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Ghost of Copenhagen stalks CancúnWorld climate talks in Cancún enter their final stretch with fears of a repeat of the failures that nearly wrecked the 2009 Copenhagen summit. Local opposition, activists slam Copenhagen accordSouth Africa's political opposition and environmentalists have slammed the controversial Copehagen agreement reached by five powers, including SA. Obama climate plan 'rammed' throughA UN conference has rammed through a battle plan against climate change by US President Barack Obama and other top leaders, sidelining smaller states. New Copenhagen accord 'a sham'The new Copenhagen accord, hammered out late on Friday night with SA in a leading role, is a sham -- leading climate change observers say. Obama climate deal founders at CopenhagenA global warming deal worked out by US President Barack Obama and four other countries, including SA, faces mass opposition at Copenhagen. Chaos greets new climate pactChaos and farce reigned at the birth of a climate accord agreed by a clique of leaders, with statesmen going missing, critics crying foul and hacks stampeding on vain hunts for Barack Obama. 'Meaningful' climate deal reached?World leaders have reached a "meaningful" climate accord but it is not sufficient to combat the threat of global warming, senior officials say Copenhagen accord in the makingThe M&G has seen a draft of the Copenhagen accord and negotiations are expected to last late into the night to hammer out a final agreement. Copenhagen: Obama fails to deliverBarack Obama's speech at Copenhagen on Friday contained nothing significantly new to help the world reach an climate change agreement. Capitalism the 'real culprit behind climate change'For Joel Kovel, a proponent of eco-socialism, failure of the Copenhagen negotiations is a forgone conclusion. |
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