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• LATEST NEWS FROM COPENHAGEN

  
  09 December 2009
  

  Ban Ki-moon said in an interview with the Guardian newspaper, that he was confident of getting a deal for immediate action on global warming.
  This came after the talks were in disarray  following a leaked Danish text exposing the distrust between industrialised and developing countries , which was interpreted by the developing countries as favouring the rich countries they hold responsible for global warming.
  Ban said he believed the negotiations were on course for a deal, helped by the early release of $10bn in aid to poor countries, and set down in international law within 6 months.
  Ban said he was determined to set a 6 month dead-line for a political deal  agreed in Copenhagen and to be given the full force of international law.
  He was also adamant that the essence of the Kyotot protocol, that  industrialised countries take responsibility for global warming , would survive.
  Ban said he was waiting for rich industrialised nations to promise steeper emissions cuts, but had not included the US in this, because of Obama’s problems in Congress.
  Next week with the arrival of  more than 100 world leaders will be the moment of truth.

• COPENHAGEN GOOD NEWS – OBAMA, BROWN, & MANMOHAN SINGH ( INDIA PRIME MINISTER) TO ATTEND SUMMIT ON FINAL DAY.

  
  05 December 2009
  

• PRESSURE ON DELEGATES TO REACH COMPREHENSIVE DEAL TO LIMIT EMISSIONS AT COPENHAGEN

  
  05 December 2009
  

  Whilst it was far from certain that such a deal would be reached, analysts have said the key to success would be the establishment of a treaty in which developed countries agreed to make major carbon emissions cuts, whilst developing nations make lesser but still significant reductions. The overall aim is to ensure that CO2 begins to decline by 2020.  If this does not happen, temperatures will rise by more than 2C and global warming will be uncontrollable.
  A stumbling block to agreement will be the necessity to establish a mechanism by which the west will pledge billions of pounds in aid to the developing world to introduce the necessary measures.

• FEARS OF SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST CLIMATE SCIENTISTS

  
  05 December 2009
  

   Two attempted breaches, including an attempted break-in to the office of leading climate scientist, Andrew Weaver, at the University of Victoria, Canada, and the hacking of files from British researcher Phil Jones, have heightened fears that climate-deniers are campaigning to discredit leading meteorologists before the Copenhagen summit on Monday.