Kumi Naidoo (tcktcktck and also Executive Director of Greenpeace International) explained to Blogactiv the outcome that Greenpeace and tcktcktck are hoping for from the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

This interview was conducted on Thursday 17th December 2009 by Stuart Langridge. Blogactiv would like to thank Victor Arango from Club de [...]

Michèle Sabban explique la place prise par les régions au sommet de Copenhague et les propositions de l’Assemblée des Régions d’Europe. Elle décrit la mise en oeuvre d’un Action Tank pour véhiculer diverses idées locales et le R20, assemblée des 20 plus grandes régions du monde, complémentaire au G20.

The final day for the EurActiv / Blogactiv team coincides with the planned final day of the Copenhagen Climate Conference. For me, the day was dominated by three main themes. Firstly, posturing. There were so many leaders on show that all needed to spread their wings and be a part of a global spectacle. In [...]

Blogactiv was pleased to speak to Ricardo Cordoba, President of GE Energy for Western Europe and North Africa. We asked Mr Cordoba about the price of energy and for how long subsidies for green technology might be required.

This interview was conducted on Tuesday 15th December by Daniela Vincenti [...]

The last hours of Friday in the Bella Center were both fascinating and depressing. In a former professional life, I knew someone that had been involved in WTO negotiations. He used to describe them to me as multi-player chess with 200 participants and hundreds of issues and that as such deals were always impossible because [...]

It is 23.40 in the Bella Center at the UN Copenhagen Climate Conference and American President Barak Obama has just announced the basis of a deal. He did this while the European press corps was waiting over an hour for an EU press conference… The EU press conference didn’t happen! At this early stage, the [...]

Blogactiv spoke to the UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, President Lagos (Former President of Chile and President of the Club de Madrid), about the progress and complications of reaching a deal at the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

This interview was conducted on Thursday [...]

In the Committee of the Regions side event, Blogactiv spoke to Simon Brooks, Vice President of the European Investment Bank about the role of cities and local authorities in countering climate change.

This interview was conducted on Wednesday 16th December 2009 by Stuart Langridge.

We speak to Mark Kenber for a second time. He explains to Blogactiv the organisational problems at the Bella Centre and the impact this is having on NGOs being represented at the event and in the negotiations.

This was recorded on 18th December.

It is just past 21.00 in the Bella Center, Copenhagen, and progress for a workable climate deal seems limited so far. Unofficially, I am told that the delegation from Costa Rica has gone to dinner because they don’t think there is much going on. There is a rumour that the Russian delegation, including Medvedev has [...]