Cycle Diaries / Policy
- 19thDec 2009
Copenhagen: ambitions versus outcomes
As the dust (or snow) settles on the UN Climate Conference, we summarise the ambitions going in and outcomes after 2 weeks of intense wrangling.
Read more - 19thDec 2009
Copenhagen: ambitions versus outcomes
As the dust (or snow) settles on the UN Climate Conference, we summarise the ambitions going in and outcomes after 2 weeks of intense wrangling.
Read more - 11thDec 2009
Copenhagen Day 5
Another draft text Agreement for the Conference appears – this time from the Chair of the Long-Term Co-operative Action Group!
Read more - 10thDec 2009
Copenhagen Day 4
The Danish orchestrated draft of the Copenhagen Agreement has been leaked, which has resulted in a fury amongst many developing countries who argue the agreement would give greater power to the rich developed countries and sidelines the United Nations.
Read more - 7thDec 2009
Copenhagen Day 1
After 2-years of build-up from the Bali Roadmap (COP13) Hopenhagen (COP15) has officially kicked started - Day 1 has drawn to a close. The Bella Center is abuzz with people here to put in some hard graft over the next 2-weeks. And all with the hope it will result in substantive progress towards an international agreement that matches the scale of ambition needed to tackle climate change. Being here on the ground for this first week I am watching first hand the climate science be transformed into the policy archectiture that will shape our global future.
Read more - 14thFeb 2009
Music industry leads fight against 'greenwash'
It seems everyone wants to be 'carbon neutral', 'wholly sustainable' and 'low emission' as businesses and organisations realise the importance of the environment in the market place.
Read more - 4thFeb 2009
Scotland plans thousands of green jobs
Whilst the Scottish Parliament has yet to pass a budget, Finance Secretary John Swinney is planning as series of proposals to create thousands of new 'green' jobs as part of the countries economic recovery plan based on "new low-carbon industries in energy production, energy efficiency and sustainable transport".
Read more - 4thFeb 2009
Pester Power Prods Parents
Environmentally aware kids are doing their bit for the environment - perhaps on the rather reasonable basis suggested by one five year that "when I grow up I want there to be some of the world left for us".
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