Category: Climate Change

SBI opening plenary intervention

greeder May 14, 2012 0 Comments
~Written by YOUNGO and delivered today by Graham Reeder at the opening plenary of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation. SBI intervention: Thank you chair.  My name is Graham and I am 21 years old. We would like to take this opportunity to address three pertinent issues on the SBI agenda. First, with regards to Article 6, we believe that education for sustainable development...

Bonn Intersessionals Kick off

greeder May 14, 2012 0 Comments
~by Joe Perullo and Graham Reeder The sun is shining in the old capital of western Germany as the 36th session of the Subsidiary Bodies (Implementation and Scientific and Technical Advise) kick off on day 1 of the Bonn intersessionals. Intersessionals are smaller meetings than COPs, they are charged with getting the work done that the annual COPs agree to and preparing for the following year's...

Somali ‘climate refugees’ in Kenya: a consideration and a suggestion

Nathan Thanki April 28, 2012 1 Comment
by nathan thanki There is a Somali proverb that asserts; “Sorrow is like rice in the store; if a basketful is removed every day, it will come to an end at last.” In a case of tragic irony, circumstances in Somalia have conspired to add two baskets of sorrow for every one removed. Regarding rice the proverb has proved only too poignant, especially since the devastating drought of early 2011....

The Clash of Paradigms and Durban [Disaster]

COA Admin December 27, 2011 0 Comments
by Samuli Sinisalo In the UNFCCC, and especially in Durban, there are two major forces in play. The obvious surface is of course that of saving the planet and the climate system from disastrous anthropogenic interference. That is why these meetings are organized in the first place, and it is even inscribed in article two of the convention. The other force in play is how is this to be done? Who...