News stories by Daniela Estrada - IPS/Terraviva*

The climate change summit proved to be a 'spectacular failure even according to its own terms,' but civil society had 'some successes,' such as the inclusion of certain issues on the climate agenda, and making the voice of the South heard loud and clear.

'Energy is an instrument of power. Whoever has energy, controls the world,' Cuban expert Luis Bérriz said in an address to Klimaforum, the civil society meeting being held in parallel to the UN conference on climate change in the Danish capital.