After attending CoP-15 (as a UN Observer, on temporary assignment to the Division for Sustainable Development, though of course I write entirely in my individual capacity), talking to numerous delegates and observers and NGO activists during the event, and reading over a hundred articles on the process and the outcome, I have come to an … Continue reading The Earthquake in Copenhagen: Reflections on CoP-15 and its Aftermath
Month: December 2009
Whatever Works: Of Green New Deals, Marshall Plans, and Energy Revolutions in Copenhagen at CoP-15
A few months ago I received a telephone call from Tariq Banuri, head of the UN's Division for Sustainable Development. At the time, I was wandering around the building site where my wife and I are constructing an eco- and climate-friendly house, outside of Stockholm. "Can you talk now?" said Tariq. I sat myself down … Continue reading Whatever Works: Of Green New Deals, Marshall Plans, and Energy Revolutions in Copenhagen at CoP-15
Alan AtKisson 