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Copenhagen climate conference
Copenhagen blog 11: Breakfast in Roskilde
Wed, 12/16/2009 - 16:57
David Johnstone, WDM south-west London group member, writes from Copenhagen
You can't walk far in Copenhagen without being reminded that the conference is in town. Virtually every billboard makes a claim of environmental virtue.
At Norreport Station, one of the city's main transport interchanges, advertisements for Danish wind energy company Vestas plastered all over the walls proclaim them the planet's saviours. The workers laid off when they closed their factory on the Isle of Wight earlier this year may be able to give a fuller picture.
Copenhagen blog 10: World of contrasts
Wed, 12/16/2009 - 14:58
Deborah Doane, WDM director, is just back from Copenhagen
As you walk out of the Bella Centre in Copenhagen, where the main talks are taking place, you’ll find yourself accosted by an absurd small group of protestors accusing the British government of genocide for believing in climate change, and pushing a political agreement on the rest of the world.
Copenhagen blog 9: Carbon cake
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 20:17
Tim Jones, WDM policy officer, writes from Copenhagen
On Monday our climate debt invoice was confiscated inside the negotiations for being ‘too political’. This seemed odd; a politics Geiger counter would explode if it were in the Danish capital. We concluded it was less a case of ‘too political’ than too ‘the wrong kind of political’.
To be more in tune with those in power, we decided to get on message on Tuesday. As negotiators moved from room to room we offered them some World Development Movement carbon cake.
Copenhagen Watch 2
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 13:22
Rich countries blocking talks
Various sources are reporting that developing countries are blocking negotiations in Copenhagen. This is not true. The first task for negotiations in Copenhagen was for rich countries to make new commitments under the Kyoto protocol for reducing emissions. They are not doing so, they are killing the talks. We need you to take action now.
Copenhagen blog 8: Justice deemed too political in Copenhagen
Mon, 12/14/2009 - 19:00
Kirsty Wright, WDM climate justice campaigner, writes from Copenhagen.
On Monday, WDM joined climate debt campaigners from across the world to call for the rich world to repay its climate debt. People from Nepal, Indonesia, Brazil, the Philippines, Argentina, Ecuador and Nigeria gathered outside the Bella Centre, where the UN talks are being hosted. WDM South-west London and South Lakes also joined in.
Copenhagen blog 7: Where are the Pacific Islands?
Sun, 12/13/2009 - 19:00
Kate Blagojevic, WDM press officer, writes from Copenhagen
There is outrage in Copenhagen over a lot of different issues that include tar sands; climate finance; the World Bank; coal; nuclear; carbon trading and the very imminent plight of the small island states. There are of course a lot of sensitivities, politics and high feeling amongst the thousands of people from all over the world who have recently descended on this small city for an intense two weeks of negotiations.
Copenhagen blog 6: The good and the bad…
Sat, 12/12/2009 - 19:00
Vicki Lesley, WDM south-west London group, writes from Copenhagen
After an enjoyably civilised rail journey – including an overnight stopover in Cologne, and the unusual experience of the train actually driving on to the ferry for the short sea crossing – we arrived safely in Copenhagen on Friday evening. Despite the chill in the air – Copenhagen in December is definitely as cold as you’d expect! - it was a great feeling to finally be here, in spitting distance of the negotiations, after all those months of vigorous campaigning and anticipation back home.
Copenhagen blog 5: The money is on the table
Fri, 12/11/2009 - 19:00
Tim Jones, WDM policy officer, writes from Copenhagen
Along the streets of Copenhagen there are happily parked bikes with no locks. With my locked bike stolen a few weeks ago, I am jealous of the bike safety which permeates the Danish capital.
The main news in Copenhagen is from Brussels. Gordon Brown and Nicholas Sarkozy are making the headlines with ‘€2.4 billion [£1.5 billion] a year to help poor countries tackle climate change’.
Copenhagen blog 4: Bribing for a deal
Thu, 12/10/2009 - 19:30
Tim Jones, WDM policy officer, writes from Copenhagen
Off a train. Onto a bus. Into a convention centre with thousands of people. Faces everywhere. Frowning faces, happy faces, confused faces. Lots of confused faces.
Sitting on a green sofa I bump into Dwijen, a friend from a walk we went on a couple of years ago. Dwijen works with communities in Bangladesh already suffering from climate change.
Copenhagen blog 3: Warming up
Wed, 12/09/2009 - 23:30
Kirsty Wright, WDM climate justice campaigner, writes from Copenhagen
Day three of the official negotiations and things are starting to heat up. The leaking of the Danish text yesterday – which exposes the paltry deal that rich countries were hoping to put on the table – has really shifted the tone in Copenhagen.
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