Lars G. Josefsson showed up at the UN General Assembly in New York City in September with a petition signed by 244,500 people that called for action on climate change, including the fixing of a global price for carbon emissions.
A possible rise in sea levels by 0.5 meters by 2050 could put at risk more than $28 trillion worth of assets in the world's largest coastal cities, according to a report compiled for the insurance industry.
Today we face a perfect storm. As the crises related to the climate, economy, food and poverty collide and combine they threaten to overwhelm us.
China and the United States, the largest producers of greenhouse gases, will team up to fight climate change and create clean energy, their leaders said Tuesday.
President Obama and leaders from the rest of the world's top economic powers acknowledged Sunday that there's no hope of a major breakthrough over climate change by year's end.
A new international treaty to combat climate change will not be ready when 40 world leaders meet next month in Copenhagen but may be finished next year, a top United Nations official said Friday in Barcelona.
In order to stop dangerous climate change we may be forced to construct giant solar shades and cover great swathes of land with artificial trees that suck up carbon dioxide.
It's been 105 years since golf was last an Olympic sport, but thanks largely to Ty Votaw, golfers will tee off in Rio come 2016.
The UN climate summit in Copenhagen in December aims to set new greenhouse gas emissions agreements between countries. It will be attended by all signatories of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Click through the Explainer, above, to learn more about the summit.
Michelle Obama gave an impassioned speech before the International Olympics Committee. President Obama traveled overseas -- in the middle of debates over health care and Afghanistan -- to make his personal pitch to bring the 2016 Olympics to his hometown.
Lars G. Josefsson showed up at the UN General Assembly in New York City in September with a petition signed by 244,500 people that called for action on climate change, including the fixing of a global price for carbon emissions.
A possible rise in sea levels by 0.5 meters by 2050 could put at risk more than $28 trillion worth of assets in the world's largest coastal cities, according to a report compiled for the insurance industry.
Today we face a perfect storm. As the crises related to the climate, economy, food and poverty collide and combine they threaten to overwhelm us.
China and the United States, the largest producers of greenhouse gases, will team up to fight climate change and create clean energy, their leaders said Tuesday.
President Obama and leaders from the rest of the world's top economic powers acknowledged Sunday that there's no hope of a major breakthrough over climate change by year's end.
A new international treaty to combat climate change will not be ready when 40 world leaders meet next month in Copenhagen but may be finished next year, a top United Nations official said Friday in Barcelona.
In order to stop dangerous climate change we may be forced to construct giant solar shades and cover great swathes of land with artificial trees that suck up carbon dioxide.
It's been 105 years since golf was last an Olympic sport, but thanks largely to Ty Votaw, golfers will tee off in Rio come 2016.
The UN climate summit in Copenhagen in December aims to set new greenhouse gas emissions agreements between countries. It will be attended by all signatories of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Click through the Explainer, above, to learn more about the summit.
Michelle Obama gave an impassioned speech before the International Olympics Committee. President Obama traveled overseas -- in the middle of debates over health care and Afghanistan -- to make his personal pitch to bring the 2016 Olympics to his hometown.
After flying through the night for seven hours aboard Air Force One, nobody would blame President Obama for being at least slightly groggy when he arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a quick four hours to make the final pitch for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics.
COPENHAGEN -- As Barack Obama was walking out of the Bella Center in Copenhagen following Chicago's Olympic bid presentation earlier this morning, the president stopped before leaving the building and told assembled reporters, "The only thing I'm upset about is that they arranged for me to follow Michelle. That's always bad." Indeed, after much speculation whether the President would come to Denmark, it was the First Lady who gave Chicago's bid to host the Olympics in 2016 the emotional appeal it otherwise lacked.
What are the first thoughts that pop into your mind when you hear the word Olympics? Probably something synonymous with excellence, greatness, excitement, achievement.
President Obama's decision to head to Copenhagen, Denmark, later this week to make a push to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago is not without political controversy.
First lady Michelle Obama vowed Monday to "take no prisoners" as she and her husband launch an unprecedented bid for Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid.
On Tuesday, more than 100 world leaders gathered at the United Nations for a climate summit. They were called together by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to build momentum for the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, this December.
You're probably not thinking about what you would like for Christmas yet. But ask any environmentalist for their ideal gift and you'll get a version of this answer: a binding agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December that is strong enough to match the science.
Leaders of the world's most powerful economies pledged to seek huge cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions at a summit in Italy on Wednesday.
Leaders of the world's most powerful economies were meeting Wednesday in the center of an Italian earthquake zone for a summit that, despite an agenda tackling the global financial crisis, world poverty and climate change, is not expected to produce seismic results.
An unusual exhibition is confusing and amusing tourists and locals in central Copenhagen this month.
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Tuesday urged urban leaders and policymakers they need to take the lead now in fighting climate change.
Experts have warned that the richly diverse coral reefs of the Coral Triangle around southeast Asia will disappear by the end of the century if action is not taken against climate change.
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Make the most of "the world's most livable city" with these insider tips.
A bomb threat at Copenhagen's airport Saturday prompted a temporary evacuation of Denmark's crown prince and his wife from their commercial flight, police said.
The world is facing an increasing risk of "irreversible" climate shifts because worst-case scenarios warned of two years ago are being realized, an international panel of scientists has warned.
Although topic A at Davos is the financial meltdown, a few brave souls took it upon themselves to grapple with the still existing - and for the last few months largely ignored - problem of global warming.
