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Copenhagen climate talks

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    Video archives from the Copenhagen climate talks

    Grist sent comedian Eugene Mirman (of Flight of the Conchords fame) to lighten up the mood as a special correspondent at the climate talks in Copenhagen. He was joined by Grist’s own Umbra Fisk — and a few special guests — on the scene. Enjoy (and share!) their crazy video adventures in Denmark. Eugene Mirman […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy

  • Obama and Wen to meet soon one-on-one in Copenhagen

    COPENHAGEN — The Chinese premier Wen Jiabao will meet one-on-one with President Barack Obama soon in Copenhagen to try to reach agreement on a new international climate treaty, according to He Yafei, the vice chairman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry. “Yes, I believe so,” responded He in the hallways of Copenhagen’s Bella Center late this […]

    Mark Hertsgaard Politics

  • Obama science advisor John Holdren on U.S. strategy in Copenhagen

    COPENHAGEN — One of the puzzles about the U.S. strategy here in is how negotiators expected that pledging a 17 percent emissions reduction below 2005 levels by 2020 could be taken seriously. After all, that would bring the U.S. to approximately 1990 levels a decade from now, which is higher than the level the U.S. […]

    Noah Sachs Politics

  • Tim Wirth says imperfect deal at Copenhagen better than no deal

    Timothy Wirth, head of the United Nations Foundation, has a long-term perspective on climate negotiations — and he says people who contend that no deal is better than an imperfect deal are “flat wrong.” While serving as undersecretary of state for global affairs during the Clinton administration, Wirth led the U.S. delegation to Kyoto, Japan, […]

    Amanda Little Politics

  • ‘This entire conference is an elaborate sham’

    COPENHAGEN — For two weeks we’ve been listening to the story of the leaked emails from East Anglia — a media tempest in an English teapot. And all the time the biggest scandal has been directly under our noses. This afternoon at Copenhagen a document was mysteriously leaked from the UN Secretariat. It was first […]

    Bill McKibben Climate & Energy

  • John Kerry on whether a weak climate deal is better than no deal at all

    COPENHAGEN — As climate negotiators hash out the eleventh-hour details of an operational accord, one question looms over the discussions: Is a weak deal better than no deal at all? I put that question and others to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in a sit-down interview yesterday. The chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee admitted […]

    Amanda Little Politics

  • No ‘truth,’ but telling consequences for Inhofe’s strange Copenhagen visit

    COPENHAGEN — On the day that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton showed up in Copenhagen to say the U.S. would contribute to a global climate action fund, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) also appeared in Copenhagen. Without, however, his much-hyped “truth squad.” Earlier this month, the Oklahoma Republican and one of Capitol Hill’s fiercest critics of […]

    Keith Schneider Politics

  • Pelosi and pals tell world: ‘Blame the Senate’

    COPENHAGEN—Seven Democratic leaders from the U.S. House of Representatives made an appearance in the Bella Center on Thursday, spreading the message that treaty negotiations have the support of the House along with President Obama. Photo evidence: Congress cares! Speaker Nancy Pelosi (center, in red … duh) brought along six fellow Democrats to make sure everyone […]

    Jonathan Hiskes Politics

  • A refreshing lack of green nagging in Copenhagen

    For all the words, images, and video coming out of Copenhagen this month, I’m not sure anything is so clear and helpful as an op-ed in the Dec. 6 Washington Post, “To really save the planet, stop going green all alone.” If you’re going to forward one climate article to your sister in Dallas this […]

    Jonathan Hiskes Culture