Climate Negotiations

Just an idea about youth and children’s engagement in the movement against climate change

Angeline Annesteus December 7, 2010 0 Comments

-Angeline Annesteus: Since I’m here at Cancun, I’m working with the Haitian delegation in taking notes, assisting and helping coordinate some meetings. Attending the conference is really important to me and I’m beginning to learn and better understand the complexity of global climate change negotiations. Indeed, I took part in this side event “Bearers of Future Responsibility: Engaging...

Dialogo Mexicano – Es Mex March Downtown: Pictures and Video Report

mcalderon December 7, 2010 0 Comments

-Mariana, Ayla, and Tara "De Norte a Sur, Este a Oeste, ganaremos esta lucha, cueste lo que cueste!" "From the North to the South, East to West, we will win this fight, no matter the cost!" Today we participated in one of the two marches that took place in Cancun this morning at 9am. The two marches were focused on climate justice and comprised of mainly unaccredited civil society members from...

Prostituting our natural forests to the higher bidder

COA Admin October 8, 2009 0 Comments

by Juan Carlos Soriano Over the weekend, the Secretariat circulated Non-paper No. 11 with consolidated text for the negotiations to establish a mechanism to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries (REDD). I felt that the REED discussions were sort of moving forward, the text was shorter but the number of contentious issues remained the same. The...

International youth sound the alarm

COA Admin October 7, 2009 1 Comment

All the youth attending the talks here in Bangkok gathered for a press conference this afternoon. Below is our press release. INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SOUND THE ALARM: WE ARE ON ROAD TO FAILURE! International Youth has declared “No Confidence” in the road to Copenhagen. Bangkok – A declaration of “No Confidence in the Road to Copenhagen” was announced today by the International Youth...

Where are we at?

COA Admin October 6, 2009 0 Comments

By Lauren Nutter Exhaustion is the first word that comes to mind personally. But in all seriousness, now fully in the second week of negotiations, I find myself asking where are we at? I find myself in a bizarre and somewhat conflicted state. On one hand the 200 page text we started with here in Bangkok has been consolidated, and countries are being quite frank about outlining their deal...