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Report from Day 2 of Copenhagen Summit
The first-day was just for warming up. Picking up my delegate's badge, finding my bearings in the huge complex where the summit takes place and figuring out the value of the Danish currency, i.e....
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Comment on Canadian media coverage of Copenhagen summit
The original intention of this blog was to provide a ‘non-mainstream’ news source about the Copenhagen summit. That this is badly needed is obvious by the current coverage of the Copenhagen conference...
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Morning briefing with Canada's lead negotiator Michael Martin (Friday,...
This morning, I got to the conference centre around 8AM in order to attend the daily meeting between NGOs and Canada’s lead negotiator, Michael Martin. I didn’t gain a lot of information from the...
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Tuvalu? A small island state makes a big impression.
Yesterday, one of the world’s smallest countries, Tuvalu, made a big impression. Wikipedia tells me that there are about 12.000 Tuvaluvians (?) on a territory of 26 square km. Yet, this small country...
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Strategizing on Sunday afternoon
Just got back from spending an afternoon strategizing about next week with other members of the Climate Action Network International. Venue was a large classroom at Copenhagen University. We broke up...
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More evidence to confirm what we knew already
For the few of you who might still have some doubts: Canada just does not have the credibility to be a leader on climate change. In Copenhagen, environmental NGOs daily show that Canada is trailing...
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Awaiting the final verdict ...
It is Friday December 18, just after 3PM. I am sitting here in the Øksnehallen in downtown Copenhagen, huddled together with other NGO activists that were banned from the conference centre. I have...
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Canada is the 2009 COLOSSAL FOSSIL OF THE YEAR
Few of the NGO delegates - and definitely not the Canadian NGO delegates - were surprised to find out that Canada won - again - the Colossal Fossil of the Year award.This is the official press...
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