The blame game
– Martin Khor, Blame Denmark, not China, for Copenhagen failure, The Guardian: The decision to override the multilateral process and hold a secret meeting of select nations ruined any chance of success
– Mark Lynas (British, adviser to the Maldives delegation), How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room, The Guardian
– Chinese premier Wen Jiabao’s version: Premier Wen’s 60 hours in Copenhagen, Xinhua - China Daily
– Bernarditas de Castro Muller (negociator for G77), Pressure on poor at Copenhagen led to failure, not diplomatic wrangling, The Guardian: The summit was a culmination of attempts by rich countries to steamroller the G77 into accepting a deal not in their interests
– Jayati Ghosh, Beyond ecological imperialism, The Guardian: “The row over climate change isn’t just a battle between rich and poor, it illustrates the futility of obsession with economic growth”
– Johann Hari, The Truths Copenhagen ignored, The Independent
The debate over China
– China: how did copenhagen end up our fault?, Chinese bloggers’ views as reported by Global Voices
– John Lee, China fears climate change openness, The Guardian: Beijing, which fears that external monitoring might reveal internal dysfunction, was backed into a corner by the US at Copenhagen
– Tang Wei, The end of idealism, chinadialogue.net
– Cao Haili, When China said ’No’, chinadialogue.net
– Walden Bello, China:The Prince of Denmark, Foreign Policy in Focus/Transnational Institute
– Qin Xuan, Time for a Plan, chinadialogue.net
Views from Africa
– Patrick Bond, How to cure the post-Copenhagen hangover, Transnational Institute
– Dale T. McKinley, Copenhagen and the South African Experience: Allegorical Parallels on the Global Stage, The South African Civil Society Information Service
– William Gumede, Copenhagen is a disaster for Africa, The Guardian: African countries, worst hit by the effects of climate change, were bullied into a deal that does little to help them
– Ama Biney, System change not climate change
Views from India
From the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in New Delhi and its magazine Down to Earth, an account laying the blame heavily on the US and other Western Countries:
– India should not support the Copenhagen Accord, says CSE
– Sunita Narain, The polluters say they will not pay, Down to Earth editor’s page
– Copenhagen According to USA, Down to Earth cover story
For a more critical point of view on India’s role, read Praful Bidwai, Copenhagen cop out, After our Copenhagen self-goal, Fouling up the air, Transnational Institute
Analyses from the Global Justice movement and NGOs (some of them)
– Bill McKibben, Copenhangover: Rallying for Next Steps, Mother Jones magazine
– Naomi Klein, For Obama, No Opportunity Too Big To Blow
– Michelle Pressend, Copenhagen Accord Makes Sham of Global Environmental Justice, The South African Civil Society Information Service
– Richard Heinberg, The meaning of Copenhagen, PostCarbon Institute
– David Dickson, Copenhagen shows the shape of things to come, SciDev.net