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By David Corn - Politics DailyCOPENHAGEN -- "It's not about the money." That's what an Obama administration official at the Copenhagen climate summit told me on Tuesday, as ministers and delegation heads were holding informal negotiating sessions on what have been dubbed the "crunch" issues. And his comment seemed odd. One of those crunch issues is what's officially termed "long-term financing for adaptation and mitigation." In plain English, that means money -- perhaps $100 billion or more annually -- to help poorer nations limit emissions and contend with climate change. This proposed pot of gold would come mostly from ...
In Copenhagen, Waiting for Obama
By David Corn - Politics DailyCOPENHAGEN -- When President Obama was in Oslo last week collecting his Nobel Peace Prize, thousands of officials from around the world were gathered 300 miles away in Copenhagen, trying to craft a climate change agreement. In his acceptance speech, Obama made no direct mention of this. He remarked that "the world must come together to confront climate change," but there was not a peep about the nearby efforts in Denmark or his scheduled attendance at the conference this Friday. Days later, when Obama delivered his weekly White House address, the subject was not the arduous attempt to reach a ...
Realities Gap in Copenhagen Imperil a Strong Climate Deal
By David Corn - Politics DailyCOPENHAGEN -- At his second press conference at the Copenhagen climate summit, U.S. chief negotiator Todd Stern said the Obama administration is aiming for an agreement that would limit the expected global temperature rise to two degrees Celsius. This target has been one of the most contentious issues of the convention; small island nations and African countries have declared they cannot survive such an increase, which could actually mean temperature boosts of three to four degrees in their regions, causing profound drought and the loss of land. More than 100 nations have urged a target of 1.5 ...
At Copenhagen Climate Summit, the Pre-Blame Game
By David Corn - Politics DailyCOPENHAGEN -- The Copenhagen climate summit is one part negotiation and one part blame game -- or, more accurately, don't-blame-me game. When U.S. climate change envoy Todd Stern arrived at the massive Bella Center for the first time and held a press conference on Wednesday, he noted he would be working for the "strongest possible agreement." He quickly ticked off all the actions unilaterally taken by the Obama administration to redress climate change: boosting fuel-economy standards, designating greenhouse gases a threat to human health that should be regulated under the Clean Air Act, and ...
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