Conference call

14 December 2009

Why all the fuss? The African nations are outraged at attempts to kill off what are known as the Kyoto targets.

As a result they had refused to engage in any more negotiations.

The Kyoto Protocol puts a legal obligation on rich countries to cut their emissions first, as the culprits for climate change.

Anticipation

Later on there is much anticipation that a European Union press conference will break the deadlock.

But we should not have held our breath.

The long faces watching the event on a screen near me say it all. Another load of hot air.

Here's our campaigner Asad Rehman summing up where we are so far.

See what he has to say about the role of civil society - a phrase often used to describe voluntary organisations that are not part of government.

It's great stuff.

What else? The Swedes are giving the Danes a run for their money as most loathed nation at the talks.

They accused the Africans of wasting taxpayers' money by walking out of the talks and slowing things down.

The African countries responded saying the whole conference was a waste of taxpayers' money if a strong and fair agreement cannot be reached.

Rumours we heard

Will Obama be coming to the talks? Some say he won't.

Friday is to be a time for celebration, says Denmark. Which means one less day for negotiations.

A breakthrough: Gordon Brown has promised to commit Britain to 40 per cent cuts by 2020.

This is in line with the science and the PM will announce all this when he arrives tomorrow night. . .

. . . only joking.

How you can help

Here are two ways to support our campaigning.

As someone who wants to see real change you can help us to continue to demand climate change at Copenhagen and beyond with a direct debit of just £5 a month.

And please do today's action emailing the Danish Prime Minister. It really is very easy.