COP15 

Change trade, not our climate
Global trade rules are stacked in favour of a poor deal for the climate, argues Ronnie Hall

Climate headed for crash landing
Imagine sending your own daughter on a plane that has only 50 per cent chance of landing. You would never do it. Yet sadly as we gear up for the biggest climate meeting in Copenhagen, this is what many developed countries seem prepared to do with our planet, argues Pablo Solón

Climate Justice protesters reclaim power as UN talks dither
With ministers and heads of states arriving in Copenhagen, protests surrounded the climate change conference venue, writes Oscar Reyes

Climate technologies: a leap into the unknown
A new ‘technology mechanism’ could reward untested techniques that damage the climate, warns Oscar Reyes

Confronting the climate circus
Over the weekend, activists and social movements took to the streets in several large demonstrations around the world to confront the climate circus. Tamra Gilbertson and Ricardo Santos report back on some of the actions

Copenhagen Plan B: ‘protect the rich’
A leaked text of the political declaration that could conclude the Copenhagen conference reveals backroom dealings that offer little to the Majority World, writes Oscar Reyes

Divide and rule: paving the way to an unjust deal
As climate talks enter their final phase, Oscar Reyes outlines the hardball negotiating tactics being used to force a weak deal that favours industrialised nations

The spectre of ‘overpopulation’
Whenever global environmental crises, poverty or world hunger is at issue, the overpopulation argument is raised. It is now occurring in debates on the worsening climate situation, warns Sarah Sexton

There is no environmental crisis: the crisis is democracy
A global climate change deal for the planet at Copenhagen needs to be about equality and freedom. Otherwise it’s not a planet worth saving, says Paul Chatterton

What’s at stake in Copenhagen
Tamra Gilbertson and Oscar Reyes set out the crucial debates at Copenhagen

Wonderful Wonderful Carbon Haven!
With the activists gearing up outside and developing countries in no mood for compromise – climate justice is definitely on the agenda this time round, reports Kim Bryan in Copenhagen