Harper going to Copenhagen

It seems like he didn't want to be left out...

Despite declaring that he would not go to to climate negotiations in Copenhagen set to start at the beginning of December, the Canadian Press is now reporting that Harper has now agreed to go.

This follows the announcement in recent days that US President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao will also be making the trip to the UN Climate Summit.

Currently its not clear what date Harper would arrive in Copenhagen. White House officials have said that Obama will be in Copenhagen on December 9 before going to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize.

It is going to be really interesting in terms of how Harper will face the intense criticism from scientists, activists and other countries over Canada's position on climate change, and whether the international pressure and criticism will influence his current policy...

Comments

[Ryan]

Obligatory Climategate mention.

[Dan McGuire]

It is really impossible for one person to read every column and blog in such a huge newspaper but I can not find any coverage of the "climategate" situation (scandal?) presently playing out around the globe, thanks to the democracy of the internet. I completely understand and shared your "pro-global-warming" position but from a journalistic point of view I think that you must get ahead of the story here and try to sort it out. It might also be of interest to readers to know that Canadians such as Steven McIntrye (Climate Audit) have led the attempt over many years to access the data used to promote the warming position, without success until this time. Again, from a journalistic perspective the key question must be why were these scientists allowed by all parties in the science and media communities to not disclose data at the heart of such an important issue?