What am I supposed to do with my feelings?

By Margherita Tommasini I experience panic attacks. I already share this struggle with the people I love, so it does not really matter if now the Internet will know about it. I sort of knew what I was getting into. Last year I attended COP21 in Paris. I did not have accreditation for the Blue Zone, but I spent the three weeks in the Ville Lumières engaging with different levels of civil society...

A COP of Action?

By Laura Berry & Margherita Tommasini “As we open COP 22, 100 parties have ratified the Paris Agreement. All together, we have made possible what they said it was impossible and we have done it with determination, we never gave up, this is a historic moment” ~Ségolène Royal, President of COP21 The official Opening Ceremony and first plenary session of the COP 22 climate negotiations in...

Lobbying Chronicles – Part III

By Margherita Tommasini The lobbying tour, organized by Corporate Europe Observatory, took place on December 3rd 2015, with the goal of bringing the buildings of the Parisian business district La Dèfense to life: they are seats of power, where decisions are influenced, where lobbyists work and wield power. Read more about the tour and its first stop (Engie) at Lobbying Chronicles: Part I Read...

Lobbying Chronicles – Part II

By Margherita Tommasini The lobbying tour, organized by Corporate Europe Observatory, took place on December 3rd 2015, with the goal of bringing the buildings of the Parisian business district La Dèfense to life: they are seats of power, where decisions are influenced, where lobbyists work and wield power. Read more about the tour and its first stop (Engie) at Lobbying Chronicles: Part I Stop...