Tag: climate change

Carbon Markets

Joe Perullo November 24, 2011 0 Comments
by Joe Perullo Lately, the phrase Carbon Markets is what comes to me when I hear the word “controversial.”  Much of the literature I have read on them mentions how the markets are "a horrible distraction from real emission mitigation strategies" and how they "redefine the problem to fit the assumptions of neoliberal economics."  I wouldn’t say I disagree with these statements, but...

Terms of engagement: the trench war over bio-resources

Nathan Thanki June 23, 2011 0 Comments
~by Nathan Thanki Although not classically what many would immediately think of as being a priority for a Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which one might imagine is solely concerned with conservation of cuddly polar bear cubs and lush rainforests,  access and benefit sharing (ABS) for genetic resources and their derivatives have their own Nagoya Protocol (NP). So it is worth saying a...

Evo Morales at COP16

COA Admin December 11, 2010 0 Comments
-by Moisés Flores Baca It was around 10 am on Thursday, December ninth, and the COA COP16 delegation was due to have its daily meeting. Students slowly arrived to the coffe shop at Cancunmesse where the meeting was to take place. As we waited for the rest of the team to join us some of us fell onto Morpheus' arms, resting our heads against the table that is meant for the coffee shop's diners to...

Voices Suppressed become Shouts Heard as Youth are Detained at Moon Palace

mcalderon December 10, 2010 3 Comments
-Mariana, Tara, and Ayla "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied!" It's the last official night of negotiations, and within their meeting rooms at the Moon Palace, negotiators argue and debate about what should come from Cancun. What is missing, however, is an important voice - that of civil society, impacted just as much as negotiators by climate change. That voice has been tentatively, then more...

Just an idea about youth and children’s engagement in the movement against climate change

Angeline Annesteus December 7, 2010 0 Comments
-Angeline Annesteus: Since I’m here at Cancun, I’m working with the Haitian delegation in taking notes, assisting and helping coordinate some meetings.  Attending the conference is really important to me and I’m beginning to learn and better understand the complexity of global climate change negotiations. Indeed, I took part in this side event “Bearers of Future Responsibility: Engaging...