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Climate scientist James Hansen talks about global warming, Copenhagen, and his new book. James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, is one of the world’s most famous climatologists. He testified at a 1988 U.S. Senate hearing that the emission of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels was already producing [...]

Tania Branigan Beijing Two Chinese rights activists said todayyesterday that they were briefly detained by police after seeking a meeting with Barack Obama in Beijing. They added that US influence over China on human rights had declined. Jiang Tianyong and Fan Yafeng were arrested by plain-clothed police officers after gathering with others at a hotel [...]

What’s on, who’s there and where to stay. Click here for a calendar of actions during the conference Oxfam members wearing masks of world leaders offer a Copenhagen menu to other members representing poor countries last month in Barcelona. Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images Never mind the boring old delegates at next month’s climate talks in [...]

  Thousands of activists from all over the world will soon descend on Copenhagen with one message: that world leaders must agree a deal that will be effective in reducing global emissions, and be fair for the people most vulnerable to climate change. Hundreds of mainstream NGOs, such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, [...]

BEIJING — Thousands of people will send letters to President Barack Obama this year. Few besides Yang Zili are likely to risk jail by doing so. A Chinese dissident recently freed after eight years in prison, Yang said Thursday that he is seeking Obama’s help in gaining medical parole for two friends who were jailed [...]

There is a little quotation that I have printed out and have attached to my desk pad cover; it reads Press On Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will [...]

Facing climate disaster, African countries are calling for a fast greenhouse gas reduction to 350 parts per million ahead of the global climate protests this Saturday The battle over carbon emissions has so far been fought mainly between big and powerful players. In countries like Australia, the coal industry has battled environmentalists and taken on [...]

UK border police used anti-terrorist legislation to prevent a British climate change activist from crossing over into mainland Europe where he planned to take part in events surrounding the forthcoming United Nations summit in Denmark. Chris Kitchen, a 31-year-old office worker, said he feared his treatment by police could mark the start of a clampdown [...]

HUNGER – WE ARE DESENSITISED Climate change will result in the deaths of many of the world children over the coming years as droughts become more severe and crop losses devastate the world’s food reserves. We are being desensitised by the media and news reports and the views of suffering, to the point where we [...]