2009 Biodiversity COP Politics 
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
“The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Rupert Read in one of the essays in a new collection, Climate Adaptation. Speaking at the launch of the book in Glasgow on 30 October, he shared some of his views on the measures that might constitute a successful COP, or a not-entirely-disastrous-one, at least.
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Like a chicken and egg dilemma, who came up with these goals first, politics or science? Political Origins of 2°C. The next key moment in the 2°C story is no longer scientific, but political. And we reached the political tipping point around the two-degree mark. It is 2009 and the 35th G8 Summit. Another time jump.
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Envirotec Magazine
JULY 6, 2021
What are the big priorities for COP? Its conclusions have since been endorsed with apparent sincerity by the UK government, which announced in June that it was committing to ensuring that more of the UK’s largest new infrastructure projects “leave nature and biodiversity in an overall better state than before development”.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
It is highly likely the row over phasing down or phasing out coal power will return in the coming years and the debate at future COPs will no doubt be extended to address oil and gas. If there's one theme that really comes out loud and clear from this COP, it is about money," said former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd.
Renewable Energy World
OCTOBER 26, 2021
President Joe Biden, and their representatives will gather to demonstrate their political commitment to slowing climate change. Wealthy countries promised in 2009 to contribute $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing nations, a goal that has not been reached. What happens at COP26? The U.S. , Courtesy: Johannes Plenio /Unsplash.
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