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Philippines Solidarity Action COP19

J. Taggart Wass November 14, 2013 0 Comments

by J. Taggart Wass After Monday’s empowering speech by the Philippines lead negotiator Naderev ‘Yeb’ Sano and his decision to fast in support of his home country until a meaningful COP outcome was in sight, the youth of COP 19 decided to show solidarity for Yeb and the Philippines by participating in a voluntary fast for climate change. Just as lunch was in session Anjali Appadurai,...

First day, first actions, first signs of hope

Lucas Burdick November 12, 2013 0 Comments

by Lucas Burdick This is a late post, and very much a developing story. “Climate change means we face a future where super typhoons will no longer be one-in-one hundred year events…” said head negotiator for the Philippines, Yeb Sano, at the opening plenary of the COP. You could hear the tiredness in his voice and as he spent much of...

When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose

Nathan Thanki December 7, 2012 0 Comments

by nathan thanki It is the sometimes orthodoxy that any deal is better than no deal, that by degrees we can overcome the climate crisis. It is "common sense" that you take what you can get and live to fight another day. But all this piecemeal haggling simply moves us, degree Celsius by degree Celsius, toward an unlivable and somehow even more unjust world. Let's have a new...

The Red Lines of Justice, Equity and Ambition – Press Briefing

Katie O'Brien December 7, 2012 0 Comments

On Thursday December 6th, Angeline Annesteus, Trudi Zundel, Nathan Thanki and Katie O'Brien spoke about the state of the negotiations and what needs to be done in a press briefing. Anjali Appadurai monitored the briefing. Trouble viewing? Watch here. Angeline Annesteus We...

If the Kyoto Protocol is buried in the sands of Doha…

nzidan December 6, 2012 0 Comments

by Nada Zidan "At a time when we should be getting ready for Christmas, we will be counting the dead in our country," said Bernarditas Castro-Muller, Philippines negotiator in the LCA session on agreed outcome on Monday December 3rd, 2012. Irony of fate, typhoon Bopha hit the Philippines on the exact same day Bernarditas stated the above-and just like the hundreds of other extreme...