Categories: Politics & Policy

Copenhagen: Day 4

The clock is ticking.

Four days into the international climate change conference at Copenhagen, as U.S. President Obama picks up his Nobel Peace Prize in nearby Oslo, negotiators are frustrated.

The video above provides an overview of Day 4: logging loopholes, European numbers and many, many roadblocks.

The video is the work of the Climate Action Network, a global group of about 500 non-governmental organizations promoting worldwide action to limit climate change that is providing daily updates from Copenhagen summit, Dec. 7-18.

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