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Climate negotiations ’suspended’

The African delegation is unhappy over moves by the Danish government, BBC News reports here: Negotiations at the UN climate summit have been suspended after the African group withdrew co-operation.

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Copenhagen climate summit releases draft final text

BBC News reports here: Rich countries are being asked to raise their pledges on tackling climate change under a draft text of a possible final deal at the Copenhagen summit. And here: Copenhagen climate change rally leads to arrests.

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Copenhagen: Poor nations’ fury over leaked climate text

CNN reports here: A leaked document known as the “Danish text” has driven an even deeper wedge between rich and poor countries embroiled in U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen.

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What You Can Do to Stop Climate Change

Spiegel Online reports here: Earth’s temperature will continue to rise in the long term if politicians are unable to reach a global agreement on climate protection. But people also need to be asking themselves: Could a new way of life in Europe help prevent a catastrophe?

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This decade ‘warmest on record’

BBC News reports here: The first decade of this century is “by far” the warmest since instrumental records began, say the UK Met Office and World Meteorological Organization.

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Ask Your Climate Question in Live CNN/YouTube Debate!

Ask your video climate question now for the chance to have it aired on CNN! Submit to http://www.youtube.com/cop15

On December 15, at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, a panel of world leaders will answer citizen climate questions from around the world and the event will be televised on CNN and live-streamed on YouTube.

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Key global climate talks begin in Copenhagen

CNN reports here: Almost 100 heads of state are gathering in Copenhagen for the U.N. climate change summit where delegates will get down to the business of negotiating a global deal.

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Public worldwide wants action on climate change: poll

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: LONDON – Most people worldwide believe climate change is a very serious problem that their governments must tackle, a poll said Monday, as the landmark Copenhagen summit on the issue was set to get under way.

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UN hits back at climate sceptics amid e-mails row

BBC News reports here: The UN’s official panel on climate change has hit back at sceptics’ claims that the case for human influence on global warming has been exaggerated.

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Scientists test climate change 'early-warning system'

CNN reports here: London, England – An international team of scientists has developed a new method of measuring the absorption of CO2 by the oceans that could become an “early-warning system” for climate change.

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