COP 15
Copenhagen News: Friday, Dec. 11, 2009
Experts in Copenhagen Friday focused on finance proposals and the upcoming arrival of foreign ministers. Climate Action Network International (CAN-I) is a global coalition of environmental and development organizations with more than 500 member organizations. Every day at COP15, CAN-I conducts a press briefing to assess the state of the negotiations, in which NGO experts break down the state of play and look forward at what's to come. The panel includes Nelson Muffuh of Christian Aid, CAFOD's Liz Gallagher, and Tove Ryding of Greenpeace.
Email this pageDemocracy Now!: Fri., Dec, 11, 2009
From Copenhagen, an overview of the week’s developments: We hear response on the latest proposals from climate negotiators from India, China and the Association of Small Island States, and analysis from Kate Horner of Friends of the Earth. Hundreds of activists from across the globe are gathering every day in downtown Copenhagen for the people’s climate summit, the Klimaforum. We take a rare tour inside several of the key convergent spaces where protest organizers are preparing for the demonstrations. Ivonne Yanez explains Ecuador's unique campaign to have the international community compensate the country in exchange for keeping the oil in the ground. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour. Thursday night Naomi Klein addressed a packed hall for a panel on ecological debt and climate justice
