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• Video: Rap Battle of the Climate Change Titans

  
  CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com — Authority: 502
  If you feel like having a laugh, check out the latest Juice Media clip. In the lead-up to COP15 they have orchestrated a ‘rap battle’ between Al Gore and Lord Monckton, which makes for humorous watching… Climate change may be no laughing matter, but clearly some people’s expertise (or lack of…) makes for ...
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• China Proposes Emissions Target Ahead of COP15

  
  Global Warming is Real — Authority: 424
  On the heels of president Obamas announcement earlier this week that he will attend the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen and propose firm (if inadequate) emissions targets, Chinese officials have stated they will also propose mitigation targets in Copenhagen . The move from the two largest greenhouse gas ...
  10 hours ago

• Climate Activism Soars Planetwide Ahead of Copenhagen Climate Talks

  
  Solve Climate: Daily Climate News and Opinion — Authority: 626
  Million of people worldwide are pressing their governments to curb greenhouse gas emissions ahead of next months Copenhagen climate talks, and the volume of protests has increased as world leaders downplay the significance of securing a global warming agreement this year. A case in point is the TckTckTck campaign , ...
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• Under Attack, Michael Mann, In His Own Words

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 707
  Penn States Michael Mann You know the story by now. Last week, emails between climate scientists stored on servers at the University of East Anglia were stolen and displayed on a Russian FTP. Some of the emails involved prominent climate researcher Michael Mann, and its his name that has been used in many of the ...
  12 hours ago

• Copenhagen: Why Bother?

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 669
  With little more than a week to go before the start of the COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen, the “Road to Copenhagen” starts to sound a little tired, even as participants prepare for actually heading to Copenhagen.With the roller-coaster-like ride of pre-COP15 news, reeling from despair to faint ...
  14 hours ago

• China commits to CO2 cuts by 2050

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 521
  China will improve energy efficiency 40-45 percent by 2050, compared to 2005, Chinese officials announced 26 November, without offering any details. By improving energy efficiency, China also reduces CO2 emissions.Chinese leaders almost immediately cautioned that their energy goals were domestic, and asked the world ...
  18 hours ago

• Take Action: 350.org Organizes Candlelight Vigils During the Copenhagen Negotiations

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 707
  Copenhagen is weeks away and its clear that our leaders need to keep hearing from us that now is the time for real action on climate change. 350.org is organizing candlelight vigils in the middle of the climate negotiations, right after President Obama visits Copenhagen and addresses the world. 350.org is asking ...
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• Links for November 23rd from 16:41 to 17:01

  
  Elemental — Authority: 413
  These are my links for November 23rd from 16:41 to 17:01: All new buildings to be ‘near-zero-energy’ by 2020 – Too little, too late for existing buildings?: "MEPs were less successful in their attempts to force governments to upgrade the efficiency of existing buildings. Governments agreed to "develop ...
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• G2

  
  Marginal Damage — Authority: 134
  The big two are on it – and the real important people sort it out among themselves. First, Mr Obama : Obama will go to the December 7-18 talks in Denmark on December 9, the eve of a ceremony in nearby Oslo, Norway, where he will collect the Nobel Peace Prize, the White House said. … The White House said the ...
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• Contestants in the Climate Slamdown

  
  Dot Earth — Authority: 714
  A cartoonists vision of the teams vying for victory in Copenhagen climate talks.
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• Leaders Give Thanks for Obama’s Copenhagen Decision

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 156
  The White House sent out a press release last night cataloging statements of praise by leaders in various fields for President Obama’s decision, announced yesterday , to go to Copenhagen for the international climate talks next month. These leaders include politicians — Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) calls the move ...
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• Obama Buoys Hopes for a Climate Change Deal

  
  The GREEN MARKET — Authority: 122
  President Obama will attend negotiations in Copenhagen where he will promise 17 percent emissions reductions below 2005 levels by 2020 and 83% by 2050, Obama administration officials said. These are the USs most ambitious targets to reduce climate change causing greenhouse gases. The 17 percent reduction range is in ...
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• China Announces Emissions Reduction Targets (But Theyre Not Really Reductions)

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 707
  Well, everyone has their cards on the table now. Following the USs announcement yesterday that it will bring an emissions reductions target "in the range" of 17 percent of 2005 levels to Copenhagen, China has announced its own commitment: a 40-45 percent reduction of 2005 levels in what it calls "carbon intensity." ...
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• China Sets 2020 Emissions Target in Interest of National Security

  
  Solve Climate: Daily Climate News and Opinion — Authority: 626
  The Chinese government sees climate change as far more than a risk on the horizon — it represents a direct threat to the ruling party and to the country’s national security, says international business and security consultant Andrew K.P. Leung. With that in mind, it wasn’t a surprise that the Chinese government ...
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• Boxer On Obama’s Climate Goal: ‘It Is Realistic, It’s Smart, And It’s Credible’

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 565
  Via Talking Points Memo . Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released a statement regarding the announcement that President Obama will attend the international negotiations in Copenhagen next month. Here’s the full text: “I am so pleased that the ...
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• Europe Reacts to Obamas Copenhagen Trip

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 731
  President Obamas decision to appear at a United Nations climate conference in December is under scrutiny in Europe.
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• Putting Deforestation into Focus at COP 15

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 669
  Rainforest degradation is the third largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and robs one billion of the poorest people on Earth from their source of livelihood. These are just two of myriad reasons that the world leaders meeting next month at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen ...
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• Obama to go to Copenhagen, China insists on Kyoto deal

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 521
  US President Barack Obama 25 November became the latest head of state to say he will be in Copenhagen for the climate conference, COP 15, in mid-December. Obama’s staff announced his travel plans as part of a statement that he is personally committed to cutting US emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels during the ...
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• UNFCCC Chief Briefs the Press on Expectations for COP15

  
  Global Warming is Real — Authority: 424
  Executive Secretary Yvo De Boer gave a press briefing today from UNFCCC headquarters in Bonn, Germany outlining what "can and must" be achieved at the COP15 climate change conference starting on December 7th in Copenhagen.
  2 days ago

• Obama Going to Copenhagen with 2020 Greenhouse Gas Target

  
  Solve Climate: Daily Climate News and Opinion — Authority: 626
  In announcing President Obama’s decision to stop by the climate talks in Copenhagen next month, the White House today spelled out in detail the administration’s efforts so far to curtail climate change, calling it "an impressive resume of American action and accomplishments over the last ten months.” It plans ...
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