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In cold, sleeplessness and utter frustration, Copenhagen’s delegates witnessed a depressing conclusion of the glacial-speed negotiations on climate change. What started with such high hopes after Bali 2007, promising ‘ an ambitious, fair and binding deal’, ended in a train…
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Tags: Australia, bali, biblical, carbon emission, China, climate change, copenhagen, emissions, energy, Environment, Global, Global Warming, hilary clinton, humanitarian, India, International, Kevin Rudd, leadership, opinion, pollution, Poor, rich, skeptic, transparency, tuvalu, warming
The rhetoric soared today as rich nation leaders — UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Australia’s PM Kevin Rudd and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton — urged completion of a deal to slow global warming.
The mood in Copenhagen had been growing…
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Tags: Africa, Chinese, climate change, COP15, copenhagen, developing nations, development, engagement, global community, global poverty, Global Warming, Gordon Brown, hilary clinton, island states, Kevin Rudd, leaders, millennium development goals, nicolas sarkozy, Poverty, President Obama, rhetoric, Trade, United Nations, United States, unity, warming, World Vision
World Vision is at the Copenhagen climate change talks because this is no longer an environmental crisis alone, but a deepening humanitarian crisis. Climate change is already affecting lives and livelihoods in the countries where we work, as described in…
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Tags: ban ki moon, climate change, climate change talks, compromise, COP15, copenhagen, crisis, developing nations, diarrhea, futures, green, greenhouse gases, human, humanitarian, humanitarian crisis, humanitarian disasters, humanitarian relief, josette sheeran, malaria, movie, national, Poor, sustainable futures, un secretary general, warming, World Vision
Yesterday was a day of high drama where Africa walked out, suspended talks, and then later in the day returned after the Danish facilitators took on some of their concerns. A large crowd of civil society supporters cheered their confrontation…
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Tags: carbon emission, China, Christians, church, commitment, complexity, COP15, copenhagen, creation, Disaster, earth, economy, eden, embrace, emissions, energy, Faith-based, garden, Global, global community, government, greed, gulf, International, kingdom, Kingdom of God, leaders, leadership, miracle, moral leadership, Oil, optimism, Poor, protest, solidarity, UN, warming, water, Western, world
A video report from the cathedral where Desmond Tutu spoke, and a section from Tutu’s speech to the crowd that marched through Copenhagen:
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Sunday was officially a day of rest for delegates at Copenhagen who took a break from the Bella Centre.
Some of us took the opportunity to go to church and pray for a miracle. With talks deadlocked, and the planet’s well-being…
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Tags: Australia, Childbirth, Christian, church, churches, copenhagen, creation, creation care, Cyclone, day of rest, droughts, earth, Jewish, malaria, miracle, monsoons, mosquitos, papua new guinea, Poor, pray, psalm 24, romans 8, stewards, stewardship, third world, tradition, World Vision
In search of a global ethic and political will, in freezing weather and the most dispiriting cavernous building under cold grey Copenhagen skies, this search by 34,000 people with 3500 press observing, is a most extraordinary moment in time for…
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Tags: 350, aid, application, Australia, biblical, carbon footprint, commitment, competitive advantage, COP15, copenhagen, Despair, developing nations, Disaster, ethnic, europe, generations, Global, global community, global ethic, green, greenhouse gases, island states, miracle, opportunity, political leader, Religion, religions, UN, Western, World Vision
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