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China sets target to cut carbon intensity

The world's largest polluter decouples economic growth from growth in greenhouse gas emissions in new plan. Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will take part in the Copenhagen climate conference. Read more

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De Boer: No plan B

UN top climate official Yvo de Boer urges all countries to come to a clear and unified agreement on climate at December's conference in Copenhagen. (Photo: Scanpix/Reuters) Read more

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Behind the scenes

Copenhagen Airport: Ready for COP15 landing

24.11.09 Up to 140 aircrafts bringing VIPs to Copenhagen will stretch its airport's capacity to the limit.Read blog


Climate Thinkers

South East Asia and climate change

26.11.09 Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) and former chairman of Singapore National Energy Agency, is the latest contributor to the Climate Thinkers Blog. Read blog

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Climate Thoughts

Climate Thoughts is a unique visual representation of climate opinions from visitors to cop15.dk as well as well-known climate thinkers. Share your thought
 

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The Climate Quiz allows visitors to cop15.dk to test their climate knowledge. Visitors can also compare climate knowledge with friends. Take the quiz

Facts

 

What consequences can we expect?

Predicting the consequences of global warming is one of the really difficult tasks for the world’s climate researchers. (Photo: Scanpix/Reuters) Read more

 

A working laboratory for energy technologies

Energy efficiency in Denmark has been created by a range of new technologies, and today, this can serve as an example of how one can create high levels of growth. Read more

 

Climate diplomacy

By hosting the UN climate conference COP15 in 2009, the current Danish government has brought energy into focus again as a decisive political area. (Photo: Bent Petersen/Scanpix) Read more

News features

 

Failure in Copenhagen is not an option

If the world fails to deliver a political agreement at the UN climate conference in December, it will be “the whole global democratic system not being able to deliver results in one of the defining challenges of our century”, says incoming COP15 president, Connie Hedegaard. (Photo: Claus Fisker/Scanpix) Read more

 

The essentials in Copenhagen

Rather than getting every small detail of a new global climate treaty done in Copenhagen, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer hopes the conference will reach agreements on four political essentials. Read more