Climate Negotiations

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...

Carbon Offsets with NativeEnergy

COA Admin October 15, 2006 0 Comments

-by Matthew In 19 days I will be in Boston’s Logan International Airport ready for 14 hours and 40 minutes of sitting in a Boeing 747. I will fly 7,513 miles going 895km/h over the Atlantic Ocean towards a part of the world I have never been to, to attend a very important international conference on climate change and hopefully work towards ultimately halting the threat of global warming. It...