Category: COP17

Speak for Yourself

Katie O'Brien December 6, 2011 0 Comments
by Katie O'Brien I cannot speak for anyone other than myself. It seems obvious—at least to me it does—because how can I speak on things I have not experienced myself? But this is exactly the problem with the UNFCCC process (and other processes as well but lets not go into that today): speaking on behalf of people. I suppose my statement wasn’t entirely true because in applying to be a...

The Common African Position

COA Admin December 6, 2011 0 Comments
by Samuli Sinisalo By the end of the week, we will know what Durban will deliver. Durban is an African COP, and Africa will have a key role in determining the outcome. A united Africa is a strong force in the negotiations, as the rest of the developing world is likely not to challenge them. What is good for Africa, is good for the developing world. In September the African Ministerial conference...

What’s health got to do with it?

greeder December 6, 2011 0 Comments
by Graham Reeder So how are climate change and health connected anyway? I don’t know about you, but the first thing that comes to mind when I used to think about climate change is arctic sea ice and major industry polluting. As I’ve developed a stronger interest in public health issues over the last couple of years, the human ecologist in me has driven me to make connections between climate...

Inspired by the Inspired

COA Admin December 6, 2011 2 Comments
by Devin Altobello I decided that to tackle a story about problem-solving climate change, it would be suitable to use the voices of my peers as narrators. Policy savvy and driven to understand and affect the system, UNFCCC, my peers make for dynamic subjects. The global youth are demanding a paradigm shift that disrupts conventions of Wall Street thought. Being part of the youth constituency...