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Canada: We Accept Concept of Climate Debt

Canada gives details of new "Climate Debt Mechanism," announces details of pilot program in Africa. Ugandan delegation lauds proposal. (Photo: Scanpix/AFP). Read more

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More than 200 activists detained Sunday

Danish police stopped an unauthorized demonstration on a second day of street protests over climate change as environment ministers met for informal talks to advance negotiations on a new pact. (Photo: Scanpix/AFP)
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Bangladesh: Let the World Bank manage climate fund

The Bangladesh delegation demands allocation from any climate change adaptation fund in proportion to the percentage of its population exposed to climate change. Read more

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African Union threatens to scuttle a deal

African Union climate negotiator Meles Zenawi has sought Chinese and Indian backing if the African demands are not being taken seriously. (Photo of Ethiopia's President Girma Wolde Giorgis (C) and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (L) on their arrival at a farewell ceremony for the Ethiopian delegation leaving for Copenhagen: Scanpix/Reuters) Read more

Blogs

Behind the scenes

In the eye of climate change: Greenland getting greener

13.12.09. New exhibition about Greenland’s climate change challenges opens in Copenhagen.Read blog

Climate Thinkers

Time is up – the deadline is Copenhagen

07.12.09 Connie Hedegaard, Minister for the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen 2009, is the latest contributor to the Climate Thinkers Blog. Read blog

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Climate Greetings

Send your greetings to the leaders of the world gathered at COP15. Climate Greetings

COP15 Webcast

For the duration of the conference, all official meetings and press conferences will be available live and on-demand in original languages and in English translation. Shortly after the close of each meeting, on-demand files will be available. Also, a selection of side events will be available on-demand in original languages. COP15 Webcast

Facts

What consequences can we expect?

Predicting the consequences of global warming is one of the really difficult tasks for the world’s climate researchers. (Photo: Scanpix/Reuters) Read more

A working laboratory for energy technologies

Energy efficiency in Denmark has been created by a range of new technologies, and today, this can serve as an example of how one can create high levels of growth. Read more

Climate diplomacy

By hosting the UN climate conference COP15 in 2009, the current Danish government has brought energy into focus again as a decisive political area. (Photo: Bent Petersen/Scanpix) Read more

News features

Failure in Copenhagen is not an option

If the world fails to deliver a political agreement at the UN climate conference in December, it will be “the whole global democratic system not being able to deliver results in one of the defining challenges of our century”, says incoming COP15 president, Connie Hedegaard. (Photo: Claus Fisker/Scanpix) Read more

The essentials in Copenhagen

Rather than getting every small detail of a new global climate treaty done in Copenhagen, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer hopes the conference will reach agreements on four political essentials. Read more