Copenhagen is dead – long live Copenhagen
Obama admitted during his trip to Asia last week what many people were already saying since the Barcelona-talks earlier this month: Copenhagen will produce a “politically binding” agreement. Prior to this, a “legally binding” Agreement was envisioned, meaning a REAL treaty which is enforcable. politically binding is suppose to mean a clear roadmap towards something legal, in effect it is not worth than any sunshine-descision taken by the G8 (among many: reducing poverty, erasing dept of the South, eradicating hunger in the world). Since in reality usually the opposite of “political binding” agreements happen, I hope Copenhagen will not produ

Sweden – the leader still leads
Yes, I love Sweden. I lived there and I am favouring the swedish education system and the general attitude towards each other up there (despite it being a little cold) over Germany or even the States. But since the Socialdemocratic Kingdom of Sweden became right-wing, there was much reason to concern. They turned back the wheel of time towards free Capitalism and environmen

Lost in Translation: Greens
Can a Green Party make a coalition with a conservative one? Green Youth at the Party Conference, protesting the "Jamaica" coalition in the tiny German state

Africa afraid of being taken hostage
An interesting blog on the COP15-website. It would be very brave of African countries to walk out of the Bella Center in Copenhagen if the deal gets to bad in December. However, having been in Eritrea and see firsthand what happens if a country is “self-relied” and “strong and honest” makes me wonder if this strategy, while being morally probably the better one, is in realpolitik really senseful. Interesting that the otherwise rather mainstreamed WWF has the position stated here. Africa afraid of being taken hostage Highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change,

Mamirauá: Conservation, Sustainable Development and Research (Jannas Blog)
Look what I found on a good friends Blog! Amazing pictures and an interesting report. Check it!