Benno Hansen - Fun with Climategate

By now some of those both qualified and willing to spend the time to read the leaked "Climategate" emails properly have done so and more sober coverage emerges. If there is a smoking gun to be found, most likely it'll have the Big Oil fingerprints on it. The blogosphere …

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Benno Hansen - Solar Aid, recommendations, inspiration and brand new cars at pre-COP15 exhibition

The Copenhagen Climate Exchange 2009 hosted by The Danish Society for Nature Conservation was a four day exhibition of sustainable ideas and renewable technologies. It was closed Sunday evening as Connie Hedegaard, now Danish minister but soon EU Commisioner, and Achim …

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Benno Hansen - December forecast: More denialism and more scandals

We all know them: the old sayings supposed to help us predict the weather. Perhaps you'd be interested in a couple of Danish ones to help prepare your trip to the Copenhagen summit?

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Benno Hansen - How to save the world from global warming – an introduction

A look at the initiatives discussed to save the world as we know it, COP15 included, in the context of the climate change complex of problems.

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Benno Hansen - Danish minister, COP15 host Connie Hedegaard appointed EU Commissioner for the Climate

Good luck, Connie.

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Benno Hansen - Environmentalism is oil

The machinery of capitalism needs a little oil applied in strategic places, so to speak. With regard to climate change that oil is environmentalism.

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Benno Hansen - The big picture of causes and effects: Climate change issues in context

Problems, problems, problems. In context. Which we need to go through in order to locate the keys to solving the issues.

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Benno Hansen - The South Pole is melting too

The ice masses on Antarctica are melting into the oceans a recent study confirms. That's yet another nail for the coffin of climate change scepticism.

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Benno Hansen - Pick up the November issue of Scientific American

Just take a look at the cover and you will see why I recommend it. Here is some highlights and quotes. As well as a few links to the free online content

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Benno Hansen - What Jared Diamond says about climate change

If you haven't heard of Professor Jared Diamond yet I strongly recommend you google him right away. Or read this article, watch the video below or just order all his books right away.

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Benno Hansen - Delay kills, Pre-COP15’ers

Today the two day Pre-COP15 ended. While ministers and diplomats were doing their thing inside, activists were waiting for them outside. For the brief chance to send a message as the "important" people would enter and exit the building. Here is my video and summary for you.

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New Greenpeace chief: "civil disobedience appears to be the only way"

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Holy Water War continues

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Benno Hansen - More CO2 a mixed blessing for farming

More carbon dioxide = more plant growth and larger agricultural yields, right? It's not that simple, unfortunately.

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More "best of" TH!NK ABOUT IT Climate Change blogging competition

The organizers from the European Journalism Centre have awarded five bloggers as winners of the first month and also three bloggers have now won a trip to the actual COP15 climate change summit in Copenhagen.

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Benno Hansen - “Yawn, more baseless alarmism” - this time from China and Denmark

The last two of my five videos from Monday's seminar of NGO representatives in Copenhagen, Denmark: Chinese Ju Yie, The Climate Group, and Danish Kim Carstensen, WWF International, at CAN SOUTH AND NORTH AGREE ON A CLIMATE DEAL?.

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Benno Hansen - Would you cross the street if you had 50% chance to survive?

Wael Hmaidan, IndyAct Lebanon and Antonio Hill, Oxfam International, speaking about their latest perspectives on the negotiations for COP15.

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Benno Hansen - Maldives Minister answering questions about COP15 on Skype

Earlier today the Maldives Minister of the Environment, Mr. Mohamed Aslam, answered questions from NGOs and attending citizens through videolink from Climate Vulnerable Forum in the Maldives to a seminar in Copenhagen, Denmark. Here is my video from the front row. Enjoy.

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Benno Hansen - A history of skepticism: Bjørn Lomborg

Deconstructing Lomborg to address the two sided coverage of a one sided story.

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I'm TH!NKing about climate change

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