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Scary and Hopeful

COA Admin December 8, 2010 0 Comments

By Ayla Yandow It is a balmy 78 degrees here today by the sparkling crystal clear turquoise waters of Cancun, Mexico. I was thinking today, however, that the bulk of the time, most of us are complaining about how cold we are as most of the time we are wearing sweaters and pants in air conditioned conference halls. That made it all the more clear that we, representing the COA community, are 100%...

La Via Campesina March for Life and Climate Justice

COA Admin December 8, 2010 0 Comments

By Tara Allen "One thousand plus marchers approaching five hundred plus Federal police, two helicopters, 10% of the marchers wearing masks, most in the front ranks. Full riot gear, body armor, shields - road narrowed with double barricades - both sides, all 4 lanes blocked." -Kevin Hansen, a march participant. La Via Campesina, the international peasants movement, organized a 20km march in the...

Ocean acidification, a problem that requires more attention than it has received

COA Admin December 7, 2010 0 Comments

-by Moisés Flores Baca Yesterday I attended a side event about ocean acidification titled "Taking action on Ocean Acidification: Opportunities under UNFCCC" organized by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. It focused on the ways ocean acidification can be included within international policy against climate change, something that really has to be put on the table since there...

“Trust Your Mexican” – Reflections on Mexico as Host of COP16

COA Admin December 7, 2010 0 Comments

by Anjali Appadurai The other day our delegation went to Puerto Morelos to meet with Doreen. Moises had the address and was leading us. We were unfamiliar with the area but we knew that her house number was #806. However, the street we were walking on had numbers starting at #10. We were convinced that we were going the wrong way even though Moises insisted that he knew where we were going. In...

The need for radicalism to make meaningful change

COA Admin December 7, 2010 0 Comments

by Moisés Flores Baca Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a side event organized by the Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (COAST trust) titled “Rights for climate induced forced migrants: Responsibility of international community”. Even though it was not among the best side events I have attended here at COP16 thus far -especially due to incompetent facilitation-...