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Daily web archives: Monday, 7 December * Tuesday, 8 December * Wednesday, 9 December * Thursday, 10 December * Friday, 11 December
Saturday, 12 December * Monday, 14 December * Tuesday, 15 December * Wednesday, 16 December * Thursday, 17 December
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Saturday, 19 December |
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| Mohammed Nasheed's, President of the Maldives, plea that the Copenhagen accord be adopted is applauded by delegates |
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| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during his closing press conference after delegates adopt a decision taking note of the Copenhagen Accord |
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| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon consults with his advisors |
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| UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer consulting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, COP Vice-President Philip Weech, Bahamas and UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Richard Kinley |
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| Claudia Salerno Caldera, Venezuela, calls for a point of order and says that her country will not adopt the Copenhagen accord |
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| UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate urged that the accord be adotped |
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| US President Barack Obama enters the Bella Center |
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| South African President Jacob Zuma, Chinese Primier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in consultation |
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| Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping speaks to the press |
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| European Commission President José Manuel Barroso |
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| Consulting in the corridors where the high-level consultations are being held |
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| USwedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel |
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On Thursday, the high-level segment continued with statements by Heads of State and heads of delegations. On Thursday morning, the COP and COP/MOP plenaries convened. In the afternoon and late evening, contact group meetings and drafting groups took place under the COP and COP/MOP.
 Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Thursday, 17 December, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Thursday, 17 December |
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Consulting during the meeting of the COP contact group, chaired by Connie Hedegaard (center), the COP President's Special Representative |
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| German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a bilateral with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd |
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| Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales |
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| UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses the conference |
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| One of many signs on booths in the exhibition area of NGOs who were not let in the conference center during the high-level segment |
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On Wednesday morning, the COP/MOP plenary convened, followed by the opening of the high-level segment. The high-level segment continued into the evening with a number of Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers delivering national statements. Under the COP/MOP, contact groups on joint implementation and the CDM also took place in the afternoon and evening. The COP plenary took place in the evening.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Wednesday, 16 December, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Wednesday, 16 December |
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| Halldor Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat, AWG-LCA Chair Michael Zammit Cutajar and Jonathan Pershing, US, discussing the LCA text in the early morning hours of Wednesday before the convening of the AWG-LCA plenary |
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| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the Prime Minister of Grenada Tillman Thomas and the Ambassador to the UN from Grenada Dessima Williams |
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On Tuesday evening, the welcoming ceremony of the high-level segment took place. Late at night, the closing plenaries of the AWG-LCA and AWG-KP convened. Throughout the day, contact groups and informal consultations were held on a range of issues, including potential consequences and other issues under the AWG-KP, long-term cooperative action under the AWG-LCA and the Adaptation Fund Board under the COP/MOP.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Tuesday, 15 December, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Tuesday, 15 December |
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meets with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer |
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HRH The Prince of Wales addresses the conference |
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| Press conference with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer and COP President Connie Hedegaard |
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| Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Premier Gordon Campbell of British Columbia |
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A YouTube debate hosted by CNN's Becky Anderson with Yvo de Boer, Daryl Hannah, Thomas Friedman and Bjørn Lomborg
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Throughout the day on Monday, contact groups and informal consultations convened on a range of issues, including Annex I emission reductions, potential consequences and other issues under the AWG-KP, technology, finance and a shared vision under the AWG-LCA, and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the COP/MOP.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Monday, 14 December, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Monday, 14 December |
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Ministers from China, Brazil, India and South Africa going to meet with the COP President for consultations
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| Al Gore flanked by security as he leaves the conference center |
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| 180,000 children from 13 countries collected green footprints by using sustainable transport for their daily journeys. |
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| UK Climate Minister Ed Miliband speaks with Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi |
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| President of the Maldives Mohammed Nasheed |
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On Saturday morning, the COP and COP/MOP plenaries convened. In the afternoon and evening, the closing plenaries of the SBI and SBSTA took place. Throughout the day, contact groups and informal consultations convened on a range of issues, including mitigation, finance and technology under the AWG-LCA, Annex I emission reductions and other issues under the AWG-KP, and various topics under the COP/MOP, SBSTA and SBI.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Saturday, 12 December, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Saturday, 12 December |
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| Handover to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer and COP President Connie Hedegaard of 17 giant boat sails painted with climate messages and images by organizations participating in the climate march, as Mary Robinson, former UN High Comissioner for Human Rights, and Greenpeace Executive Director Kumi Naidoo look on. |
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| Security was tight around the room where the COP President's high-level consultations were taking place |
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| Long lines to enter into plenary because the hall had reached capacity |
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Ian Fry, Tuvalu, raises a point of order during the COP/MOP plenary |
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On Friday, contact groups and informal consultations convened on a range of issues, including a shared vision, mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology under the AWG-LCA, Annex I emission reductions under the AWG-KP, and various topics under the SBSTA and SBI.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Friday, 11 December, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Friday, 11 December |
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| A view of the dais prior to the convening of the AWG-LCA informal consultations |
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On Thursday, 10 December, the COP/MOP considered compliance, Kazakhstan’s proposal to amend Protocol Annex B and proposals by parties to amend the Protocol. In addition, contact groups and informal consultations convened on a range of issues, including a shared vision, mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology under the AWG-LCA, Annex I emission reductions and other issues under the AWG-KP, and various topics under the SBSTA and SBI.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Thursday, 10 December, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Thursday, 10 December |
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| Youth call for science-based targets and 350 ppm |
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| Intergenerational Inquiry on Climate Solutions calls Yvo de Boer, youth and nogotiators to testify on Youth Day at the UN Climate Conference |
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| Lumumba Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping, Sudanese Ambassador to the UN in New York and Chair of the G-77/China, and Bernarditas Muller, lead G-77/China negotiator under the AWG-LCA, during a press conference |
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On Wednesday, 9 December, the COP/MOP considered compliance, Kazakhstan’s proposal to amend Protocol Annex B and proposals by parties to amend the Protocol. In addition, contact groups and informal consultations convened on a range of issues, including a shared vision, mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology under the AWG-LCA, Annex I emission reductions and other issues under the AWG-KP, and various topics under the SBSTA and SBI.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Wednesday, 9 December, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Wednesday, 9 December |
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NGOs express their solidarity with small island states and Tuvalu and its proposal for a new Protocol to complement the Kyoto Protocol |
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On Tuesday, opening plenaries of the SBI and SBSTA took place. Various contact groups and informal consultations also convened to consider issues, including long-term cooperative action, a shared vision, finance, mitigation and technology under the AWG-LCA, Annex I emission reductions, other issues and potential consequences under the AWG-KP and REDD under the SBSTA.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Tuesday, 8 December, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Tuesday, 8 December |
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The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference opened on Monday morning with a welcoming ceremony. This was followed by the opening plenaries of COP 15, COP/MOP 5, AWG-LCA 8 and AWG-KP 10.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Monday, 7 December, in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) or Japanese (in PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Monday. 7 December |
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| Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
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| Tck tck delivered a petition to COP President Connie Hedegaard and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, which was signed by more than 10,000,000 people, calling for a fair, ambitious and binding deal in Copenhagen |
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| IISD Reporting Services team at COP15. L-R: Asheline Appleton (Kenya); Anna Schulz (US); Kimo Goree, Director, IISD Reporting Services; Tomi Akanle (Nigeria); Kati Kulovesi (Finland); Leila Mead (US); Yulia Yamineva (Russian Federation); and Matt Sommerville (US). |
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