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A train splashed with a green stripe carried 450 U.N. officials, delegates, climate activists and journalists from Brussels to the climate summit in Copenhagen on Saturday to symbolize efforts to reduce the convention's carbon footprint.

Politicians at the climate change summit on Monday should take a few notes from a city where the bike has taken over The receptionist at the Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen was a woman of few words.

President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly altered the timing of his upcoming appearance at an international climate summit in Copenhagen, hoping to capitalize on steps by India and China and build a more meaningful political accord, a White House official told The Associated Press.

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and a member of Gov. Bill Ritter's staff plan to attend the international climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The chairwoman of the Central Florida Sierra Club had never heard of Joseph Manning, but she knew she had to meet the 17-year-old whose 6-page resume landed in her e-mail inbox recently.

Sylvie La Forge is keeping on traveling and keeping on learning. The Tillsonburg native polished her French this year during a five-week exchange program in Quebec City.

When a group of Central Minnesota college students head to Denmark later this week for a climate summit, they'll be armed with video cameras and a lofty mission: to bring back stories of solutions to the problem of global warming.

By SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY Scripps Institution of Oceanography will send a delegation of scientists and students to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties , which begins Dec.

Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Monday that his government had not tabled a proposal for an agreement on fighting global warming for next month's U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen.

President Obama will commit the U.S. to dramatic reductions in greenhouse gases by 2050 and will personally travel to a U.N. climate summit next month to drive the pledge, the White House said Wednesday.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang meets with French Minister for Ecology and Sustainable Planning and Development Jean-Louis Borloo in Beijing, capital of China, Nov.

President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen for climate-change talks, where hea ll offer to cut U.S. emissions about 17 percent by 2020 in an effort to help break a deadlock between rich and poor nations.

Brazil is hosting a regional summit to discuss climate change and ways of tackling deforestation in the Amazon.

The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Denmark next month to attend a global climate summit in Copenhagen.

China said Wednesday it will not sacrifice growth to cut gas emissions, illustrating the difficulty in reaching a global climate deal at a major summit next month despite US moves to boost the talks.

Published: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 4:40 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 4:40 p.m. Sonoma County is sending seven people to Copenhagen, Denmark, for next month's international conference on climate control to tout the county's environmental programs, participate in educational panels and have a voice in the debate.

Prospects for a global deal at the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month have been given a boost after it emerged that more than 60 presidents and prime ministers plan to attend.

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 .

While many other destinations in Europe are still licking their wounds over a disappointing summer season, Denmark posted a 5.8% increase in overnights from the U.S. in August compared with August 2008, according to official tourism agency VisitDenmark.

All the houses are part of a VELUX Model Home 2020 concept. Green Lighthouse is located in Copenhagen, Denmark and leads the way for the next generation of CO2-neutral public buildings.