A recent study on global wellbeing showed the Danes to be the happiest people on the planet and with about a fifth of them living in their capital it stands to reason that Copenhagen must be a little bit special.
Tim, 33, is a Canadian who moved to Copenhagen in 2000 to study at Copenhagen Business School. He has been working full-time in Copenhagen since 2004, currently as a journalist for a bank.
For a city of its size, Copenhagen has a remarkable range of shops that ooze class and individuality.
At last count, Copenhagen's restaurants boasted 12 Michelin stars between them, more than anywhere else in Scandinavia.
Like the Danes themselves, Copenhagen's nightlife is generally relaxed, although not without its surprises.
Copenhagen is compact and relatively traffic-free, making it a pleasure to explore on foot. Start your visit Start in Indre By, the bustling and historic heart of the city.
Denmark has long been at the forefront of modern design and to see Danish design at its most iconic, check in at the Radisson SAS Royal (Hammerichsgade 1, doubles from 2,299 DKK a night).
The United Nations Climate Conference underway in Poznan, Poland, hopes to build on the Bali Action Plan adopted by over 180 countries in 2007 and lay the groundwork for a new global climate agreement scheduled to be ratified at next year's climate summit in Denmark.
You haven't experienced Christmas lights until you've seen nearly four miles of them artfully hung in patterns dictated by Tiffany's head designer in Copenhagen's famed historic amusement park, Tivoli Gardens -- and that's not counting the 1,800 strands dramatically draped on the lakeside willows.
Governments around the world continue to pump billions of dollars into financial markets, but there is still no telling whether the "injections of liquidity" will be enough to prevent "this sucker" -- to quote the President of the United States -- from going down.
A Jettime passenger jet carrying 147 people made a successful emergency landing at Copenhagen airport in Denmark while experiencing problems with its landing gear, police said.
The Danish central bank said Monday it has taken over the nation's 10th largest bank, a 124-year-old institution which had been struggling amid global financial turmoil and mounting losses on mortgage loans as housing prices fell in Denmark
The 15th UN climate change summit will convene in Copenhagen in December 2009, and world leaders will begin discussing a successor to Kyoto
Economists from the Copenhagen Consensus claim to have calculated how to get the most bang for the buck with foreign aid. But not every threat can be broken down in terms of dollars and cents
A Danish appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit against the newspaper that first printed the controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoons in 2005
Masked robbers armed with automatic weapons stole about $6.3 million from a cash depot in suburban Copenhagen on Tuesday and left explosives in their wake to delay pursuit, police said.
Artists and other creative types are having their way with hotel rooms -- and they're thinking way outside the box.
With airports from New York to Sydney getting upgrades, Travel + Leisure picks our favorite restaurants, bars, lounges, shops and spas.
Travelers heading to Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia this year will be greeted by a host of new museums, improved infrastructure and special events. Here's what to expect if you visit.
Police from the Danish Security Intelligence Service have arrested eight people accused of storing "unstable explosives" in a heavily populated area of Copenhagen, agency Director Jakob Scharf said Tuesday.
I was strolling through the commotion of downtown Copenhagen, past chain restaurants dressed up to look old, and under towering hotels that seem to be part of a different international chain each year. Then, as if from another age, a man pedals his wife on a Christiania Bike -- two wheels pushing a big utilitarian rounded bucket. You'd call the couple "granola" in the USA -- they look as out of place here in Copenhagen as an Amish couple in Manhattan.
Pedestrians all over the world are moving faster than a decade ago, according to scientists who have conducted a study into the pace at which people walk.
Dying to see Paris, London and other European cites? Better get there while you can still afford it.
The concept cars shown at the Paris motor show this week might present a glimpse of shape of things to come, but across the Atlantic a car is being developed that is radically reinventing not just the car itself but also our relationship with the automobile.
With a chocolate box charm and history as fairy teller Hans Christian Andersen's home, it's easy to dismiss Copenhagen as a twee tourist trap. But while the city's low-rise skyline is home to storybook statuettes and what is believed to be the world's oldest monarchy, the home of Carlsberg beer is also has a wilder side. For three decades, hundreds of hippies have defied Danish law, setting up their own enclave of peace, love and tax evasion in the heart of the city in a community. The hippies may be on their way out, but they have helped inspire a contemporary cool that spawned the groundbreaking Dogme 95 film movement. Hamlet's home may be Scandinavia's smallest country, but with so much going on in Copenhagen, there's clearly nothing rotten in the state of Denmark.
THE BRAIN
We based this screen on what Benjamin Graham recommends for the "defensive investor" in his 1949 classic, The Intelligent Investor. Among other things, we insisted that each stock's price be no more than 15 times its average earnings per share over the past three years, and that the overall portfolio have a P/E of no higher than 13.
The Scene spent the day in Copenhagen with film director Thomas Vinterberg. Do you have a favorite hangout in the Danish capital? What's your favorite Thomas Vinterberg film? Send us your suggestions and read your comments below.
Arrived in Copenhagen, cold and with the sense that snow was imminent. The place looks fantastic, the Christmas decorations are out in full, I kind of think I'm in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" walking down Bakersville High Street. I'm half expecting to bump in Clarence the Angel, but instead it's world-renowned Dogme director Thomas Vinterberg.
The Scene talks to Danish film director Thomas Vinterberg about growing up in a hippy commune and the influence of Copenhagen on his work.
Do you have any inside tips on Copenhagen? Send us your comments.
Check out The Scene's recommendations for the Danish capital and send us your ideas and suggestions below.
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