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KVMR Correspondent Michael Stone assesses Obama Speech, the unresolved issues at the Climate Conferences, the rich/poor country split, the youth movement and the growing populace awareness of the global warming issues.

World leaders have been speaking at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen as it nears its climax. I spoke today with KVMR's Michael Stone who is covering the conference about todays developments.

An American environmentalist and writer, Bill McKibben is the founder of 350.org , an international climate campaign.

George Monbiot is a journalist, author, academic & environmental & political activist in the United Kingdom who writes a weekly column for The Guardian newspaper.

Nimmo Bassey is from Nigeria and is the chair of Friends of the Earth International and a life long activist for global human rights.

World leaders taking control of stalled climate talks today in Copenhagen may find the measures acceptable to 193 nations fall short of what scientists demand to slow global warming.World leaders from China, the U.S., the European Union and India, the top polluters, are taking charge of the talks from envoys who have bickered over key provisions since Dec. 7. The talks are scheduled to finish tomorrow. Paul Emery speaks with Michael Stone who is covering the conference for KVMR.

In Copenhagen today there seems to be little progress in drafting a proposal that will have a consensus of support from both the developed and emerging nations. Paul Emery spoke with KVMR's Michael Stone who is covering the conference and asked him about how things are progressing.

The president of the UN climate summit has urged delegates to "get to work" after protests from developing nations forced a suspension of several hours. Talks resumed late on Monday after the president, Danish minister Connie Hedegaard, addressed some of the developing countries' concerns. Their key demand - separate talks on the Kyoto Protocol - was met. Heads of state and government will shortly arrive for the final segment of talks that are due to finish on Friday. I spoke today with KVMR's Michael Stone who is at the conference about this weekends activities

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During the first four days of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen talks have aimed at building a truly global agreement to combat global warming, China has lashed out at the US, Europe, and Japan for offering what it sees as inadequate emissions targets.

The head of a bloc of developing countries, known as the G-77, has lashed out at -- among others -- the Danes, hosts of this gathering, for circulating a draft treaty that the G-77 finds flawed. Paul Emery talks with Michael Stone abouts todays activities.

Janet Larsen is the Director of Research for the Earth Policy Institute, working with Lester Brown on Plan B 4.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization. She is a co-author of The Earth Policy Reader and has written on topics ranging from natural resources availability to population growth and climate change. www.earth-policy.org Kristine Holten-Anderson is a spokesperson for Klimaforum09

In Copenhagen today, the fall-out continues after a leaked climate proposal from the Danish government emerged late Tuesday. The lead negotiator for the G77 plus China -- a group of developing countries -- called it a coup by rich nations that will produce an overly weak treaty. Critics say such a plan would not protect Africa, where climate change impacts could be the most devastating. But the text appears to be giving life to a serious push for stronger emissions reductions. From Copenhagen, KVMR's Michael Stone spoke with Paul Emery.

The biggest climate meeting in history, with 15,000 participants from 192 nations, opened in Copenhagen on Monday with host Denmark saying an unmissable opportunity to protect the planet was "within reach." Paul Emery spoke with KVMR's Michael Stone about todays activities

Tens of thousands of diplomats, activists, journalists, businesspeople, celebrities and assorted green hangers-on have descended on the Danish capital of Copenhagen for the U.N.'s annual climate-change summit starting on Monday. I spoke with KVMR's Michael Stone, who is is reporting for covering the conference and asked him whether there is any controversy over the validity of climate change information.

The goal of the UN Climate Change Conference is to take measures that will keep our global climate temperature from increasing beyond the established tipping point of 2 degree C. This is to be accomplished through reduction of greenhouse gases by a number of alternative ways. The climate widget will help you keep track of how negotiations are going.