Prentice doubtful on climate change accord in Copenhagen

Prentice said the Copenhagen meeting is still important, but "it's more likely we'll be working toward some agreed principles."

15/10/2009 "Obama has to go to Copenhagen," says Wallström

The chances of a deal on a new global climate treaty hinge upon the US president's willingness to attend the crucial United Nations summit this December. "Obama has to go to Copenhagen," European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallström said, on 14 October. "That will be a signal because the leaders do not want to leave with a failure," she told a seminar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. But top climate analyst Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, cautioned Europe not to have "too much expectation" as "you might fall off a cliff". Claussen said Copenhagen must not become a "blame the US" game, to which Wallström responded: "I am afraid I won't be able to promise that we won't blame the US".

[Climate hoax] fund remains almost empty

While the need for climate change adaptation funding is generally agreed to amount to hundreds of billions of US dollars, the UN fund set up for the purpose in 2008 currently holds just 18 million – not billion – US dollars.

[Were climate realists represented?]: World’s media gear up to COP15 in Copenhagen

Strong messages on new climate deal from politicians and scientists to news editors gathered in Copenhagen.