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COP15 Daily Brief: the Copenhagen Accord
By Justin Gerdes | December 20, 2009
After a frantic day of negotiations, world leaders agreed to the Copenhagen Accord on COP15's last day. While all admit it is inadequate to the task, the Accord is a significant first step in engaging the world's largest emitters in the global effort to slash carbon emissions.
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COP15 Remarks of President Barack Obama
By The Climate Community | December 18, 2009
Here are the prepared remarks of President Barack Obama's address at COP15. The speech was delivered two hours late, after last-minute negotiations with nearly 20 world leaders. Obama included a few telling ad-libs such as stating that the pieces of an accord "should now be" instead of "are" clear.
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COP15 Daily Brief: Day 10
By Justin Gerdes | December 17, 2009
On the penultimate day of the Copenhagen climate talks, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton boosted the chance for a deal considerably by offering a first: a US commitment to supply funds to a long-term financing plan for adaptation.
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Novozymes: Producing More With Less
Danish firm Novozymes is the world's leading producer of enzymes, biological catalysts that can help all manner of industrial processes run more efficiently. By helping to reduce the need for energy and water, enzymes can be a cost-effective means to reduce industrial CO2 emissions.
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One Step at a Time – Power Generating Floors at Tokyo Train Stations
In two Tokyo train stations, steps are under way to generate electricity from the floors of the ticket gates and staircases. If successful, passengers could help provide the train stations with 1,400 kilowatts per second each day.
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Joan Ruddock: The EU Deal Is Crucial for a Global Deal
| For a global deal on climate change to be realistic in Copenhagen, the EU has to get its gear together in its own deal. Joan Ruddock, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the UK at the newly created Department of Energy and Climate Change, tells the Climate Community she sees no other way. |
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