WWF urges ministers arriving for the high level segment of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen not get distracted from a goal of preserving the world from climate catastrophe.

On Wednesday (9 November 2009), the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and the Global Public Policy Network on Water Management (GPPN) sponsored a discussion in Copenhagen, Denmark, on "Bridging the water and climate change agenda."  The panelists included WWF's John Matthews, who is responsible for coordinating freshwater climate adaptation issues across the WWF network.

At a briefing in Copenhagen, Denmark, yesterday (11 December 2009), scientists and social scientists from Tibet released and discussed a new report on the impacts of climate change on the Tibetan plateau.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) yesterday (11 December 2009) held a briefing in Copenhagen, Denmark, on ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change; and released a short report on the topic.

In this briefing yesterday (11 December 2009) in Copenhagen, Denmark, Executive director Rolf Nordstrom of the Great Plains Institute joins other representatives from the Midwest to discuss the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 

In Copenhagen, Denmark, yesterday (10 December 2009), the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, Ken Salazar, said "we must plan for the realities of a changing climate, and protect ourselves and our world against its impacts."

On Wednesday (9 Dec 2009) Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson in Copenhagen, Denmark, responded to questions that recently have been raised about the scientific basis for action on climate change.

The U.K. Met Office says "it is more likely than not that 2010 will be the warmest year in the instrumental record, beating the previous record year which was 1998."

Trio of Senators announces a bipartisan blueprint for climate and energy legislation.

In accepting the Nobel Peace prize today, President Obama said that "there is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, more famine, more mass displacement -- all of which will fuel more conflict for decades.  For this reason, it is not merely scientists and environmental activists who call for swift and forceful action -- it's military leaders in my own country and others who understand our common security hangs in the balance."