Copenhagen Climate Talks

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The COP15 UN climate talks will take place in Copenhagen this December. 
This group offers the chance to talk to others about your aspirations and expectations for the talks.
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    • COP17 delegates use green cars

    • Nissan's electric cars are being used to move delegates to and from COP17 in Durban.

    • Chris Huhne at the Carbon Show

    • Chris Huhne promises renewable power revolution in the UK at the Carbon Show.

    • The role of cities in cutting carbon

    • Birmingham City Council's Sandy Taylor at Sustainable Business - the Event.

    • SocEnv on Copenhagen

    • SocEnv's John Cartensen speaks at Sustainable Business - the Event

    • Hyder talks Copenhagen

    • Hyder consultant Paul Maryan at Sustainable Business - the Event

    • WWF position on Copenhagen outcomes

    • The WWF's Dax Lovegrove at Sustainable Business - the Event

    • Climate Change Committee on Copenhagen outcomes

    • Prof Julia King of the Climate Change Committee talks Copenhagen and UK targets.

    • Can the UK meet its carbon commitments?

    • Julia King, Committee on Climate Change, talks about the UK's emissions reduction targets and carbon budgets. Speaking at Sustainable Business - the Event.

    • Why everyone needs to be an environmental professional

    • John Cartensen, chief exec of SocEnv, outlines the failures and successes of Copenhagen and why even those not usually considered environmental professionals - lawyers, teacher, bankers etc - need to develop an awareness of the sustainability agenda. speaking at Sustainable Business - the Event.    

    • How quickly must we become sustainable?

    • Paul Maryan, from consultancy Hyder, considers whether incremental progress towards a sustainable future is good enough, or whether we'll need an abrupt paradigm shift to face the eco-challenges ahead. Speaking at Sustainable Business - the Event.

    • Why Copenhagen was good for cities

    • Sandy Taylor, head of sustainability and climate change at Birmingham City Council, on why COP15 was a step in the right direction for local action on sustainability. speaking at Sustainable Business - the Event.

    • COP15 a 60s student protest - Lord Stern

    • Leading economist and academic, Lord Stern, has compared COP15 and its 'disappointing'  outcome to 1960s student protest. He made the remarks during a talk on 'Beyond Copenhagen' at the Econ at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

    • Launch of new global carbon rankings

    • Cheryl Hicks senior advisor on sustainability at Collective Invention on the launch of a new global carbon rankings scheme

    • Copenhagen climate talks collapse

    • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says biggest polluters make biggest demands but offer the least. Nuclear power for all, he says, would solve worldwide environmental crisis. Latin American socialists led by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez walk out of talks - the boycott ends hope of a global agreement.

    • Africa Group wants Kyoto continuation

    • Chairman of the group, Algerian Kamel Djemouai says Africa does not want to replace the Kyoto Protocoal and is looking for an extension of the current system with the addition of the points outlined in the Bali Action Plan.

    • Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC, at COP15

    • The Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change gives his views on the deadlock at the Copenhagen talks

    • Hilary Clinton at COP15

    • The US Secretary of State outline's the American position while promising involvement in an annual global climate change fighting fund of $100bn if conditions are met.

    • Tough tenth day at COP15

    • A day of protests, stalled talks and walkouts as COP15 reached its tenth day.

    • High level talks start at COP15

    • The latest from the COP15 talks from the people who are there.

    • Mass COP15 walk out

    • Various groups walked out of talks at the Bella Centre today as a number of other delegates were banned from the talks.

    • Delegates kicked out of COP15

    • Delegates have had their COP15 passes revoked following more than 100 world leaders arrival at COP15.
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