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Global day of solidarity with COP15 activists

<p>On the 29th of September there will be a solidarity demonstration in Copenhagen starting at 17:00 at Gammeltorv, in support of Stine Gry Jonassen and Tannie Nyboe, two spokespersons for the Climate Justice Action network (CJA) who will go on trial the 6th of October. They are accused of 'organizing' the Reclaim Power &ndash; Push for Climate Justice demonstration on ...

Climate change: first real threat to capitalism

<p> <p>Just as feudalism proved too inflexible for industrialization, capitalism appears too inflexible for sustainability. And sustainability increasingly appears necessary for survival.&nbsp;Democracy and capitalism get along famously well, as America has demonstrated, and nothing can stop them.&nbsp;Except the planet.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s the developed democracies of ...

Bonn: UN postpones climate hopes for another year

<p>While Bolivia stole the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9TuMrvrknh-ZXwqmZ2N-48kff3wD9F095HG1">headlines</a>&nbsp;at this weekend&rsquo;s climate talks in Bonn, the usual suspects took the blame as the United Nations lowered expectations once again for a binding international agreement on climate change this year.</p>

Climate prisoner solidarity from UK

Drop_the_charges-thumb <p>Demo at the Danish Embassy on Sloane Street, Monday 15th March 2010, in solidarity with the COP15 climate prisoners.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

COP15 Indymedia Radio shows - listen up!

Indyweb-medium-thumb <p>During the days of action around the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference which took place in Denmark - most commonly referred to as the COP15 - a group of radio ethusiasts hailing from around the globe came together to produce daily radio shows for Indymedia Radio in four different languages.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Copenhagen pledges-turned in yesterday-show fear

<p>Fifty-five nations have attached formal emissions targets to the Copenhagen Accord, the United Nations reported today. But most nations, including the U.S., are hedging their pledges:</p>

UN: World to hold U.S. acccountable on climate

<p> <p>With the election of a Republican to the Senate yesterday, hope has dimmed that the United States will cap its greenhouse gas emissions in the coming year, and on that hope rests the greater hope that the rest of the warming world can do the same.&nbsp;But the world has no intention of letting the United States off the hook, one of its more patient spokesmen warned this ...

Tackling Capitalism Tadzio Mueller Talks

Tackling_capitalism_and_the_climate_crisis_cop15_klimaforum_p3 <p>Tackling Capitalism and The Climate Crisis Part 8 KlimaForum2009 Search Youtube for all the videos.</p>

Tackling Capitalism and the Climate Crisis

Tackling_capitalism_and_the_climate_crisis_091208_cop15_klimaforum_part_7 <p>Tackling Capitalism and The Climate Crisis 08/12/09 KlimaForum, Search on youtube for all the videos.</p>

Tackling Capitalism and the Climate Crisis COP15

<p>Tacling capitalism and the climate crisis KlimaForum2009 08/12/09 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x065tELgt</p> <p>Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbQARStP7aE</p> <p>Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbQARStP7aE</p> <p>Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjKmVZNtNnc</p> <p>Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjWQGfcTZAs&l...

Video - Treesit in Hamburg against proposed pipeli

<p>Since the 18.12.09 ROBIN WOOD-Activists squat several trees in the G&auml;hlerpark in Hamburg Altona to impende the contruction of a heating pipeline for the planned coal power plant Hamburg Moorburg, which would mean the loss of the trees in the park. The company proposing the pipeline is Vattenfall, a Swedish corporation. With their protest they support two residents who have squ...

China mandates renewable energy while US dithers

<p>As often as socialism and communism are evoked to discredit the Obama Administration&rsquo;s agenda, it can be illustrative to observe how communist governments actually behave.</p>

Why the 'political agreement' was not a failure

<p>In testimony before India&rsquo;s parliament yesterday, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the BASIC countries&ndash;an acronym-jumble for Brazil, South Africa, India and China&ndash;would not have accepted a legally binding agreement. Political was the best we could get. And the difference may be negligible anyway...</p>

Bruised Republicans threaten to block climate bill

<p> <p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is the lynchpin vote for the U.S. to pass a law limiting greenhouse gas emissions next year. He and Joe Lieberman agreed to play along only after Democrats accepted concessions promoting nuclear energy, offshore oil drilling, and oxymoronic clean coal.</p> <p>A U.S. law limiting carbon emissions, meanwhile, is crucial to an equally f...

