Category Archives: copenhagen
Put nature on the rack and make her scream for us
“Manchester Salon” is linked to the fruit-cake libertarians at the “Destitute of Ideas” in ways that I’m too indolent to investigate. On Wednesday 21st they held a “post-Copenhagen” event at Blackwell’s bookshop. All the suggested reading was from the Times … Continue reading
Copenhagen Accord-ing to Gort
Prolific Manchester-based cartoonist Marc Roberts has produced a cartoon guide to the recent “Copenhagen Accord”. I’m biased (because I scripted the first draft), but I think it’s bloody brilliant. Be v. interested to know what other people think…
MCFly 040- After Copenhagen
After the disappointment of the last international negotiations on climate change, come find out what happened and what it means for Manchester at the next Manchester Climate Forum on Weds 20 January, from 7pm, at the Friends Meeting House.http://www.manchesterclimateforum.org.ukFor details … Continue reading
Next MCFly, Weds 20 Jan meeting…
The next full MCFly will be published on Sunday 17th January. It will contain the usual mix of news, analysis, gossip, “humour” and a useful calendar of upcoming climate events. One such event is on Weds 20th January, hosted by … Continue reading
MCFly interview: Sharland on Copenhagen
Hi all, well, Copenhagen is done and dusted (at last). You can see various updates and analysis at http://www.climateslamdown.wordpress.com I’d particularly recommend MCFly cartoonist Marc Roberts’ “The Great Climate Let-Down” He posts regularly also at http://www.throbgoblins.blogspot.com Richard Sharland, the City … Continue reading
Copenhagen and the Climate Slamdown.
Click here for a magnificent climate cartoon about Copenhagen by Manchester-based cartoonist Marc Roberts. It’s in the latest New Internationalist. MCFly has run a column for the past 20 or so issues (I may over-estimate) called “Coping With Copenhagen” (Copenhagen, … Continue reading
MCFly 32- Coping with Copenhagen
Ed Miliband (patron saint of MCFly’s blog when he’s not busy as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change) is obviously underwhelmed with the civil society response to his request for a mass movement, so he has set up … Continue reading
MCFly 31- Coping with Copenhagen
John Prescott told the Guardian that the viital UN climate change talks in Copenhagen are likely to collapse unless rich nations agree a “social justice deal” built around equalising emissions per head in each country. The Bonn climate talks of … Continue reading
MCFly 030- Coping with Copenhagen
As MCFly goes to press, the latest mini-round of talks towards the Copenhagen negotiations is happening in Bonn, Germany. Read more at http://www.iisd.ca/climate/ccwgi In recent news: the newly-elected chair of the European Parliament’s environment committee, German Social Democratic MEP Jo … Continue reading
MCFly 029- Coping with Copenhagen
Afterplay on the G8 summit in Italy Fiona Harvey of the FT reckons “the point of this meeting was never going to be the declaration at the end of it. The real prize was that Mr Obama sat in a … Continue reading
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