Heard Around Copenhagen

Talks Resume: After a 5-hour suspension of the talks due to an African delegation walking out on Monday, the talks resumed in the evening.

Japan Pledges Aid for Developing Countries Emission Reductions: Japan plans to step forward with aid for the $10 billion per year kick-start fund to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change, following a pledge from the European Union to give $3.5 billion a year for three years. — Reuters.

China Refuses Outside Monitoring of Emissions Targets: The U.S. and China are at an impasse says the New York Times, including the sticking point that China doesn’t want any international monitoring of its emissions levels.

The Yes Men Strike Again, at COP15: The Globe and Mail looks into how the anti-corporate pranksters The Yes Men posed as the Canadian government and announced a new very aggressive emissions reduction target of 40 percent (over its current 3 percent) and a $13 billion fund to help developing nations reduce emissions. In the usual fashion of their projects the target was then forced to admit that, no, they hadn’t actually done that good deed.

The Yes Men’s new film, The Yes Men Fix the World was playing around Copenhagen and I got a chance to see it with a live Q&A with the group itself. They weren’t exactly well-spoken in person, but I am a big fan of their projects.

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