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Copenhagen
Scott Brown and climate change
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The election of an anti-cap & trade Republican to fill the seat of the late Senator Ted Kennedy is further clouding prospects for a climate bill in the Senate. And that in turn makes prospects for strong global action on climate change even murkier. Peter Thomson reports. Download MP3
Entire program – December 21, 2009
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Today on The World: The funeral of one of Iran’s most influential dissident voices stirs new protests from opposition supporters; Also, nations point fingers at each other after the failure to reach a binding agreement at the Copenhagen climate summit; Plus a video game in which the Russians are the bad guys, gains popularity in Russia.
Copenhagen aftermath
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The outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit has disappointed many and now the blame game is in full swing. UK Prime Minister Brown says the climate summit was held to ransom by a small number of countries. Marco Werman talks with The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson. Download MP3
Global Political Cartoons: Dec 12 – 18, 2009
The World’s Carol Hills reviews the week’s news through political cartoons from around the globe. This week: the Earth fumes, economic giants continue to belch c02s, and Copenhagen produces an agreement that’s about as helpful as half a life raft.
Copenhagen climate conference
China and Indonesia have hailed the Copenhagen UN climate summit outcome, despite its cool reception from aid agencies and campaigners. President Obama defended the accord he helped broker with China and other main powers. The non-binding pact, called the Copenhagen Accord, was not adopted by consensus at the UN climate summit in Denmark.
“Meaningful agreement” in Copenhagen
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President Barack Obama said on Friday that a “meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough” had been reached among the US, China, and three other countries on a global effort to curb climate change but said much work was still be needed to reach a legally binding treaty. The President had earlier called on world leaders to come together to strike a deal on the final day of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen. The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson is in Copenhagen. Download MP3Talking Travel: Copenhagen and holiday travel
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Pity the poor delegates to the Climate Conference in Copenhagen. They’re all stuck inside that conference hall. That’s too bad, because Copenhagen and Denmark have a lot to offer a tourist. In our Talking Travel podcast with Lonely Planet, we’ll tell you about some of those tourist spots. We’ll also discuss holiday travel, which sometimes, as you’ll hear, involves spiders in Burma. (Photo: Christer Frederiksson for Lonely Planet)
Climate deal might have to wait
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen that the US was prepared to work toward mobilizing $100 billion a year for developing countries to help them deal with climate change. The announcement comes as doubts grow over whether the summit will achieve its declared goals of agreeing cuts in emissions, and deciding on how much rich countries should pay to assist developing countries. The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson is in Copenhagen. Download MP3 (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)Geo answer
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For today’s Geo Quiz we’re looking for one of the world’s bicycling capitals. The answer is Copenhagen. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Assaf Biderman of MIT’s SENSEable City Lab, who’s in Copenhagen today, about a new bicycle wheel that his team designed. It’s called the Copenhagen Wheel.
Copenhagen police battle climate talks protesters
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Police have forced back hundreds of protesters who tried to break through a perimeter fence at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen. Activists have been angered by lack of progress on a new climate deal and also by restrictions on access to the talks. Inside the conference, today’s “high-level” session was delayed when several developing countries protested about procedural issues. The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson reports from the Copenhagen summit. Download MP3 (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) Climate change in Peru
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Deep divisions between rich and poor nations are threatening to derail the negotiations at the climate summit in Copenhagen. The consequences of failure would have a global impact, from the world’s mountains to its jungles. Peru is a country that has both. John Beaupre tells us that the South American nation is feeling the effects of climate change from top to bottom. Download MP3
Parsing global climate change polls
Have you ever wondered why two polls on climate change, both done by credible organizations and both asking not dissimilar questions, can come up with strikingly different results? Well, so has political scientist Richard Worthington (pictured). Worthington’s in Copenhagen this week, and science journalist Daniel Grossman caught up with him. Continue reading by following the links below.
Global Political Cartoons: Dec 5 – 11, 2009
The World’s Carol Hills picks out her favorite political cartoons from the past week. In this episode: polar bears float on ever-receding floating ice chunks; Copenhagen climate change delegates blow a lot of hot air; the Nobel Peace Prize winner wears Army fatigues, and the sexy new look of Tiger Woods’ golf clubs.
Daniel Grossman’s Copenhagen blog
Science reporter Daniel Grossman is in Copenhagen to cover the Climate Summit. The World has asked him to file occasional blog posts. In his first entry, Daniel describes a visit to an unassuming, but very eco-friendly dwelling just outside the Danish capital. Click below to continue reading. (Photo: Rockwool)
Underground energy concerns
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To produce cleaner energy, companies and governments are looking to capture carbon emissions, and store them underground. But that’s not necessarily popular with the locals. Later today, The World’s Gerry Hadden will report on a carbon capture project in Germany. Download MP3 (Photo of German carbon capture facility: Gerry Hadden)
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