Category: Climate Change

The waiting game.

COA Admin December 12, 2008 1 Comment
Sitting here in the plenary hall - about 30 people in the room. Not much going on. It's 9pm and we haven't even started the substantive work that was supposed to happen today. Just speeches. The COP and CMP decisions still need to be approved. I doubt this will be finalized tonight, but will anybody care enough to come back in the morning? The talks in Poznan have ended with a resounding "thud"....

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...