Category: Climate Change

Julian’s Intervention

jvelez December 2, 2011 0 Comments
Yesterday Julian Velez, representing the youth, had the great opportunity to give an intervention during the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP), the main negotiating body that works under the Kyoto Protocol. The ability for civil society to give interventions is one of the only official avenues within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to express...

A Purposeful Media Presence

COA Admin December 2, 2011 0 Comments
by Devin Altobello For the privileged who have convened in Durban, South Africa this is a pivotal gathering with an expected outcome. A generation known as presumptive; entitled; social and languid is given a face lift here at COP 17 where optimism, concern for the planet and each other charges through the collective body of young climate justice advocates. I am capturing this energy and optimism...

Russia Presented a Possible Deal Braker

COA Admin December 1, 2011 0 Comments
by Samuli Sinisalo On wednesday, the COP plenary discussed Russias proposal to amend the UN Framework Convention on Climate change. In the convention countries are divided into different cathegories - and have different responsibilities - according to their development status. These annexes are Annex 1, which includes all the developed countries. have legally binding emission reduction targets in...

The Initial African Presence

jvelez December 1, 2011 0 Comments
by Julian Velez At the Conference of the Youth (COY7) the presence of the African youth was very noticeable, in fact they set the mood for the following three days. The “We Have Faith Youth Climate Justice Caravan” that had over a hundred and seventy youth brought a very strong sense of unity, inspiration and joyfulness to the conference. Their uplifted energy and strong commitment for taking...

Climate-Stupid Agriculture @ the UNFCCC

tzundel December 1, 2011 1 Comment
by Trudi Zundel With food security threatened throughout the developing world, the global community has been paying a lot more attention to the effect of climate change on agriculture. More volatile weather patterns makes planning crop rotations difficult; higher concentration of rain patterns, whether dry or wet spells, means that fields either dry out or wash away--and farmers have little...