Event 1:
Barack Obama, and the "circus" that always follows the american President, arrived in Oslo this morning. After a brief meeting at the Nobel Institute, the Obama group moved on to talks with the norwegian government (he also brought his Energy Secretary to the talks).
Barack Obama, and the "circus" that always follows the american President, arrived in Oslo this morning. After a brief meeting at the Nobel Institute, the Obama group moved on to talks with the norwegian government (he also brought his Energy Secretary to the talks).
This week has been very busy for Obama with the US health reform, unemployment, and the decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.
He has also started preparations for the UN conference on climate change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. Part of those preparations was to meet with Al Gore - a previous Nobel Peace Prize winner for his (and UNFCCs) efforts to put global warming on the agenda.
The day’s events culminate in the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, where Obama will accept the 2009 award and deliver a speech before an audience of about 1,000 people at Oslo City Hall. He will address members of the Nobel committee, who stunned the world and Obama himself on Oct. 9 by presenting him with the award only nine months into his presidency.
“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the committee wrote in explaining its decision.
The president’s speech on Thursday, which aides said he was still writing and editing during the seven-hour flight from Washington, will focus directly on the paradox of the moment for Obama as he accepts a prize for peace nine days after announcing that he would escalate the war in Afghanistan by sending in 30,000 new American troops.
Other Events:
In his Nobel Peace Prize speach Obama did, as predicted, talk about the paradox of the moment and the concept of "just war". He did not say much about the climate challenge (it was after all a speach in the setting of the Nobel Peace prize). He did, however, say that solving this issue is a prerequisite not only to good and sustainable living conditions, but actually to peace as well. "...It is also why the world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, famine and mass displacement that will fuel more conflict for decades." Failure to prevent dramatic climate changes will fuel new wars over water, farming land etc. - and as such a strong signal to the UN conference in Copenhagen.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/10/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5961370.shtml
The day’s events culminate in the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, where Obama will accept the 2009 award and deliver a speech before an audience of about 1,000 people at Oslo City Hall. He will address members of the Nobel committee, who stunned the world and Obama himself on Oct. 9 by presenting him with the award only nine months into his presidency.
“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the committee wrote in explaining its decision.
The president’s speech on Thursday, which aides said he was still writing and editing during the seven-hour flight from Washington, will focus directly on the paradox of the moment for Obama as he accepts a prize for peace nine days after announcing that he would escalate the war in Afghanistan by sending in 30,000 new American troops.
Other Events:
In his Nobel Peace Prize speach Obama did, as predicted, talk about the paradox of the moment and the concept of "just war". He did not say much about the climate challenge (it was after all a speach in the setting of the Nobel Peace prize). He did, however, say that solving this issue is a prerequisite not only to good and sustainable living conditions, but actually to peace as well. "...It is also why the world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, famine and mass displacement that will fuel more conflict for decades." Failure to prevent dramatic climate changes will fuel new wars over water, farming land etc. - and as such a strong signal to the UN conference in Copenhagen.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/10/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5961370.shtml
China on Wednesday criticised the lack of action by developed nations in fulfilling their commitments on carbon emissions reduction and financial support to developing nations in coping with climate change. http://beta.thehindu.com/news/article62882.ece?homepage=true
Action Jackson: U.S. EPA Boss Gets Warm Welcome in Copenhagen. Jackson said she has emphasized in her meetings that while the Obama administration will push Congress to enact legislation next year curbing greenhouse gas emissions, EPA will move ahead with plans to both finalize greenhouse gas rules for vehicles in March, and then curb the carbon output from large emitters like coal-fired power plants.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34311724/ns/us_news-environment/
Green fund to be proposed by Norway, UK, Australia and Mexico at U.N. climate talks.
Progress:
During the renovation project, including the JAHUS part discussed here on this blog, we had to move a lot of "stuff" around in the house - from the attic to the basement living room (now a storage room) etc. Even though there is still work to be done before the ventilation project is finished, we're now busy getting all our "stuff" back were it belongs (and in this process sending quite a lot to recycling).
On Tuesday the ventilation subcontractor promised to fix the noice problem (most urgently needed outside - where the exhaust air leaves the house). With all the delays earlier on in the project, it is no surprise that this last relay leg has not yet begun. It is probably because the guy doing the work in our house was injured last week. He cut him self with a knife during work at a different location (but this injury was known when they promised to finish the delivery within a week).
Until the JAHUS solution has been delivered 100%, I'll keep the "Progress" heading - but then I have to think of new heading that better describes this section of the blog (detailing the economics of this JAHUS project,
During the renovation project, including the JAHUS part discussed here on this blog, we had to move a lot of "stuff" around in the house - from the attic to the basement living room (now a storage room) etc. Even though there is still work to be done before the ventilation project is finished, we're now busy getting all our "stuff" back were it belongs (and in this process sending quite a lot to recycling).
On Tuesday the ventilation subcontractor promised to fix the noice problem (most urgently needed outside - where the exhaust air leaves the house). With all the delays earlier on in the project, it is no surprise that this last relay leg has not yet begun. It is probably because the guy doing the work in our house was injured last week. He cut him self with a knife during work at a different location (but this injury was known when they promised to finish the delivery within a week).
Until the JAHUS solution has been delivered 100%, I'll keep the "Progress" heading - but then I have to think of new heading that better describes this section of the blog (detailing the economics of this JAHUS project,
Blog changes:
There are a lot of useful websites out there with a focus on global warming and related topics, but I have found that the www.350.org site complements in a nice way the other listed favorite websites (thanks to the reader who suggested this). I have therefore added the link in my "favorite links" shown on the blog's righthand side.
The videoclip on youtube.com illustrates nicely why the organization is called 350.org: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5kg1oOq9tY
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