Tag: climate change

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...

Survival for All.

COA Admin December 9, 2008 0 Comments
Alrighty, time for an update from Poznan. Things are going slow here, which is bad. We have less than a year at this point to get an incredibly strong international climate agreement - that is not a very long time. Especially with the level of ambition many developed countries have. But there is hope! The youth movement here is absolutely inspirational. That's the only way to describe it. We are...

BaliBuzz: A-day-in-the-life

COA Admin December 15, 2007 0 Comments
Right now there is an exceedingly long break in the action, so I thought I would take this time to give a look at what a day-in-the-life of a youth delegate at COP13 is like. My Friday and Saturday: 6:00am - Wake up after far too little sleep. Start the day’s work. (Going to sleep around 2am on the hotel floor because you passed out while writing a press release for the following days action is...

Closing session… the count down

COA Admin November 17, 2006 0 Comments
by Juan 9:20pm : The COPMOP2 has adopted all decisions. The issues of voluntary commitments have been forwarded for futher consultation prior to COP13. All decisions adopted can be characterized as insignificant compromises. Russia accepted to move on without a decision on their proposal for commitments by non -Annex I parties in return for accepting Belarus into the ‘hot air’ club. The...