Missing 350: Signing Up For A Catastrophe – December 18, 2009

By Chris Chang-Yen Phililps, cross-posted from dirtblog.

I’ve been sitting all day in an amazing media hub (and bar) that tcktcktck has set up here called the Fresh Air Centre, watching journalists and bloggers and UN spokespeople come in and out. I’ve been editing stories for Project Survival Media and youthclimate.org, trying to get the word out about the events we’ve been locked out of inside the Bella Center. And I was sitting here when someone announced a report had leaked from the UN that… more

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Climate Change As a Keystone Issue: Combatting Climate Fixes Other Problems – December 18, 2009

A developing country has several key issues to deal with in every election that encompass the basic amenities like drinking water, electricity, public transport, employment opportunities, sanitation and garbage disposal. Frequent protests against industrial setups like the case of the Tata Nano (the world’s cheapest car) in Singur, West Bengal or the case of a polluting copper recycling plant in Goa are detrimental to the growth of the industry as well as the environment. In a democratic system of governance like India, Climate change policies in election agendas can very well be incorporated as profitable business models beneficial to citizens, industrial development, and the environment.

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What’s the Deal? – December 18, 2009

Are we going to have a deal tonight? All that is left to do for the Project Survival NL team is wait and hope. While it is crunch time for the world leaders inside the Bella Center to rack out a credible climate deal, we cannot do much more than keep a close eye on the news with our fingers crossed.

The picture was totally different earlier this week: we had our hands full with all sorts of exciting events. Our second week at the COP15 started with a definite highlight. On Monday morning part of the team had a meeting with the Dutch Ministers of… more

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Groups Take to the Streets to Protest Exclusion from COP 15 – December 16, 2009

Tensions were rising inside and outside the Bella Center in Copenhagen today, with a demonstration and sit-in to protest the exclusion of developing countries and civil society from COP15 climate negotiations. Demonstrators marched on the conference center, where high-level talks are now beginning, demanding “no decisions about us without us.” They were planning to meet with hundreds of delegates from inside the talks to hold a “People’s Assembly” together outside. Organizers said they were aiming to come up with alternative agreements to those being discussed by negotiators, which many feel are neither ambitious nor inclusive enough. Instead, two NGOs arrived… more

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Climate March in Copenhagen – December 14, 2009

Over 100,000 people converged in Copenhagen December 12, 2009 to demand a fair, ambitious and binding treaty by the end of the climate summit. This gallery is a selection of some of photographer Robert van Waarden best images from the day.

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