COP15 for journalists: a guide to the UN climate change summit

Governments gather in Denmark in December 2009 for what is perhaps the most important meeting since the end of the second world war. [or not]

Friedman ‘11 tapped by Sierra student group to advocate for tough climate [hoax] treaty in Copenhagen « Bates College

Robert Friedman, a Bates College junior, is one of 18 college students nationwide set to lobby international climate treaty negotiators next month on behalf of a Sierra Club youth organization.
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In Denmark, Friedman says, "youth delegations from all around the world will get together and discuss what we want to see in this final treaty. We'll be composing various policy memos and talking points that we'll submit to every government present at the conference — so that's 192 countries.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Meantime, In the Real World

The lesson from these vignettes? The world need more energy. Much more. Reducing emissions is the wrong focus, the expansion of carbon free energy is more appropriate. But until the costs of alternatives are lower than fossil fuels then news stories like the above will continue to appear around the clock and around the world.

Nikolas Kozloff: Holding the Global North Responsible for Climate Change: What Would Lord Russell Do?

...many in the Global North will scoff at the new tribunal if it is too closely identified with the likes of Fidel Castro or Hugo Chávez.