climate legacy

What to do When Hope is Slim: A Sentimental Affirmation of the Equity Bottom Line

Anjali Appadurai November 28, 2012 4 Comments

by Anjali Appadurai What do you do when you finally realize the true, terrible scope of an issue you have been optimistic about for years? It's the difference between reading the word "genocide" and finally comprehending it. It's that moment when your stomach drops with a dull thud as the truth hits you and swallows you whole. Climate change is no...

Climate induced genocide? Youth intervention to CMP plenary

jvelez November 27, 2012 0 Comments

delivered by Julian Velez on behalf of Youth NGOs (YOUNGO) at the CMP (Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol) opening plenary, 26th November Thank you Chair, The first commitment period is over and there is nothing but cowardice surrounding the second commitment period. This is a matter of listening to science and preserving planetary health, not...

Doha Deception: Youth intervention to COP opening plenary

Nathan Thanki November 26, 2012 0 Comments

by nathan thanki This afternoon I had the honour of delivering the following statement on behalf of the youth constituency (YOUNGO). A night’s sleep had to be given up, and many ideas, comments, concerns, and demands had to be somehow moulded into a coherent, concise statement. We worked on the assumption that, inshallah, we’d get 2 minutes after all the needless ceremony and...