A Run Through The Latest on Copenhagen
Posted by Mackinnon Lawrence on 12/18/09 • Categorized as Climate, Issues
- Obama has delivered his speech in Copenhagen, but it did little to move the assembly towards any agreement.
- With the wreckage of a controversial week still smoldering, UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon has asked world leaders to stay overnight in Copenhagen to secure a deal.
- President Barack Obama met other world leaders in a last push for a new global climate deal on Friday, after negotiators failed to reach a deal on carbon cuts in all-night talks.
- From the Guardian: California Governor Schwarzenegger spoke about the role of sub-national governments in driving momentum forward on climate change while Al Gore urged that we “can” and “must” hammer out a binding agreement.
- Biofuels took center stage at the conference on Wednesday “highlighting how renewable, clean fuels sustainably created from current and next generation bioenergy feedstocks can reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), improve food security, stimulate economic development and reduce global poverty” (Biomass Intel discusses biomass production as a strategy for mitigating climate change).
- USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack delivered a keynote address where he discussed the importance of the Obama Administration partnering with rural communities to create solutions for curbing greenhouse gases and preventing the worst impacts of climate change.
- Environmental Defense Fund reports that forests may be the big winner in Copenhagen (Biomass Intel discusses Finland’s aggressive policies aimed at integrating the country’s vast forest resources into it climate mitigation strategy).
- The EU and African nations among proponents of an international cap-and-trade agreement that controls skyrocketing emissions from international aviation and maritime shipping (Biomass Intel reports on EPA’s draft maritime shipping emission rules).
- Grist reports that the U.S. unveiled a $350 million global effort to help provide clean energy technology to developing countries.
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