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Deforestation in Developing Countries Discussed at SBSTA

COA Admin November 8, 2006 0 Comments
-by Matthew The second meeting of SBSTA started off with a bang yesterday. Agenda item 5, the first agenda item discussed at the meeting, dealt with deforestation in developing countries. Much praise was given to the work accomplished at the deforestation workshop in Rome. There seemed to be universal agreement amongst those parties initiating in the dialogue that a second workshop should be...

North American youth delegation arrives in Nairobi

COA Admin November 4, 2006 0 Comments
Twenty-eight youth from North America have traveled to Nairobi, Kenya for the 12th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP12). The youth delegation has brought together leaders from across North America, and seeks to share the perspectives gained last year in Montreal with African youth present at COP12. Over the next two weeks these twenty-eight climate warriors...

Youth Delegation prepares for United Nations Climate Conference in Nairobi, Kenya

COA Admin October 22, 2006 0 Comments
-by Juan Soriano Seventy-five youth from around the world are preparing to make the case for a carbon-neutral future at the upcoming meeting United Nations Climate Change Conference. The 12th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP12) and the 2nd meeting of the Kyoto Protocol (MOP2) will convene from November 6th, to November 17th (at UNEP headquarters) in...

People are a part of nature too…

COA Admin October 20, 2006 0 Comments
-by Sarah Which is why I offset my CO2 emissions for travel to COP12 with Conservation International, a D.C.-based organization which supports long-term, community-based conservation projects like the Makira Forest Project in the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar, which focuses on local education and empowerment around agroforestry to reduce deforestation. To learn more about the project, visit...

Travel Emissions Indulgences through NativeEnergy

COA Admin October 16, 2006 0 Comments
-by Michael So that my means of transport to the upcoming Conference may be less destructive to the atmosphere of the planet we are trying to aid, I too bought carbon offsets through NativeEnergy. The company, a cooperative of Native Americans, is based in my home state of Vermont, so for me the purchase was local as well as moral. The money invested, at $12.00 per ton of Carbon, goes towards...