This blogpost was co-authored by Rita Kilpatrick and Brandon Blevins Imagine a society that draws on the power of the wind to generate a significant portion of its electricity. I’m seeing firsthand how Denmark is just such a place. For the past two decades the Danes have committed themselves to developing wind farms on land [...]
While our colleagues Stephen Smith and Jennifer Rennicks are in Copenhagen, this handy widget helps remind us that we have a long way to go. Keep up the pressure!
This post was co-authored by John Wilson. Are LEGO bricks what we need to change our energy future? And why were people playing with them at a side event at “the biggest intergovernmental meeting in history“? The LEGO game was just one of many exhibits at the Bright Green Expo which I attended in Copenhagen, [...]
This post was co-authored by Ulla Reeves. Today as I flew into Copenhagen, I was struck by two very different views of energy production, the large wind turbines off the Danish coast and dotting their farmlands juxtapositioned with the many large smoke stacks surrounding the city. This contrast shows a country in transition, because in [...]
Today marks the end of Week One of the Copenhagen Climate Negotiations and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy’s first day on the ground. Within minutes of landing, I saw dozens of clean energy and climate-related adverts and posters throughout the airport and on the metro elevating the issue and its importance for the thousands [...]
This post was co-authored by Toni Reale. Flying into Copenhagen this morning, it is easy to see why the threat of rising seas and associated coastal impacts is taken very seriously by the 5.33 million citizens of low-lying Denmark. More than 40% of Denmark’s residents live in the coastal zone (within 3km of the sea) [...]
As Jen and I prepare to head over to Copenhagen Friday, this article caught my eye: “Decade of 2000s was warmest ever, scientists say.” Also, our friends at National Wildlife Federation and Union of Concerned Scientists have put together some good “Fast Facts on Global Warming Science.”
The world’s eyes are firmly fixed on Copehangen, Denmark today for the opening of the 15th Conference of the Parties on climate change. For the next 14 days, delegates from the United States and 191 other nations will discuss, argue and negotiate towards what we hope will be a universally-accepted, fair, ambitious and binding international [...]
Administration Announces U.S. Emission Target for Copenhagen The White House announced today that President Obama will travel to Copenhagen on Dec. 9 to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where he is eager to work with the international community to drive progress toward a comprehensive and operational Copenhagen accord. The President has worked [...]
Updated Science Report Provides Window Into Key Climate Trends As the world prepares for the next round of international climate talks in Copenhagen, a new study has been released on the recent science. The Copenhagen Diagnosis, which was a year in the making, documents the key findings in climate change science since the publication of [...]