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18-19 Dec: Copenhagen ‘a tragedy’
Already more than 300,000 people die every year as a result of climate change.
Thanks to Copenhagen's failure, that number is set to rise.
In its final deal, passed on Saturday morning after lengthy and fraught negotiations through the night, world leaders at the Copenhagen climate change summit have simply failed.
Climate justice when? The fight goes on
For more on the final day, read on...
And the winners are... no one
Copenhagen failed to deliver fair and binding emissions targets that will prevent average global temperatures rising to catastrophic levels.
And it failed to establish adequate funding for developing countries.
Copenhagen's failure was the inevitable result of rich countries refusing to shoulder their overwhelming responsibility for global warming, said Christian Aid's senior climate change advocacy officer, Nelson Muffuh.
‘We hoped that sanity would prevail, but powerful nations didn’t come to negotiate. They came to play hardball.
‘Lives will be lost as a result.’
Christian Aid's response Copenhagen 'a tragedy' for millions in the world's poorest countries
Climate justice when? The fight goes on
Did Obama kill the deal?
Christian Aid's Nelson Muffuh says Barack Obama made what amounts to 'a take-it-or-leave-it speech' to developing countries at the Copenhagen summit on Friday.
The US president's speech, which maintained that the US would not improve its emissions targets, has been greeted with almost unanimous disappointment.
As Christian Aid's Alison Doig puts it, ‘We had hoped Obama would come bearing gifts for the world, but all we got were empty words.’
And to see all of those empty words, read this full transcript of Obama's speech to the conference.
‘We are going home empty-handed’
Shirley Bolanas from the Philippines and Fatija Abdul Hajid from Kenya react to the state of play in Copenhagen following Obama's speech.
Watch Live in Copenhagen
Huffington Post Obama's speech
One Africa, one voice
The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance's (Pacja) firm stance that African nations need to stand together in the face of divisive tactics by rich nations has made it one of our stars of the summit.
You could say we are biased: after all, we did help set Pacja up.
But its impressive role is something journalist and activist Naomi Klein has picked up on in a comment piece for the Guardian.
Channel 4 News, meanwhile, ran a feature last night focussing on Africa's new unity and solidarity at Copenhagen.
Guardian Naomi Klein: Better to have no deal than one that spells catastrophe
Channel 4 News Africa at Copenhagen