Opening intervention to the AWG LCA

~Written by YOUNGO and meant to be delivered by Olivia Andersson from Sweden Thank you chair. My name is Olivia and I am 20 years old. We make this intervention during a small window of opportunity. Critical decisions on ambitious climate action need to be agreed upon for LCA's mandate to arrive at a successful and forward-looking conclusion in Doha. We trust that all parties will negotiate in...

First ever YOUNGO ADP intervention

~Written by YOUNGO and delivered by Joe Perullo Thank you Madam President. My name is Joe and I am 20 years old. We the youth will bear the consequences of your decisions in the long term. With the final year of the LCA, the ADP has tremendous responsibility as a final opportunity to create a just and ambitious legal regime to stave off dangerous levels of climate change. We must recognize the...

Equity matters

~by Graham Reeder Today’s negotiations have almost exclusively been dedicated to the subject of equity. The Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action, after spending most of yesterday squabbling over its agenda, got straight into holding their all-day workshop on equitable access to sustainable development. The word equity in the context of the negotiations decisions has its...