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The climate talks in Copenhagen this month present layers of complexity, shifting alliances among nations, hidden agendas and science laced with persistent uncertainties.
Police Danish police restrain a demonstrator in Copenhagen. (Photo: Johan Spanner for The New York Times)
As the summit moves into its final week, some 15,000 negotiators, environmental groups — and this week, ministers and heads of state — are under pressure to produce some sort of agreement.
Meanwhile, thousands of protesters are taking to Copenhagen’s streets to demand action on the climate and call for greater stewardship of the planet.
The Times’ Andy Revkin and Tom Zeller Jr. are on the ground covering the talks, the protests, and the myriad sideshows surrounding the event.
Submit your questions in the comment section below, and they will answer a selection of them in a video feature early next week.
by COPENHAGEN — [UPDATE, 5 p.m. local time: Representatives from about 40 countries representing the major blocs in climate talks here met today informally to see if they could start whittling down differences over a draft text for an accord. More to come if any progress is announced.] On Saturday, most of the action was on the streets as protesters from around the world — with a dizzying array of causes, from “no nukes” to “climate debt” — marched from the old city center to the Bella Center.
Behind lines of police, negotiators worked through the day trying, in theory at least, to find common ground among 192 countries on steps to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, share the costs of doing so and limit exposure of poor places to climate hazards. I shot the following video around the main march, which saw little of the violence that erupted elsewhere in the city tonight between police and more radical elements, nicknamed the “black masks.” Here’s Tom Zeller’s roundup from the streets.
In the negotiations, the intensity has ramped up far faster than at previous treaty conferences I’ve covered over the years. To my mind this is due to the consequential nature of things this time. Push really finally is coming to shove over emissions and money. Read more…
The climate talks in Copenhagen this month present layers of complexity, shifting alliances among nations, hidden agendas and science laced with persistent uncertainties.
Meanwhile, thousands of protesters are taking to Copenhagen’s streets to demand action on the climate and call for greater stewardship of the planet.
The Times’ Andy Revkin and Tom Zeller Jr. are on the ground covering the talks, the protests, and the myriad sideshows surrounding the event.
Submit your questions in the comment section below, and they will answer a selection of them in a video feature early next week.
via Dot Earth
Danish police restrain a demonstrator in Copenhagen. (Photo: Johan Spanner for The New York Times)
As the summit moves into its final week, some 15,000 negotiators, environmental groups — and this week, ministers and heads of state — are under pressure to produce some sort of agreement. Meanwhile, thousands of protesters are taking to Copenhagen’s streets to demand action on the climate and call for greater stewardship of the planet.
The Times’ Andy Revkin and Tom Zeller Jr. are on the ground covering the talks, the protests, and the myriad sideshows surrounding the event.
Submit your questions in the comment section below, and they will answer a selection of them in a video feature early next week.
via Dot Earth
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