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Call to arms: Youth speech to COP high level plenary

Nathan Thanki December 7, 2012 0 Comments
This morning Munira Sibai, a Syrian-American student with SustainUs, delivered this speech on behalf of young people (YOUNGO). Although many governments could not be bothered to listen to their citizens, civil society was present in force: supporting Munira and each other in a way that governments can only dream of. Onwards. I stand before you given two minutes to make the same call for action...

YOUNGO intervention to ADP

Nathan Thanki December 5, 2012 0 Comments
The below statement was planned to be delivered by Fadi el Masry of the International Federation of Liberal Youth on behalf of Youth groups and delivered to the informal plenary of the Ad-Hoc Working Group of the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP). That plenary has been postponed for several days in a row - when or if it happens we will try to post the video, but for now here is...

Monday’s Child

tzundel December 4, 2012 0 Comments
by Trudi Zundel as part of our attempt to keep people up to speed, this note was sent to YOUNGO on Monday Night. It is by no means complete, and we do not claim to be "objective" (whatever that is) LCA There was a huge fight in LCA today over a new Chairs text; the text  had blank pages under finance, adaptation, technology transfer, capacity building, and response measures. A...

YOUNGO intervention to SBI

Nathan Thanki November 27, 2012 0 Comments
this intervention was delivered to the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI) by David Gawaith of the New Zealand Youth Delegation on behalf of YOUNGO Thank you Chair, my name is David Gawith and I will be 60 years old in in 2050 Your task this week is a challenging one. The SBI is expected to complete its entire business this session by Saturday.  We stand ready to assist you in this...

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...