Denmark News

I like when things come together! I can't ask for anything better. Nov. 1, 2009, wrapped family, disabled musicians, traveling and my 42nd birthday all into one big present to myself.

After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, negotiators said yesterday that a new global agreement now depends on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Associated Press= A list of key points negotiators hope to clarify before meeting for a decisive U.N. climate conference next month in Copenhagen, Denmark.

British Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband on Thursday urged nations to aim for meaningful progress on a global climate change pact in talks next month - despite fading hopes that a deal will be struck.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging developed countries to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 25 to 40 per cent.

Countries most vulnerable to climate change said Friday they were incensed that rich nations were rethinking the timetable for concluding a global treaty that would hold them to legally binding targets for cutting emissions.

Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and contentious road to passage.

Negotiators and diplomats were working Thursday on a scaled-back version of a global climate change treaty that could be agreed by next month's deadline, without firm U.S. commitments.

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Six days before the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday addressed a joint meeting of Congress, and charged U.S. lawmakers to tear down other walls.

Washington -- European leaders pressed Congress and the White House on Tuesday to unite on a plan to combat global warming, even as a Republican boycott forced a delay of votes in a key Senate committee, demonstrating the deep partisan rift.

Vietnam and Denmark on November 2 signed a memorandum of understanding on cultural cooperation during the 2009-2014 period as part of activities within the official visit to Vietnam by Danish Queen Margrethe II.

Danish soccer team FC Midtjylland has dismissed goalie Arkadiusz "Arek" Onyszko, a Polish player, in the wake of anti-gay comments in Onyszko's autobiography.

African countries say they are ending a boycott of meetings at U.N. climate negotiations after winning promises for more in-depth talks on greenhouse gas emissions.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that world nations are unlikely to strike agreement on details of a new climate change pact at a key U.N. summit next month.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel intends to make the case for a global deal on climate change to a skeptical audience: members of the U.S. Congress.

Nepal's Cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said Monday.

India hosted a high-level technology summit in Delhi last week with the aim of supporting progress toward a global agreement on "climate-friendly" technologies.

EU leaders at a summit in Brussels Friday pledged to contribute their "fair share" into a multibillion-dollar fund to help developing nations adapt to climate change.

Many nations are watching to see whether the Senate will make progress on a climate and energy bill that would spell out the U.S. national emissions-reduction plan.