Personal thoughts of Dan Kammen from the Copenhagen Climate Conference

December, 2009
The Berkeley Blog

To read some intriguing thoughts of Dan Kammen who attended the COP15 meeting over the last weeks in Copenhagen, please visit his page at The Berkeley Blog. His articles offer his personal observations, several pictures and an excellent opportunity to get a closer idea what is going on in Copenhagen.

 

A blogpost by Dan Kammen in the "Copenhagen Arena"

December, 2009
politico.com
The pledge by Secretary of State Clinton is a piece of substantive news, and is important. More broadly, President Obama, supported by efforts this kind from the U. S. Secretaries in attendance can shift the landscape to one that recognizes the legitimate and immediate concerns of developing nations that climate change is already impacting their economies and basic human livliehoods in direct ways.

The overall problem that this COP has highlighted is, however, very simple: the negotiations, while taking fairly predictable paths in a purely political sense, are not yet in tune with the language that really matters - the language and the timetable of nature.

Global Observatory presents PlanetCall: Solutions from Global Youth

December, 2009
ClimateCall.org

Dann Kammen at the PlanetCall.org presentation

At the COP15 meeting in Kopenhagen, Dan Kammen attended as a panelist a presentation of solutions for a sustainable future by young people from all over the world. The results of an exclusive youth survey by the world's largest youth-run organization, AIESEC, and Kairos Future were revealed and discussed at this seminar.

Climate change: 10 ideas to save the planet

November, 2009
Channel 4 News
Dan Kammen calls for a new effort in the dimensions of the Manhattan Project to spur innovation in the field of renewable energies. History has taught us that the normal pace of progress can be accelerated, when many scientists focus on a particular challenge and when they are well equipped with political and financial resources. Just as America succeeded in developing nuclear weapons or in sending the first human to the moon, America has the power to offer the innovations needed to slow climate change.

State Blueprint to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

November, 2009
KCBS
Dan Kammen talks on KCBS about the new Californian proposal that would cap most of the state's greenhouse gases from hundreds of power plants, refineries, and other big factories, allowing companies to buy and sell emission allowances among themselves. The plan would eventually cover about 85 percent of all emissions in the state. He says the idea is to balance costs with incentives so that industry comes up with creative ways for reducing all types of emissions.