Beyond the Negotiations

Mic check. Mic check. Youth intervention (English and Spanish version of the speech)

Youth Civil Society December 9, 2011 6 Comments

This morning Anjali gave the intervention to the high-level segment COP plenary on behalf of youth. Standing on the podium, and looming large on the screen, she launched right in. I speak for more than half the world's population. We are the silent majority. You've given us a seat in this hall, but our interests are not on the table. What does it take to get a stake in this game?...

Getting a movement going

greeder December 9, 2011 1 Comment

by Graham Reeder So after two weeks of singing and dancing in designated, coordinated, preapproved, action spaces, the official youth constituency just made their first risky move at this COP. Anjali delivered a powerful high-level plenary intervention about how the youth are being failed and how developed countries are to blame for delay on ambitious climate action, and the youth followed it up...

“Not just a fund-a JUST climate fund”

Nathan Thanki December 8, 2011 0 Comments

by Nathan Thanki Before we get the official say on what the green climate fund should look like, let's just remind ourselves what a really just GCF would look like. As one member of the YOUNGO finance working group said today "we don't want just another climate fund, we want a just climate fund." So what is a just climate fund? First and foremost, a just fund must be a transparent fund that...

Global hegemons push through a well-disguised Trojan Horse

COA Admin December 8, 2011 0 Comments

Ignoring all evidence that an agriculture work programme under SBSTA is a bad idea, I'd automatically be wary of anything that the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia are pushing this hard, especially if it's 'for the sake of' developing countries. Cartoon designed by a friend of Teresa Anderson, a woman we're working with here in Durban.

U.S. Youth Ejected from Climate Talks While Calling Out Congress’s Failure

Crossposts December 8, 2011 0 Comments

cross-posted from SustainUS <http://sustainus.org/component/content/article/115-news-general/628-us-youth-ejected-from-climate-talks> Durban, South Africa – After nearly two weeks of stalled progress by the United States at the international climate talks, U.S. youth spoke out for a real, science-based climate treaty. Abigail Borah, a New Jersey resident, interrupted the start of lead...