The Copenhagen Accord: Obama strong arms the world

<p> <p>COPENHAGEN&ndash;President Obama walked into a meeting of the world&rsquo;s most powerful developing nations Friday night, divided his opposition, and pressed the larger United Nations assembly into salvaging these two weeks of talks with the 2 1/2-page document that will forever be known to history as the Copenhagen Accord.</p> <p>A brief history of the...

Order and method Miss Lemon!

Kk7-thumb <p> <p>In the world of the Agathe Christie detective character Hercule Poirot, one of his favourite expressions is that of &ldquo;order and method&rdquo;, and that of using &rdquo;the little grey cells&rdquo;, i.e. the brain and a persons intellectual faculties. When looking at the tragic result of the COP15 Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the period of 7....

Arctic Ice Photos the Bush Admin. Kept Secret

<p>"Almost two weeks ago, the Obama Administration declassified about 1,000 satellite photographs of Arctic ice the Bush Administration had kept under wraps...."</p>

Police violence in Reclaim Power

Leading-thumb <p>Some images from the violent police reaction to the Reclaim Power demonstration today.</p>

It's now or never!

<p>Friday the 18th at 13.00 hrs we assemble at the (metro) entrance of the Bella Center.</p>

Pictures from the Cop15-Demonstration on 12.12.09

<p>just images of the demonatration - no pics from the arrests!</p>

"What happend to democracy in DK" ... a comment...

20091027-211514-908782_0-thumb <p> <p>DEAR SPARROW</p> <p>Your JUST so right, long since a so precise ionformation</p> <p>regarding the Danish POWER-SYSTEM has been given.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </p>

Police on the streets slide show

Police_on_the_streets_ <p>Police on the streets Copenhagen 12th December at Climate summit protests.</p>

The First COP15 Actions Taking Shape

Climate_denier-thumb <p><strong>11th Dec: For latest news coverage of events see <a href="/action_timelines/3">Timeline Reports</a> | Live Video from <a href="http://cop15live.com">Cop15live</a> | <a href="http://www.modkraft.dk/spip.php?article12153">Modkraft.dk Timeline (dk)</a></strong></p> <p>From "the inside&q...

Social and Climate caravan - graswurzel.tv

<p>Short clip about the Social and Climate Caravan on their way from the WTO in Geneva to Copenhagen. Mary Lou and Tom speak about the caravan and their motivation to go on the trip.</p>

Tuvalu makes a Stand at Climate Talks

Tuvalu_is_the_real_deal-thumb <p>The UN climate summit in Copenhagen came to a temporary halt on December 9 as the small Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu demanded commitment to a legally-binding agreement while industrialised nations refused to express an opinion.</p>

Copenhagen Getting Ready for COP15 Protests

Cop15-imc_4-thumb <p>The <a href="http://www.climatecaravan.org/">Trade and Climate Caravan</a> [<a href="../articles/1399">more</a>] will finally <a href="../articles/1447">arrive tonight</a> to Copenhagen [<a href="../articles/1455">report</a>], meanwhile hundreds of activists are already in town putting the final tou...

US Youth Crash Climate Denier Live Webcast

<p>COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Fifty young Americans took over a climate denier conference hosted by a prominent conservative organization this evening in Copenhagen, rushing the stage and telling the live TV audience that a clean energy future is the real road to prosperity in America. The young people, merely a fraction of the more than 350 US youth in Denmark for the UN climate negotiations,...

US embassy protest manifestation

<p>US Embassy Copenhagen</p> <p>Dag Hammarskj&ouml;lds All&eacute; 24</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

COP15 Save Planet earth!

Child_asthma-thumb <p> <p>At the SUMMIT in Copenhagen dec 2009 it&rsquo;s IMPORTANT to</p> <p>show the corrupt politicians that NGO's, the people, are serious</p> <p>regarding the climate matter!</p> </p>

COP15 FIGHT for the climate

<p> <p>COP15 Save Planet earth!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>At the SUMMIT in Copenhagen dec 2009 it&rsquo;s IMPORTANT to</p> <p>show the corrupt politicians that NGO's, the people, are serious</p> <p>regarding the climate matter!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>AND warning to all who demonstrates: the DP will p...