Tag: Maria Alejandra Escalante

Vagabonds and Adventurists!

mcalderon March 21, 2012 0 Comments
By: Mariana Calderon                As part of the Major Group of Children and Youth and as a student studying international policy, I am very interested in what my role at international negotiations can be. In this respect, I am just one of a very large number of individuals, organizations, and groups – Major Groups, that is. There are nine major groups recognized by Agenda 21, and...

The (Lack of) Formal Youth Involvement in the Informal-Informals

aodell March 20, 2012 0 Comments
By Anna Odell Even after spending a term studying sustainable development, the United Nations process, and the Rio+20 conference in depth, when people asked me what exactly I was doing in New York at the informal-informals, I responded with the truth: I had no idea. I could say that I was going to the United Nations negotiations and that I was going to be working with youth from across the world,...

Voices Suppressed become Shouts Heard as Youth are Detained at Moon Palace

mcalderon December 10, 2010 3 Comments
-Mariana, Tara, and Ayla "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied!" It's the last official night of negotiations, and within their meeting rooms at the Moon Palace, negotiators argue and debate about what should come from Cancun. What is missing, however, is an important voice - that of civil society, impacted just as much as negotiators by climate change. That voice has been tentatively, then more...

Update: Evo Morales to speak at Via Campesina

mcalderon December 9, 2010 0 Comments
-Mariana "Si nosotros mandamos a la basura el Protocol de Kyoto, seriamos responsables de econocidio, ecocidio, y genocidio" "If we toss the Kyoto Protocol in the garbage, we would responsible for econo-cide, ecocide, and genocide" -President Juan Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia Just a few minutes ago, a large part of the CoA delegation gathered at Cancun Messe around a live video feed to watch...