Category: Climate Negotiations

More Demonstrations, More Security

COA Admin November 13, 2006 0 Comments
by Michael Representatives of the youth of our planet once again demonstrated on the grounds of the Gigiri Complex at this year’s COP/MOP. The youth who demonstrated were no longer allowed to do so in the main lobby, but were instead regulated to the grass near the entrance. Nevertheless, all entering delegates had the opportunity to witness us holding five signs which listed numbers descending...

Update on Thursday’s Demonstrations

COA Admin November 10, 2006 0 Comments
-by Michael The Youth of the World attending this year’s COP12 can rest assured that their right to demonstrate peacefully and reasonably will not be impeded upon. Meetings with the appropriate authorities confirmed that actions taken by security to 1. End the demonstration through confiscation of signs and dispersal of those present, and, 2. Delete photos taken by a Youth photographer of...

Youth Demonstrations Broken Up

COA Admin November 9, 2006 0 Comments
-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

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...