Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
December 21, 2009
Saving our planet or politics?
Having contributed with China to destroy any possibility of reaching a positive deal in Copenhagen that could help our planet, President Obama went back to the US after calling the weak and not binding accord produced “a meaningful breakthrough.” Xie Zhenhua, head of the Chinese delegation, said, “I think we can call Copenhagen a success.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
December 14, 2009
Will our planet be helped?
Four more days to the end of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and the tensions must be growing. A lot has been written and talked about this conference and still we don’t know for sure if we are going to get a Treaty worth of its name. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
December 7, 2009
Why Americans are confused
If anything the White House has many of us if not confused at least asking ourselves if we have understood clearly what we have heard or read about the speeches or communiqués of the Obama administration. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 27, 2009
A detour to Copenhagen before Oslo
One could say that we have a president who does not rush to decide or do things. In some cases that could be a positive thing. In others like the decision on whether to send troops and how many to Afghanistan it could be less so. The decision on whether to attend the Copenhagen summit at the beginning of December should not have been so agonizing for the president, specially if he believes in global warming. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 18, 2009
The Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change
Slim indeed seem to be the chances for an agreement to be reached at the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen. With just a little over two weeks for the conference to begin, most of what we hear and read is no good. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 22, 2009
Pessimism before Copenhagen?
With less than 50 days for the climate summit set in Copenhagen at the beginning of December, there is not much optimism for the results. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said too many people have not yet grasp the scale and urgency of the problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 5, 2009
Will Obama return to Copenhagen?
For the first time the White House has admitted that it does not expect to see a climate bill this year. This has raised doubts about how strongly the Obama administration will press the Senate for a climate bill when they are in the middle of the struggle over health care. And yet Obama received already severe criticism last month when he failed to urge the Senate to act during his speech to the United Nations summit on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
