Copenhagen, Dec 18, 2009

The Bella center waits in anticipation for Obama’s statement, hoping for another infusion of hope after Hillary’s conditional offer of creating a $100 billion climate fund. Many are hoping Obama will improve upon the weak outstanding U.S. offer of a 17% emission cut from 2005 levels, equivalent to just a 3-4% cut from 1990 levels.

The police presence throughout the city continued today, with helicopters heard flying overhead as security was high for Obama’s arrival this morning.

Most news teams, excluded from the Plenary hall, gather around preparing to film Obama’s remarks on the monitor.

Report by James George
Police presence continues throughout the city.

Copenhagen, Dec 17, 2009

Today U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton announced that the United States would be willing to participate in an international climate fund reaching $100 billion/year by 2020, conditional upon China accepting “transparency” in carbon emissions monitoring. This offer may remove one major hurdle to a climate deal, the remaining issue being the very weak U.S. emissions cut offer of 17% from 2005 levels (equivalent to a 3 or 4% cut from 1990 levels).

Report by James George

Copenhagen, Dec 17, 2009

After Hilary Clinton announced the willingness of the U.S. to participate in an international $100 billion fund by 2020, Yvo de Boer began his press conference on an upbeat note, “Hold tight and mind the doors, the cable car is moving again”.

Copenhagen, Dec 17, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced an offer by the United States to participate with other nations to establish an international $100 billion/year fund by the year 2020 to assist poor nations deal with climate change mitigation and adaptation issues.