Category Archive for “Copenhagen”
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Is technology transfer for Northern businesses or Southern countries?

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

I am still in the Bella Centre, still tracking technology negotiations.  That means I have a magical “secondary pass” unlike thousands of other NGOs who cannot get into the building today. Technology is supposed to be the “easy issue”, on which there will possibly be an agreement, evoked by both the Danish Presidency and the [...]

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After the demo … and tangling with the Royal Society

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

So much has happened in the past three days it is has been impossible to blog.  We have been trying to lobby for precaution and assessment on technology, trying to talk to the press about our issues, attending side events, organizing our own workshops, meeting old and new friends and allies and basically working from [...]

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Leaving for Copenhagen – yikes

Monday, December 7th, 2009

It is the mad dash for Copenhagen. I am leaving Montreal for the international summit tomorrow although the conference actually got underway today.  In between urgent emails over the weekend I found the time to take my ten year old daughter and two of her friends to see A Christmas Carol, a Geordie Theatre production [...]

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Copenhague: los campesinos pueden enfriar el planeta y alimentarlo

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Silvia Ribeiro* En las próximas semanas se reunirá en Copenhague, Dinamarca, la Convención sobre Cambio Climático de Naciones Unidas. El ambiente está caliente, tanto entre los bloques de negociadores oficiales, como en las organizaciones y movimientos, que por primera vez acudirán en decenas de miles al lugar de reunión. No es para menos, el cambio [...]

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