December 11, 2008

Hmmm…

COA Admin December 11, 2008 0 Comments

Some of these ministerial statements are pretty impressive! I'm feeling a bit better. The worst of the Umbrella Group (Australia, Canada, Japan, US) had me worried and depressed for a bit, but so many other countries get it and are holding the developed countries accountable. To see it all go down, check out: copportal1.man.poznan.pl/ They have live streams as well as archived footage. Pretty...

Hope.

COA Admin December 11, 2008 0 Comments

Again, the youth continue to give me hope. Our latest campaign - the Survival Campaign - has exceeded our wildest expectations. Visit 350.org/survival to be a part of it. Essentially we are asking countries to commit to the principle of safeguarding the survival of all countries and peoples. While not all countries have signed on (the US for example), we have received incredible support from...

Sitting in the final few sessions.

COA Admin December 11, 2008 0 Comments

Well, I'm sitting here in the high level segments of the Poznan climate negotiations. I have to say, I'm pretty disgusted with many of the developed countries speaking. They are more than happy to say one thing - to talk about how great they are and how much they care - and then block text necessary for the literal survival of entire countries. Pretty fun process. As one minister from a small...