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It’s a long way to… Copenhagen
Climate change is one of the hot topics in the media these days. Everyone who is not living in total isolation has been bombarded by various messages about what is happening to our climate and what is being done to prevent extreme change in it. With the Kyoto protocol nearing its expiry date and the Copenhagen summit that has now recently started, the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (GGS) and the Leuven Sustainable Earth Research Centre (LSUE) felt the need to further inform Leuven’s students about this issue.
K.U.Leuven Alumni President of the European Council
The president of the European Council under the incumbent of the Lisbon Treaty is Herman Van Rompuy, the now former Belgian Prime Minister and alumni of K.U. Leuven. He is the first President of the European Council who will stay in office for two and a half years replacing the system of six months of rotation.
Climate Change Summit
FAILING TO REALIZE OR ACT IN TIMES
The Voice is not a standard republican journal in the United States. Unlike FOX News, we do believe the facts cited by top class IPCC (UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) scientists on global warming. They are clear. At this moment, we are on our way to the worst-case scenario. This article is dedicated to the Climate summit in Copenhagen, which has started on the 7th of December. It is a summit that was long expected to deliver a strong post-Kyoto framework, a summit that is likely to offer too little, too late.
The Road to reaching a global climate deal
INTERVIEW WITH PHD STUDENT AND OBSERVER WITH THE BELGIAN DELEGATION, SIMON SCHUNZ
The COP15 taking place in Copenhagen this month are the most important negotiations since the 2nd WW. Simon Schunz, a PhD student at KU Leuven and a observer with the Belgian delegation in Copenhagen, takes us through and explains some key aspects on the road to reaching a global climate deal.
China in the Spotlight
TIGHTENING THE EU-CHINA RELATIONSHIP
