GenevaLunch » Copenhagen http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Copenhagen chef bumps Spain’s elBullihttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/27/copenhagen-chef-bumps-spains-elbulli/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/27/copenhagen-chef-bumps-spains-elbulli/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:30:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=40881 GenevaLunch.com Head north, dear diners, and feast on musk ox and roast marrow, at the restaurant that now holds the coveted number one in the world slot, according to Britain’s Restaurant Magazine. Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark, was bumped up to the top rating, beating out Spain’s revered elBulli which has been number one for four years [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/27/copenhagen-chef-bumps-spains-elbulli/feed/ 0 Climate summit (Chappatte cartoon)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/18/climate-summit-chappatte-cartoon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/18/climate-summit-chappatte-cartoon/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:18:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=33965 GenevaLunch.com Click on image to view larger © Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/18/climate-summit-chappatte-cartoon/feed/ 0 Climate summit in Copenhagen (Chappatte cartoon)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/07/climate-summit-in-copenhagen-chappatte-cartoon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/07/climate-summit-in-copenhagen-chappatte-cartoon/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:24:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=33156 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The world climate summit opens in Copenhagen, Denmark Monday 7 December, with leaders from 192 nations attending. The goal: to find a global agreement on climate change, especially global warming. Obama changes Copenhagen visit for greater impact US President Barack Obama will visit the summit 18 December rather than 9 December [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/07/climate-summit-in-copenhagen-chappatte-cartoon/feed/ 0 China commits to CO2 cuts by 2050http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/china-commits-to-co2-cuts-by-2050/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/china-commits-to-co2-cuts-by-2050/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:12:15 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=32458 GenevaLunch.com China will improve energy efficiency 40-45 percent by 2050, compared to 2005, Chinese officials announced 26 November, without offering any details. By improving energy efficiency, China also reduces CO2 emissions.Chinese leaders almost immediately cautioned that their energy goals were domestic, and asked the world to trust them. Xie Zhenhua, the Chinese climate policy expert who [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/china-commits-to-co2-cuts-by-2050/feed/ 0 Obama to go to Copenhagen, China insists on Kyoto dealhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/obama-to-go-to-copenhagen-china-insists-on-kyoto-deal/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/obama-to-go-to-copenhagen-china-insists-on-kyoto-deal/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:20:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32371 GenevaLunch.com US President Barack Obama 25 November became the latest head of state to say he will be in Copenhagen for the climate conference, COP 15, in mid-December. Obama’s staff announced his travel plans as part of a statement that he is personally committed to cutting US emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels during the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/obama-to-go-to-copenhagen-china-insists-on-kyoto-deal/feed/ 0 Health and climate competing for US lawmakers’ attentionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/07/health-and-climate-competing-for-us-lawmakers-attention/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/07/health-and-climate-competing-for-us-lawmakers-attention/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:46:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=27057 GenevaLunch.com US President Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind reforming the US healthcare system and commiting the country to passing significant climate change legislation before world leaders meet in Copenhagen in December to replace the Kyoto agreement on CO2 emission. It now appears that lawmakers may not have the time or energy to deal with [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/07/health-and-climate-competing-for-us-lawmakers-attention/feed/ 0 WWF warns that arctic ice melt rate doublinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/02/wwf-warns-that-arctic-ice-melt-rate-doubling/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/02/wwf-warns-that-arctic-ice-melt-rate-doubling/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:20:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=26701 GenevaLunch.com Complete coverage of the WCC-3 by GenevaLunch Conference is 31 August – 4 September 2009 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – One-quarter of the world’s population is likely to be affected by rising ocean levels provoked by melting Arctic ice, a WWF study released 2 September shows. The Arctic is heating up at twice the rate of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/02/wwf-warns-that-arctic-ice-melt-rate-doubling/feed/ 7 Geneva climate meeting: new weather services framework, sets stage for Copenhagenhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/30/geneva-climate-meeting-new-weather-services-framework-set-stage-for-copenhagen/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/30/geneva-climate-meeting-new-weather-services-framework-set-stage-for-copenhagen/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:23:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=26298 GenevaLunch.com The political climate at the Geneva meeting, in particular the willingness to work together at a ministerial level, could set the stage for Copenhagen.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/30/geneva-climate-meeting-new-weather-services-framework-set-stage-for-copenhagen/feed/ 0 Swiss government proposes new law on CO2 emissionshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/26/swiss-government-proposes-new-law-on-co2-emissions/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/26/swiss-government-proposes-new-law-on-co2-emissions/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:19:42 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=25986 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss government is committed to cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of 20 percent compared to 1990, and a  proposed new law sent to Parliament 28 August outlines how it wants to achieve that goal. The measures proposed are to: keep the current tax of CHF36 per tonne of CO2 on [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/26/swiss-government-proposes-new-law-on-co2-emissions/feed/ 0 UBS study shows Geneva, Zurich expensive, salaries high but only 9 hours work to buy iPodhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/19/ubs-study-shows-geneva-zurich-expensive-salaries-high-but-only-9-hours-work-to-buy-ipod/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/19/ubs-study-shows-geneva-zurich-expensive-salaries-high-but-only-9-hours-work-to-buy-ipod/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:56:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=25353 GenevaLunch.com Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva and Zurich among the top five priciest cities in the world, along with Oslo, Copenhagen and Toky, according to a study by bank UBS comparing prices and earning in 73 cities around the world. Salaries are highest in Switzerland, Denmark and the US, with workers in Geneva and [...]

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