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Not done yet: unfinished climate business

Despite the massive disappointment of Copenhagen, the climate movement cannot not give up until we get a fair, ambitious and legally binding, says Anna Rose

Obama in Copenhagen: the liveblog

Follow Matthew Knott as he follows Barack Obama’s movements at the Copenhagen summit — from the hours of anticipation beforehand to the final, disappointing speech.

Copenhagen fails

After two weeks of around the clock negotiations between over a hundred world leaders, Copenhagen has produced a flimsy political agreement far weaker than even the most pessimistic observers had expected, says Matthew Knott.

Political snippets: Copenhagen confusing, the Gail Kelly admiration society, the Governator of Palin

The reports from Copenhagen are very confusing, with still no news of what the final outcome will be. Is this Chinese tactic of testing the nerve of those they negotiate with being repeated?

Crikey Says: Fair facts: The Oz simply does it better

How did the mainstream media go covering Kevin Rudd at Copenhagen, or for that matter the entire Copenhagen Climate Change Conference?

The end of Copenhagen, or just the beginning?

As Copenhagens winds down, Anna Rose reflects on how far the climate movement has come — and just how much further it has to go. But with little time left and no climate deal in sight, is Copenhagen really a new beginning, or the beginning of the end?

Copenhagen will lead to 3C rise

A confidential UN document obtained by the Guardian says the emissions cuts offered in Copenhagen so far will lead to a 3C rise in global temperatures. Despite a $100b pledge by the US last night, talks are still at a standstill.

Monbiot: What Obama should say in Copenhagen

Barack Obama is a busy man — what with being leader of the free world and all — so George Monbiot has kindly gone to the trouble of penning his big Copenhagen speech for him.

Kevin in Copenhagen: the liveblog

Crikey’s man-on-the-ground in Copenhagen, Matthew Knott liveblogs speeches by Our Kevin, Hillary Clinton, Gordon Brown, Yvo de Boer and other world leaders.

Hoping beyond hope at 
Copenhagen

Kevin Rudd has arrived in Copenhagen early, but the star of the show is Mohamed Nasheed, the President of the Maldives, who has become a new symbol of hope — or perhaps wishful thinking.

Fake Stephen Fielding does Copenhagen on the fly

Fake Stephen Fielding finds himself the lone voice of reason among a sea of climate alarmism in Copenhagen.

Political snippets: It’s getting hot in here…

The temperature of the world is actually on track to be warmer at the end of the century by 0.1 of a degree Centigrade than it was before discussions at Copenhagen started.

Crikey Says: Once more with Fielding, find him a scientist

If you’re reading this, and you’re based in Copenhagen right now, the Australian taxpayer would be greatly obliged if you could point Senator Fielding in the direction of a qualified scientist.

Video of the Day: Eugene Mirman in Copenhagen

Comedian Eugene Mirman represents the US at Copenhagen.

Copenhagen: where are all the scientists?

Lost in all the talk of arrests and walkouts and stolen emails at Copenhagen have been the voices of those whose work brought the whole crazy circus about: climate change scientists. Matthew Knott looks at how science got lost in the white noise.

How a climate deal could end up boosting emissions

Loopholes in draft texts of climate deals in Copenhagen could render any global deal worthless, says New Scientist, allowing countries to say they are committed to a 20% cut in emissions, while actually increasing them by 5-10%.

Taylor: Wong jeered, Chavez cheered

Our Penny was upstaged in her big speech to Copenhagen by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who spoke four times as long as he was supposed to and received a standing ovation by quoting everyone from Karl Marx to Jesus Christ himself, reports Lenore Taylor.

A small win in Copenhagen: forests saved

It’s hardly an emissions treaty, but in what may prove to be the biggest achievement to actually come out of Copenhagen, delegates are likely to sign off soon on an agreement that would compensate countries for preserving forests.

Penny Wong, live in Copenhagen!

Matthew Knott liveblogs Penny Wong’s speech to Copenhagen. She forewarned the crowd that her speech would not be exciting, and she sure delivered. Hugo Chavez, on the other hand…

Naomi Klein: Denmark — good at furniture design, crap at conferences

The Danes are control freaks, says Naomi Klein. It means they can make a really comfy chair, but when the Copenhagen conference didn’t go as they’d planned, everything fell to pieces.

The Media Monitors' Top 20: Copenhagen returns Kevin to his popularity throne

KevinPM finally back to the top as the Copenhagen summit starts looking more like a two week condensation of the climate change debate over the last 12 months in Australia.

Copenhagen: ‘Kyoto killer’ Rudd talks down hopes of strong outcome

PM Kevin Rudd has touched down in Copenhagen and wasted no time in playing down a guarantee of success at the conference, writes Matthew Knott in Copenhagen.

Video of the Day: Copenhagen’s World of Warmcraft

What’s really happening in Copenhagen? With limos, Lord Monckton, melting icebergs and the ‘science’ of climate sceptics, Jon Stewart’s got the climate change low down.

Can Al Gore save Copenhagen?

Al Gore is finally heating up the Copenhagen conference, calling for a world treaty to be signed by July next year, before the movement’s momentum fizzles out, reports Matthew Knott.

Is there any hope left in Copenhagen?

With three days left in Copenhagen, First and Third World countries are still at each other’s throats, delegates are avoiding all the important issues, and the conference is almost certainly doomed to failure, says the WSJ — but that might not be such a bad thing.