with $100bn per year by 2020 to fight climate change
Will the Copenhagen climate talks break down?
Ed Crooks ,energy editor,discusses the possibility that the climate talks will break down before a deal can be reached
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No agreement at Copenhagen
Former BP chief Lord Browne says an agreement is unlikely but public opinion must be won
