Archive for the 'Copenhagen' Category :

We can’t ditch Kyoto Protocol, says Indian ambassador

Posted by EurActiv.com Correspondent on 09/02/10

This story about the Kyoto Protocol was published by EurActiv on 9th February 2010.
The Kyoto Protocol represents an international commitment to fulfil developed countries’ historical responsibility for climate change and its elaborate compliance mechanism is difficult to replicate, the Indian ambassador to the EU, Dr. J. Bhagwati, told EurActiv in an interview.
India, which was [...]

Stanley Crossick Speaks To EurActiv

Posted by EurActiv.com Correspondent on 20/01/10

To celebrate his 400th blog post on Blogactiv, EurActiv’s Managing Editor, Daniela Vincenti Mitchener, interviewed Stanley Crossick. She asked him about the outcome of Copenhagen, the EU’s strategy and the ‘new world order’ that is emerging.


Turn climate action into Apollo mission, says leading MEP

Posted by Stuart Langridge on 14/12/09

The following interview was published on Moday 14th December by EurActiv.com.
The United States succeeded in bringing people to the moon: a dream that nobody thought would be realised. Perhaps we should think of climate protection as the new Apollo programme, the vice-chair of the European Parliament’s delegation in Copenhagen, Karl-Heinz Florenz, told EurActiv in [...]

EU summit to call for ‘ambitious’ social plan

Posted by EurActiv.com Correspondent on 10/12/09

The following article was published by EurActiv.com on 10th December 2009.
The European Union should equip itself with an “ambitious” social plan by spring 2010 in order to fight growing unemployment, EU leaders are expected to state at the conclusion of a two-day summit which opens in Brussels today (10 December).
Leaders will confirm the worrying scenario [...]

Should agriculture pay the climate price?

Posted by EurActiv.com Correspondent on 25/11/09

The following article has been published by EurActiv.com on 25th November 2009.
While agriculture and food production have long been considered untouchable in international climate talks, calls to make the sector contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation efforts have been growing louder.
Food is strategic and agricultural production is a vital sector of many national economies. Yet, discussions [...]

Danish minister: No more time to delay climate choices

Posted by Stuart Langridge on 06/10/09

The following interview has been published by EurActiv.com on 6th October 2009.
With only 70-or so days to go before leaders meet to agree on a post-Kyoto climate deal in Copenhagen, there is a need to speed up negotiations and “make political choices,” Danish Climate Change and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard told EurActiv in an [...]

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