Youth Demonstrations Broken Up

-by Michael This sunny Thursday morning, as COP attendees arrived for the session of the COP/MOP, there were nine youth standing in a rough V shape to meet them. In their hands they held large cardboard signs, making the following statement in six languages: Remember your son (or daughter, depending on the sign). After yesterday’s youth meeting, some of the young activists of this world planned...

Deforestation in Developing Countries Discussed at SBSTA

-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

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

-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…

-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...