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Treaty Signed in Copenhagen

The UN Climate Control Conference in Copenhagen has wrapped up with a treaty being signed by most of the countries in attendance. The Copenhagen Accord, which consisted of 12 paragraphs, was a statement of intent that was signed, but it is not a binding pledge. The pact was shaped primarily by five nations – the United States, Brazil, South Africa, India, and China. Of course, not everyone is happy. Debates were heated, with the Sudanese delegate likened the treaty to a holocaust which would be a sentence of genocide for the people of his country and all of Africa. In … Continue reading →

More News from Copenhagen

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) is winding down in Copenhagen, but that doesn’t mean things are calming down. Former Vice President Al Gore caused a bit of a ruckus when he misquoted a scientist. Gore told the Copenhagen crowd that Dr. Wieslaw Maslowski of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School claimed that in five to seven years, the polar ice cap would have no summer ice. The only problem was that Maslowski told the Times of London that he never said such a thing. He said that he would “never try to estimate [the] likelihood at anything as exact … Continue reading →

Tuvalu Walks Out of COP15

The other day, I blogged about the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, also known as COP15. One thing I didn’t mention was the tiny Pacific island of Tuvalu. Officials from Tuvalu showed up at the conference along with other officials of the Association of Small Island States (including the Cook Islands, Fiji, and Sierra Leone) to plead for a change. In case you haven’t heard about Tuvalu, it is a country that is about to disappear, literally. Tuvalu is only 4.5 meters above sea level at its highest. With the changes brought about by global warming, Tuvalu is getting … Continue reading →