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Prostituting our natural forests to the higher bidder

COA Admin October 8, 2009 0 Comments

by Juan Carlos Soriano Over the weekend, the Secretariat circulated Non-paper No. 11 with consolidated text for the negotiations to establish a mechanism to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries (REDD). I felt that the REED discussions were sort of moving forward, the text was shorter but the number of contentious issues remained the same. The...

Why I shouldn’t date an Annex I guy?

COA Admin October 7, 2009 0 Comments

by India Leela Raina from the Adopt A Negotiator project To date or not to date and why? Among the 12 of us tracking the delegations here in Bangkok , I’m really tempted to go out in the evenings after a hard day’s work in the negotiations. I think after running after 60-year-old negotiators from my country I require some youthful energy to enthuse the atmosphere! From the perspective of a...

International youth sound the alarm

COA Admin October 7, 2009 1 Comment

All the youth attending the talks here in Bangkok gathered for a press conference this afternoon. Below is our press release. INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SOUND THE ALARM: WE ARE ON ROAD TO FAILURE! International Youth has declared “No Confidence” in the road to Copenhagen. Bangkok – A declaration of “No Confidence in the Road to Copenhagen” was announced today by the International Youth...

Where are we at?

COA Admin October 6, 2009 0 Comments

By Lauren Nutter Exhaustion is the first word that comes to mind personally. But in all seriousness, now fully in the second week of negotiations, I find myself asking where are we at? I find myself in a bizarre and somewhat conflicted state. On one hand the 200 page text we started with here in Bangkok has been consolidated, and countries are being quite frank about outlining their deal...

Women and Climate Justice

COA Admin October 2, 2009 2 Comments

By Lauren Nutter (for Geena Berry and the rest of the awesome folks fighting for gender equity) I’ve been a supporter of stakeholder participation for a long time now, and I am realizing, now more than ever, the value of incorporating more than just sovereign states into global solutions. Simply, we can better combat climate change if we are involving actors on all levels and recognize the...