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Copenhagen – farce then tragedy

31 minutes ago ago from Socialist Resistance: Fourth International in Britain

Roy Wilkes writes Something rotten happened in Denmark. The fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties, in which so many had invested so much hope, began as farce and ended in tragedy. Anyone who still had the faintest illusion that the climate crisis could be resolved within capitalism has now seen it fatally dashed against the rocks of Copenhagen. Of course, our rulers cannot blame themselves for this fiasco. So, who ...

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New world order set agenda in climate talks

16 hours ago ago from Open Your Eyes News

Irish Times NOBODY really knows the full story about what happened during the crucial last day of the Copenhagen climate summit; even the participants are still trying to piece it all together. There were so many meetings, involving so few, going on at the Bella Centre that nearly everyone was in the dark, writes FRANK McDONALD. Venezuelan president Huge Chavez could “smell the sulphur”, and he was not alone. It became a cloak-and-daggers ...

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21 hours ago ago from Haciendo Punto En Otro Blog

http://counterpunch.org/tokar12232009.html What was really decided in Copenhagen? or, “50,000 people went to Denmark and all they got was a lousy 3-page political agreement” Brian Tokar Detailed accounts from participants in the recent Copenhagen climate summit are still coming in, but a few things are already quite clear, even as countries step up the blame game in response to the summit’s disappointing conclusion. First, the 2 1/2 ...

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Xiu Min Li: We have all disagreed to agree, now what?

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The Copenhagen Accord is weak and will not pressure countries to do more on climate change. There were too many competing national interests and not enough leadership to push for a real deal. Obama came too late and had too little to offer; China never conceded its bottom line which was the refusal to agree to binding target of emission reduction. Everyone that mattered at all politically was too concerned about the political and economic ...

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Copenhagen Climate Change Conference: Day 8 Recap

11 hours ago ago from Biofuel Information

After a brief boycott of the UN Climate talks on Monday, poor countries agreed to resume talks. The European Union says poor countries have stopped their boycott of climate change negotiations and have found a solution to their dispute with rich nations. Informal talks resolved the impasse between rich and poor nations ending the day long boycott, which was started by African countries and backed by 135 developing countries including ...

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