tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357151766667465162012-02-16T12:39:45.684ZPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045971541550026064noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35715176666746516.post-86139523013521887732009-12-18T16:30:00.004Z2009-12-18T16:45:28.646Z

Here's the latest news from Lasse Bruun in Copenhagen. As the COP15 venue started closing its doors on Thursday to the thousands of NGOs eager to change the world, the parallel climate summit, Klimaforum, opened its doors even wider to embrace these many kindred spirits. This coincided with the day Compassion was hosting an event to present our new report, showcasing how we can humanely feed and

Lesley A. Lambert (D.Phil)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05699300399802024599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35715176666746516.post-74787119061625182212009-12-17T11:24:00.005Z2009-12-17T11:34:58.274Z

Barbara provides the latest update. In subzero weather that would provide arguments for the few remaining climate sceptics, we struggled to even get into the Bella Centre yesterday. It was not the snow drifts that stopped us, but the UN security guards who told me that "Access for NGOs (non-profit observer organisations like Compassion) has been closed because of the protests earlier in the day".

Lesley A. Lambert (D.Phil)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05699300399802024599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35715176666746516.post-30294388669219613132009-12-16T10:37:00.006Z2009-12-16T12:39:56.926Z

Today's report comes from Barbara and Lesley. The high level negotiations have started at the COP, where it's crunch time for countries to hammer out a climate deal. Inside the Bella Centre where the summit is taking place, there is a definite feel of tensions rising. Small scale demonstrations organised by groups within the building are taking place daily. News reporters and film crews are

Lesley A. Lambert (D.Phil)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05699300399802024599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35715176666746516.post-8214576854114838182009-12-13T19:23:00.005Z2009-12-14T10:12:46.076Z

Joyce D'Silva provides the latest Copenhagen update. In the evening following the Agriculture Day conference, Joyce and Lasse attended a business leaders meeting at Kronborg Castle in Elsinore (used by Shakespeare as the setting for "Hamlet").Many of the companies represented belong to the UN Global Compact and declared their commitment to greening their businesses. Some of the figures mentioned

Lesley A. Lambert (D.Phil)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05699300399802024599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35715176666746516.post-62608239367588493442009-12-13T19:10:00.006Z2009-12-14T10:08:50.744Z

Joyce and Barbara provide the latest update from Copenhagen.As we were boarding our plane for Copenhagen, we bumped into famous primatologist Jane Goodall DBE, who had given a moving keynote speech at our 2005 conference on animal sentience. Jane told us that her mission at the Climate Change conference was "to save the forests."This is also an important issue for Compassion. Not only are forests

Lesley A. Lambert (D.Phil)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05699300399802024599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35715176666746516.post-5549659332539964302009-12-11T09:33:00.008Z2009-12-14T10:13:37.260Z

Earlier this week, Lasse Bruun represented Compassion at Cambridge University's Copenhagen event on leadership in the face of climate change. The event was themed around how to make real to people the complex issues that are being discussed in the Copenhagen conference. One of the big topics of the night was how to communicate climate change and, more importantly, how to communicate the

Lesley A. Lambert (D.Phil)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05699300399802024599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35715176666746516.post-61395019475481939932009-12-09T08:47:00.002Z2009-12-14T10:13:47.525Z

The COP is a bit of a circus – activists, lobbyists, businesses, all jostling for access to negotiators and the media. High tech communications are everywhere, people move fast and talk, talk, talk. It’s a long way from our everyday lives but, last night, I went to a meeting which brought home to me, much closer than ever before, what the COP is really about.The Climate Action Network

Lesley A. Lambert (D.Phil)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05699300399802024599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35715176666746516.post-44737453825643148732009-12-07T12:56:00.002Z2009-12-14T10:15:30.378Z

As the COP 15 meeting opened this morning, the city of Copenhagen renamed itself ‘Hopenhagen’, reflecting its goals for action at the climate change conference and, so far, it looks like there may be plenty to be hopeful about.The conference was launched with speeches from the world’s major climate change figures. Dr Rajendra Pachauri, who heads the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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I’m Lesley Lambert, Compassion’s Director of Research. With my colleagues Barbara Romanowicz, Joyce D’Silva and Lasse Bruun, we’ll be blogging from the Copenhagen climate summit for the next two weeks.Compassion’s at the climate change summit with the goal of putting humane and sustainable farming – and therefore farm animal welfare – into the heart of the climate change debate. Humane farming

Lesley A. Lambert (D.Phil)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05699300399802024599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35715176666746516.post-8567377703656197952009-12-04T15:41:00.000Z2009-12-04T16:14:06.560Z

Or for our Danish friends, København - en trussel mod eller åbning for bedre dyrevelfærd.This is the first post of the Compassion in Copenhagen blog. For more information, click through to our main website here or sign up for the blog updates using the Subscribe options in the right hand menu of this page.Wish us luck!

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