IPS and TerraViva from Copenhagen

Will the climate change summit taking place Dec. 7-18 in Copenhagen make deals that are fair, ambitious and binding? IPS news agency has mobilised a team of 15 journalists, drawn largely from Africa, Asia and Latin America, to go to Copenhagen and find out. IPS' independent TerraViva newspaper will produce the latest news on the conference every day in English, Spanish and French, complete with photos, videos and other multimedia content.
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Civil Society Proposals to Raise Money for Developing South
By Joshua Kyalimpa
COPENHAGEN (IPS/TerraViva) ? Adequate long-term funding will be vital if a meaningful climate deal is to be clinched at the ongoing UN climate change talks.
www.ips.org/TV/copenhagen/civil-society-proposals-to-raise-money-for-developing-south/

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Five Degrees or Low Carbon Cities
By Stephen Leahy
COPENHAGEN (IPS/TerraViva) On its current carbon emissions path, humanity faces a 50-percent chance of warming the planet a whopping 5.0 degrees C by the end of this century, warned Nicholas Stern, an economist who is chair of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics.
www.ips.org/TV/copenhagen/five-degrees-or-low-carbon-cities/

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Tensions Climb as Hopes of Deal Take a Nosedive
By Rajiv Fernando*
COPENHAGEN (IPS/Terraviva) – Negotiators worked through Tuesday night without a positive outcome on providing financing for poor countries, commitments on emission reductions or a legally-enforceable treaty.
www.ips.org/TV/copenhagen/tensions-climb-as-hopes-of-deal-take-a-nosedive/

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Chávez and Morales Lash Out at Industrialised North
By Raúl Pierri
COPENHAGEN (IPS/TerraViva) Presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela had harsh words for rich countries Wednesday, accusing them of driving the COP 15 talks to the brink of failure out of ?selfishness? and supporting a ?culture of death.?
www.ips.org/TV/copenhagen/chavez-and-morales-last-out-at-industrialised-north/

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Zenawi Out on His Own in Africa
By Servaas van den Bosch
COPENHAGEN (IPS/TERRA VIVA) ? An announcement by Ethiopia and France yesterday caused consternation among the African countries. Is someone trying to break their ranks to get the continent to sign on to a poor deal, they are asking themselves?
www.ips.org/TV/copenhagen/zenawi-out-on-his-own-in-africa/

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?We Need a Strong Voice for Africa?
COPENHAGEN (IPS/TerraViva) But Zenawi has provoked outrage from campaigners by issuing a joint statement with French president Nicholas Sarkozy that falls well short of the Africa Group?s demands for emissions cuts or long-term financial commitments to support mitigation, adaptation and other measures in the developing world.
www.ips.org/TV/copenhagen/?we-need-a-strong-voice-for-africa?/

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Aging Coal Plants Still a Fixture in U.S. South
By Jonathan Springston
ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S. (IPS/TerraViva) As governments negotiate future greenhouse gas emissions in Copenhagen, a recent report from Environment America has highlighted the problem of the nation?s older coal-fired power plants, which generated nearly three-quarters of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in 2007.
www.ips.org/TV/copenhagen/aging-coal-plants-still-a-fixture-in-u-s-south/

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