Crikey

By Matthew Knott in Copenhagen After two weeks of around the clock negotiations and the participation of over a hundred of world leaders, the Copenhagen climate change summit has ended in failure, producing a flimsy political agreement far weaker than even the most pessimistic observers expected at the start of the talks. The agreement – hastily [...]

Waiting for Obama: The last day at Copenhagen

By Matthew Knott in Copenhagen The Copenhagen climate change summit has been an attention seeker’s nirvana: protester stunts, global warming sceptics and grandstanding politicians have provided colourful copy for journalists locked out of most of the negotiation sessions. But lost in all the talk of arrests and walkouts and stolen emails have been the voices of those [...]

By Matthew Knott in Copenhagen In an impassioned attempt to save the UNFCC process from bogging down indefinitely, Al Gore today demanded world leaders commit to signing a legally-binding treaty by July next year, not the end of 2010 as has been flagged previously. And in a move destined to ignite debate in the US, Gore also [...]