Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis is a work of stunning importance. This is the only book I am aware of that lays out a comprehensive picture of the problems causing the climate crisis; the realistic and feasible solutions; and what it will take financially, politically, and emotionally to get there.

COP15 was unprecedented outpouring of concern, support and effort by tens of thousands of people in person and many more via virtual and electronic participation.

The formal UN meeting is at the Bella Center, but much of the action if you are not involved with the actual negotiations, are at side events.  Some side events are formal, open-to-the-public conferences, such as the Klimaforum (civil society, youth, activists and artists) and International Emissions Trading Association (cleantech business people); other side events [...]

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Morning woke cold, overcast with a resounding 10 minute ring of church bells. I thought it was a reprise of the 350 demonstration, but it turns out that is normal custom here every morning.  Security at the Bella Center was stricter, due to [...]

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the convening body of the Copenhagen climate talks.  This is the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (meaning countries), so it is called COP15.  Right now, there is so much attention focused on these talks that the terms Copenhagen and COP15 are used interchangeably.  [...]