Discounting the interests of future people is the one remaining prejudice
Simon Zadek blogs from Copenhagen
Kiribati announces plans at Copenhagen for “practical and rational” exodus due to climate change. Violence and displacement in north western DRC suggests UN proposals for early drawdown may be premature. Spread of violence in Yemen could affect regional stability. Pirates seize another ship off th
Wealthy nations are accused of 'carbon colonialism' as leaked climate draft sparks anger. General McChrystal welcomes the new surge-and-exit strategy in Afghanistan. Fourteen wounded as Malaysian PM visits Thai south. No deal yet on Israel's Shalit according to Palestinian Authority. Iraq's Prime
Brazil's president will present a "green" face at Copenhagen's climate-change summit. But has he truly rethought his old "developmentalism", asks Sue Branford.
Confused by countries’ climate commitments? Perplexed by paltry promises? A beginner’s guide to the conference.
Why and how we should lead the way
The only certainty at Copenhagen is failure - either a bad deal or no deal. This is because of the fundamental disconnect between those affected by climate change and those
The United Nations process is becoming more of a hindrance than a help in tackling global climate change. It's time to look in new directions, says Andrew Pendleton.
The media storm over the hacked CRU e-mails shows that staying above the mud fight is a forlorn hope
It is day six of the 'scandal' over the hacked emails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia’s School of Environmental Sciences, in
Simon Zadek argued that failure at Copenhagen means we must seek unilateral national deals. chinadialogue.net, the environment site that spun out of openDemocracy in 2007, asked its authors Martin Bunzl, Malini Mehra, Wang Tao and Gao Feng to respond
