The GOOD Guide to COP15: Now What?
Even if you flew to Copenhagen, they probably wouldn’t let you in to the conference. But don’t despair: You don’t have to be a delegate to help stave off catastrophe. Keep track of the treaty: Negotiators are working on a draft treaty—raising objections, making changes, and shaping the fate of the world.... Categories: Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: The Fire this Time: Copenhagen and the War for the Future
That which is unsustainable cannot go on. Unsustainable things that are propped up too long snap and collapse suddenly. Our way of life is unsustainable. The sooner we transform our economy into one that can generate sustainable prosperity, the better off we’ll be, and with every passing day, the risks of catastrophe grow...Categories: Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: Dispatches from the Future, Today
The conference is still a few months away, but we asked several activists to predict what they will be talking about after the conference wraps up. Here is what they think they’re going to be saying next January: Richard Graves, founder of Fired Up Media, blogger for the TckTckTck campaign, and editor of ItsGettingHotinHere.org:...Categories: Environment
COP15: The Issues
What’s on the table at Copenhagen? End Goal The long-term goals of preserving a habitable planet will effectively be boiled down to a single number: the target concentration of CO² in the atmosphere, measured in parts per million. For the past few years, conventional wisdom has called for a target of 450...Categories: Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: The Treaty
The Copenhagen Climate Treaty is a proposal for what an ideal vision of a COP15 agreement might look like. The treaty was drafted by Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, IndyACT (the league of independent activists), Germanwatch, the David Suzuki Foundation, the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine, and experts from around the world. The...Categories: Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: The Players
When the United Nations holds its international get-togethers, countries are traditionally sorted into five regional groups: African states, Asian states, Eastern European states, Latin American and Caribbean states, and Western European and other states (incidentally probably the only time the United States gets listed as...Categories: Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: A Primer
Copenhagen, ho! There’s a famous Danish proverb that roughly translates to, “He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.” So, lest you get caught in a cycle of fear and shame in anticipation of the world’s convergence on Copenhagen, we offer this primer on all things COP15—and all things... Categories: Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: An Introduction
The Most Important Meeting in History In 1997, delegates from all over the world met in Japan to create a worldwide framework for reducing carbon emissions. The resulting treaty, which took effect in 2005, aimed to reduce global emissions by 5.2 percent below 1990 levels. Since then, the Kyoto Protocol has been the watchword of...Categories: Environment, Politics
