A group of 8 COA students will venture to Durban, South Africa, for COP17. Can the Kyoto Protocol be kept alive for a second commitment period? Can we walk away with a working, adequate Green Climate Fund? Can wrinkles be ironed out of the Technology Mechanism? Can LULUCF loopholes be closed? How much more prevalent will market mechanisms become? Will governments listen to the demands of the people? Follow us as we find out…
College of the Atlantic students spent the end of 2010 in Cancun, Mexico at the 16th Conference of Parties – also known as the United Nations Climate Negotiations. A follow up to the lacking Copenhagen Summit, COA students helped put the pieces back together.
Braving the cold winter of Copenhagen, COA students arrived in force at the Copenhagen Climate Negotiations. Taking place at the end of 2009, the Copenhagen Summit was the largest international meeting of its kind ever held.