Author: COA Admin

Hmmm…

COA Admin December 11, 2008 0 Comments
Some of these ministerial statements are pretty impressive! I'm feeling a bit better. The worst of the Umbrella Group (Australia, Canada, Japan, US) had me worried and depressed for a bit, but so many other countries get it and are holding the developed countries accountable. To see it all go down, check out: copportal1.man.poznan.pl/ They have live streams as well as archived footage. Pretty...

Hope.

COA Admin December 11, 2008 0 Comments
Again, the youth continue to give me hope. Our latest campaign - the Survival Campaign - has exceeded our wildest expectations. Visit 350.org/survival to be a part of it. Essentially we are asking countries to commit to the principle of safeguarding the survival of all countries and peoples. While not all countries have signed on (the US for example), we have received incredible support from...

Sitting in the final few sessions.

COA Admin December 11, 2008 0 Comments
Well, I'm sitting here in the high level segments of the Poznan climate negotiations. I have to say, I'm pretty disgusted with many of the developed countries speaking. They are more than happy to say one thing - to talk about how great they are and how much they care - and then block text necessary for the literal survival of entire countries. Pretty fun process. As one minister from a small...

Survival is Non-Negotiable

COA Admin December 10, 2008 0 Comments
(a piece I put together with some other youth for our daily publication in Poznan) We must safeguard the survival of all countries and peoples. There is no other way to put it. To do otherwise would be one of the greatest tragedies of all time. Negotiators must quickly raise the level of ambition if we are to meet this necessary goal. To wait any longer is unacceptable. Young people have laid out...

Survival for All.

COA Admin December 9, 2008 0 Comments
Alrighty, time for an update from Poznan. Things are going slow here, which is bad. We have less than a year at this point to get an incredibly strong international climate agreement - that is not a very long time. Especially with the level of ambition many developed countries have. But there is hope! The youth movement here is absolutely inspirational. That's the only way to describe it. We are...