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Let's work together to make it happen

Let's work together to make it happenI just wanted to thank you for all the amazing support you have given me over the last year or so. We return from Copenhagen with an Accord which represents...

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Messages of support

Thanks to all who have left message of support on the campaign Facebook page and elsewhere. You can take a look and sign up to the page here ....

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Last Day

It’s the last day of Copenhagen. There’s not much time for reflection in this process but when the deadline starts roaring towards you the importance of what we’re dealing with...

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Thursday

Sorry I haven’t been keeping this up. Frankly it’s been a bit exhausting. The plenary – when all the countries are in the room – broke up at eleven last...

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Video: Ed Miliband Interview

Ed Miliband is interviewed at Copenhagen . ....

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In Copenhagen - Emily Thornberry

Joan Ruddock took time off from her bilateral meetings with other European ministers to brief British parliamentarians on how the talks were going. Joan explained that Britain was pushing the...

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John Prescott has arrived

John Prescott has arrived in Copenhagen – and has been able to dispense some wise advice on these big talks and how to get a deal. As he’s been walking...

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One of the toughest issues

Ed Miliband has been asked along with the Ghanaian Environment Minister Ms Hani Sherry Ayittey to co-chair a group to discuss the financing aspects of a global climate change deal....

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UK Press Conference - Emily Thornberry

UK Press Conference - Emily ThornberryEd Milliband and Douglas Alexander fronted the British press conference today. Douglas said that his presence at this conference as Sec of State for International Development shows that the British...

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Walking and Talking - John Prescott

I talk to John Prescott a lot about climate talks – since he was our negotiator at Kyoto. His best advice so far? “Walking and talking Ed, walking and talking,...

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Press Conference with Douglas Alexander

Press Conference with Douglas AlexanderFirst stop this morning – press conference with Douglas Alexander. It’s great he and Hilary Benn have been able to come out and show that the UK government’s commitment to...

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The melting polar bear

The melting polar bearThe NGOs are creating a number of photo opportunities like this which are great for illustrating what is at stake at these talks – here is the WWF’s polar bear,...

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Tony Blair on Copenhagen

"My simple message today is this: there can be a deal at Copenhagen. There should be a deal. It will not be all that everyone wants. But it was never...

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Into the final week...

Into the final week...We're into the final week and we're not making enough progress. We're now getting close to midnight and we need to act like it. That means more urgency to solve...

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Emily Thornberry: Sunday

Emily Thornberry: SundayThe official conference was closed today so I put my time to use freezing on the streets, reading and sounding off about the Tories on Channel 4. It also seems...

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Odd the things you do for the cause

Odd the things you do for the cause. In a frantic round of media interviews at the end of a busy day with texts and pledges and money and square...

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Emily Thornberry at Copenhagen

Emily Thornberry at CopenhagenThis conference is absolutely packed. And next week we are expecting even more people! There is some alarm starting to bubble up about just how everyone who wants come is...

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Gordon Brown's speech

Significant things out of Gordon Brown's press conference in Brussels: Through an ambitious deal the EU should commit to reduce emissions by 30 per cent by 2020 A financial framework...

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Day one for me

Day one for meDay one for me starts with briefing and breakfast with the team and then travel on the Copenhagen metro to the conference centre. Holly Williams from Sky news came with...

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Guest Post: Emily Thornberry MP

Guest Post: Emily Thornberry MPI’ve just arrived in Copenhagen as part of GLOBE’s cross-party team of MPs from the national parliaments of the G8, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa. I’m out here...

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Leaving tonight

I'm leaving for Copenhagen tonight. One of the last things I've done between phone calls and meetings with ministers from key countries and talking through the job and manufacturing...

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Pre Budget Report

Just a shameless plug here today for the good news for green jobs and the green economy out of the pre-budget report today. Not only a boiler scrappage scheme to...

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I want an ambitious deal

I want an ambitious dealI know there’s been a bit of a flurry around a leaked text – of which I’m sure there will be several more before the talks are over. I...

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Off to Manchester

I'm off to Manchester for the last public meeting I'll be holding before I go off to Copenhagen later this week. Friends of the Earth will be there as well...

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Lunchtime update from Copenhagen

Quick update this lunchtime - the Prime Minister is doing an exclusive video interview on the Guardian's website about Copenhagen. Today's the first day of the formal talks and now...

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Could you give me a call?

This Saturday, I'll be holding the first ever ministerial mass phone call and I want you to join me. I'll let you know where negotiations are up to and take...

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The Countdown-to-Copenhagen clock

The Countdown-to-Copenhagen clockThe Countdown-to-Copenhagen clock in the department’s lobby I pass every day reminds me that we only have less than a week to go before the offical summit begins. There’s nothing...

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Sixty five world leaders

Sixty five world leadersNow sixty five world leaders have accepted the invitation to be in Copenhagen for the climate change talks. Gordon Brown was the first leader to announce that he would go...

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20 days to go

20 days to goToday I am in Copenhagen at a meeting of ministers from 43 countries trying to make progress in the run up to the December summit. I am glad to...

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One month to go

One month to goWith a month to go to Copenhagen, I wanted to update you on the state of play. We are still going all out for a comprehensive, binding agreement, consistent with...

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Success

After a huge effort by people who've signed up to the Ed's Pledge campaign, the Guardian has reported that Ken Clarke has retracted his comments calling for an end to...

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Co-sign my letter to David Cameron

Co-sign my letter by filling in the form below. By signing up your name and town/city will appear publicly alongside mine. . The Labour Party and its elected representatives may...

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Climate change debate in the House of Commons this afternoon

Climate change debate in the House of Commons this afternoonI’ve been backing the 10:10 campaign - I was really pleased when the whole cabinet signed up to cut their CO2 emissions by 10% in 2010, and I know the...

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Good news on the Copenhagen front

Good news on the Copenhagen frontGood news on the Copenhagen front - climate change talks are coming to London. The UK is to host the next meeting of the Major Economies Forum, where the...

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In Pittsburgh

Good news from Pittsburgh about phasing out subsidies for fossil fuels. Of course we have to make sure energy is kept affordable and accessible – but we won’t be able...

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At the United Nations

I'm going to be at the UN today where the Secretary General has called a meeting of world leaders to discuss climate change. It'll be a chance to urge other...

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Good News

Good news. Gordon Brown has announced that he is prepared to go to Copenhagen to clinch a deal. He's the first major world leader to say he'll do...

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My speech at the TUC

This is the speech I made at the TUC: It is a privilege to be speaking to the TUC as Labour’s first Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change....

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