Dec 16 Ray Suarez: A Tough Road to Resolution in Copenhagen By Ray Suarez FROM COPENHAGEN: What world leaders have been calling "unthinkable" all week -- leaving Copenhagen without a comprehensive draft economic for reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- is suddenly thinkable. There are many big agenda items remaining, and the parties… Continue reading
Dec 16 Country Leaders to Bring New Urgency to Climate Talks By Talea Miller FROM COPENHAGEN: The U.S. delegation of negotiators cancelled yet another press conference Wednesday, sparing themselves a head to head match-up with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who was scheduled for a simultaneous -- but separate -- appearance next door. Chavez, meanwhile,… Continue reading
Dec 16 New Climate Draft Causing Backlash in Copenhagen By Talea Miller Updated at 11:07am ET FROM COPENHAGEN: Danish police cordoning off protesters outside the U.N. climate summit weren't the only ones doing damage control Wednesday. Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen took over the presidency of the U.N. climate change… Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch In Copenhagen, Tensions Rise Inside and Outside Summit Protesters outside the Copenhagen climate change summit clashed with police on Wednesday as more than 100 world leaders made their way to the Danish capital. Negotiators continue to battle over reaching a climate agreement in the conference's waning days. Continue watching
Dec 15 Time Running Out in Copenhagen By Talea Miller Time is running out for climate summit negotiators in Copenhagen to hash out major remaining differences on a climate change agreement before the arrival of heads of state and the close of the summit Friday. The formal high-level phase… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch In Himalayas, Evidence of ‘Alarming’ Glacial Melting James Mates of Independent Television News looks at the alarming rate glaciers are melting atop Mt. Everest and how that could affect the rest of the world. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Time Running Out for Climate Change Talks as Nations Clash In Copenhagen, a rift continues to divide developing countries and wealthier, developed nations. Ray Suarez reports from the climate summit where time is running out to strike a deal on combating global warming. Continue watching
Dec 14 Climate Talks Briefly Stall Over Protests From Developing Nations By Maureen Hoch China, India and other developing nations brought U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen to a temporary stop on Monday over demands that wealthy countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions. EU environment spokesman Andreas Carlgren told… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Are Rare Earth Minerals Too Costly for Environment? Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News examines how mining rare earth minerals -- considered to be an obscure yet profitable industry, is causing a major environmental dilemma in China. Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch Climate Change Agreement Stifled as Leaders Disagree Efforts to craft a climate change deal in Copenhagen are moving slowly as world leaders clash on key issues. Ray Suarez reports from the Danish capital. Continue watching