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Copenhagen: Glacier By Glacier
The Bella Centre is a vast network of modern buildings and temporary marquees, set out across several acres of land on the outskirts of Copenhagen. It is here that approximately 15,000 delegates and an equivalent number of NGOs, media and industry lobbyists are working to reach a new global deal on climate change.
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Postcard From Copenhagen
It’s hard to fathom the complexity of what is happening here at the Bella Centre on the outskirts of Copenhagen. But there are many signs that big changes are underway. Question: why is Penny Wong so grumpy? This morning she was quoted in the media as saying that she thought the negotiations “difficult” (well, of…
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Loo-loo-see-eff Causing A Stir At Copenhagen
If you picked up the Sydney Morning Herald or the Melbourne Age earlier this week, you would’ve seen the front-page story about Australia trying to cook the books at Copenhagen. Kevin Rudd was grilled about it on ABC Radio – and it was about time. Heard of LULUCF? Most people haven’t. But it’s a HUGE…
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Rapid Response: Your Second Mission
If you picked up the Sydney Morning Herald or the Melbourne Age this morning, you would’ve seen the front page story about Australia trying to cook the books at Copenhagen. Kevin Rudd was just grilled about it on ABC Radio – and it’s about time. The big lie of the climate summit is finally…
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Pundits Say: The Best Walk Against Warming Yet
I had the privilege of being the co-MC for the Sydney Walk Against Warming rally on Saturday. And what an outstanding turnout. Around Australia, over 80,000 people took to the streets for an inspiring day of climate action. The biggest crowd was in Melbourne, with up to 50,000 people turning out to raise their voices…
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Tweeps Walk Against Warming
An event calling for social change would be nothing in 2009 without Twitter. This year saw many people posting photos and videos from Walk Against Warming rallies around the country from Perth to Bendigo, Melbourne to Newcastle. And all as it was happening. It’s inspiring seeing people getting involved in one hit. Here are a…
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80,000 Australians Walk Against Warming
It was the most important Walk Against Warming yet — smack bang in the middle of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen. There was an amazing turnout in Australia’s capital cities, as well as some of the country’s regional and coastal centres like Bendigo and, of course, coal central, Newcastle. Sydney was reported to have…
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Copenhagen Photo Exhibition Shows Extent Of Impacts
Slightly removed from the organised chaos of the Bella Centre (the chief venue for the Copenhagen summit), the Climate Rescue Station is proving to be an oasis of calm and tranquility, a place of relaxation and reflection. A perfect locale to host a new photographic exhibition to illustrate the impacts of climate change around the…
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Climate Activists Make Historical Point In Rome
History is full of pivotal moments that transform society and pave the way for the future – the Treaty of Versailles, declarations of independence, Martin Luther King Jnr’s speech in Washington. Climate change is the issue defining our age. If global leaders take action, then the Copenhagen summit can be our historical moment. It’s not…
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Rapid Response: Your First Mission
I just got off the phone from Copenhagen. Our team on the ground have asked for some help from Greenpeace supporters back home, so please read on. Deep inside the Copenhagen conference centre, there’s a closed room of huddled negotiators from a handful of countries, one of which is Australia. They’re cooking up a plan…