Michael Bascombe's Blog Posts Tagged 'Copenhagen' (3)

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(Photo Caption: Ambassador Collin Beck)



COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 4, 2009 - Failure in Copenhagen is not an option in seeking a legally binding international agreement when world leaders meet next week to discuss a new climate change deal, said Collin Beck, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Solomon Islands to the United Nations.



Speaking ahead of the start of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change… Continue

By Patrick Worsnip



UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The U.N. environmental chief called on rich nations on Thursday to pledge $10 billion a year for three years at next month's Copenhagen summit to help poor states begin to tackle the impact of climate change.



Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, told a news conference that was a short-term figure and that in 10 or 20 years hundreds of billions of dollars would be needed annually to cope with global… Continue

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, November 17, 2009 – The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on Tuesday rejected calls by some world leaders, including the biggest polluters, to stall a legally binding outcome at next month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen.



The grouping of most vulnerable states instead maintained that the developed nations should continue to build on actions already… Continue