INSIGHTS FOR THE FUTURE FROM THE CHANGE OF CLIMATE IN COPENHAGEN

COMMENTARY ARCHIVES, 16 Jan 2010

Anthony Judge - Laetus in Praesens

The Meaning of "The Meaning of Copenhagen"

Introduction

Immediately following the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Copenhagen, 2009), a number of observers have posted comments analyzing the failure of the event in relation to the hopes originally associated with it. These include:

·    David Batty. Copenhagen reaction: delegates speak. The Guardian, 21 December 2009

·    Raïs Neza Boneza. Remembering the Failure of Copenhagen 2009: schism on global climate summit, 2009. Transcend Media Service, January 2010

·    Fidel Castro Ruz. Fidel Castro: The truth about what happened at Copenhagen. Links: international journal of socialist renewal , 19 December 2009

·    Joshua Chaffin. EU reflects on climate ‘disaster’. Financial Times, 22 December 2009

·    Joshua Chaffin. EU reflects on hard truth after climate ‘disaster’. Financial Times, 23 December 2009

·    James Corbett. A Message to Environmentalists. The Corbett Report, December 2009.

·    James Delingpole. Climategate: the corruption of Wikipedia. The Telegraph, 22 December 2009

·    FT Energy Source. Climate experts’ forum – the Copenhagen agreement: a disappointment or a relief? Financial Times, 19 December 2009

·    Johan Galtung. A Week of Bad Climate. Transcend Media Service, 21 Dec 2009

·    Suzanne Goldenberg. US cult of greed is now a global environmental threat. The Guardian, 10 January 2010

·    Suzanne Goldenberg. Investors urge governments to take immediate action on climate change. The Guardian, 10 January 2010

·    Suzanne Goldenberg. White House climate adviser offers hope after Copenhagen. The Guardian, 11 January 2010

·    Suzanne Goldenberg. US officials helped prepare Obama for Copenhagen summit’s collapse. The Guardian, 13 January 2010

·    Suzanne Goldenberg and John Vidal. UN should be sidelined in future climate talks, says Obama official. The Guardian, 14 January 2010

·    Suzanne Goldenberg, Toby Helm and John Vidal. Copenhagen: The key players and how they rated. The Guardian, 22 December 2009

·    Fiona Harvey. UN urges end to climate wrangling. Financial Times, 23 December 2009

·    Fiona Harvey, Ed Crooks and Andrew Ward. Copenhagen: A discordant accord. Financial Times, 20 December 2009

·    Fiona Harvey, Ed Crooks and Andrew Ward. Climate conference ends in discord. Financial Times, 18 December 2009

·    Fiona Harvey, Amy Kazmin, Geoff Dyer and Jonathan Wheatley. Climate change alliance crumbling. Financial Times, 22 December 2009

·    Richard Heinberg. The Meaning of Copenhagen. Post Carbon Institute, 3 January 2010

·    Rie Jerichow. Copenhagen Accord gets a tepid response from investors. COP-15 Copenhagen, 22 December 2009

·    Martin Khor. Deadlock at Copenhagen at Half Way Mark. South Centre, 14 December 2009

·    Naomi Klein. Copenhagen’s failure belongs to Obama. The Guardian, 21 December 2009

·    Jonathan Lash. Last-minute agreement at Copenhagen marks turning point for the world. The Guardian, 13 January 2010

·    Bjørn Lomborg. We should change tack on climate after Copenhagen. Financial Times, 22 December 2009

·    Mark Lynas. How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room. The Guardian, 22 December 2009

·    Ed Miliband. China tried to hijack Copenhagen climate deal. The Guardian, 20 December 2009

·    George Monbiot. If you want to know who’s to blame for Copenhagen, look to the US Senate. The Guardian, 21 December 2009

·    George Monbiot. Requiem for a Crowded Planet: this is what the failure of the climate talks means. The Guardian, 21 December 2010

·    George Monbiot. Scramble for the Atmosphere. 18 December 2009

·    Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. Climate change: proposed personal briefing. Watt’s Up With That, 1 January 2010

·    Oxfam. Climate shame: get back to the table — Initial analysis of the Copenhagen climate talks. Oxfam Briefing Note, 21 December 2009

·    Pope Benedict XVI denounces failure of world leaders at Copenhagen summit. The Guardian, 11 January 2010

·    Press Association. Copenhagen: Key questions on climate deal. The Guardian, 22 December 2009

·    Jeff Schweitzer. Confusing Weather and Climate: the false debate about global warming. The Huffington Post, 11 January 2010

·    The Economist. Climate change — Planet B: How the underwhelming Copenhagen accord could yet turn into a useful document. 30 December 2009

·    The Economist. Climate change after Copenhagen: China’s thing about numbers. 30 December 2009

·    The Economist. Winners and losers in Copenhagen. 21 December 2009

·    Adam Vaughan and David Adam. Copenhagen climate deal: Spectacular failure – or a few important steps? The Guardian, 22 December 2009

·    John Vidal. Rich and poor countries blame each other for failure of Copenhagen deal. The Guardian, 19 December 2009

·    John Vidal, Allegra Stratton and Suzanne Goldenberg. Low targets, goals dropped: Copenhagen ends in failure. The Guardian, 19 December 2009

A valuable systematic set of links, grouped by date, is provided by Climate Change: The Next Generation and by the Global Policy Forum (Climate Change). The text of the actual agreement is UNFCC Copenhagen Accord (18 December 2009).

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