climate negotiations

unF**C our future

Nathan Thanki December 10, 2011 0 Comments

-nathan thanki So while the AWG-KP plenary is suspended for Parties to get their heads together, let's have a little fun. Late one night in the first week a few of us were sitting round the table of Hippo Hide backpackers. Samuli came in shouting about final outcomes, and we decided to all write down our predictions and keep them for the final night. Well that night is now upon us friends. Here...

An appeal to sanity

Nathan Thanki December 10, 2011 0 Comments

by nathan thanki Yesterday, a large group of civil society--mostly youth--took the voice and anger of the street into the halls of the UN. While it could never have been a true #occupy--COP is inherently segregated into those with badges and those without; those with pink badges and those with yellow--the idea was still to say: enough is enough. You have had 20 years to negotiate a fair,...

COP-upy

Nathan Thanki December 10, 2011 0 Comments

by Nathan Thanki and Trudi Zundel Last week the people marched past the UNFCCC meetings with trucks, horns and speakerphones blasting political messages for the delegates inside negotiating over the future of the planet. No one inside blinked an eye. A crowd of maybe 50 people gathered by the gated walkway to see them march, and horsed policemen barred every potential entrance. We were left...

“Not just a fund-a JUST climate fund”

Nathan Thanki December 8, 2011 0 Comments

by Nathan Thanki Before we get the official say on what the green climate fund should look like, let's just remind ourselves what a really just GCF would look like. As one member of the YOUNGO finance working group said today "we don't want just another climate fund, we want a just climate fund." So what is a just climate fund? First and foremost, a just fund must be a transparent fund that...

A Manufactured Process

tzundel December 7, 2011 0 Comments

by Trudi Zundel Allow me to quickly clarify that I'm not an idealist about the UN; I know that the concept of a "fair" international negotiation is contradicted by the presence of global hegemons--outcomes certainly don't reflect a middle ground between nations. However, the last three years of UNFCCC negotiations have shown us that although the power dynamics of negotiations may not lead to a...