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LOSS AND DAMAGE MUST BE ADDRESSED NOW: WE DEMAND A STRONG MECHANISM

Maria Escalante November 11, 2013 0 Comments
by Katie O’Brien & Maria Alejandra Escalante  What is Loss and Damage? In the climate negotiations, the focus is often on mitigation and adaptation, but these two alone cannot fully address the impacts of climate change. Some climate change impacts have already been locked in from historical emissions and many countries do not have the capacity to adapt to the oncoming effects, especially...

COP19 Warsaw: The Big Fights, Red Lines and Initial Predictions

aodell November 10, 2013 3 Comments
by Anna Odell and Maria Alejandra Escalante Thousands gather in Warsaw as typhoon Yolanda (internationally named typhoon Haiyan) ravages the Philippines, leaving up to 10,000 people dead, hundreds of thousands of people displaced, and destroying entire communities and towns. This catastrophe, the largest typhoon in recorded history, cannot go unacknowledged, and those parties responsible for...

The Executive Secretary Strikes Back

Youth Civil Society November 10, 2013 0 Comments
Following YOUNGO's open letter to Christiana Figueres late last week, we decided to post her reply - without comment. It speaks for itself and so, for now, we'll let readers make up their own mind as to whose interest the first lady of climate really serves. Hope you like condescension! CF letter to YOUNGO 09112013

Open Letter to the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC: Conditional Invitation to Attend Powershift Central and Eastern Europe

Youth Civil Society November 10, 2013 0 Comments
From: YOUNGO – The constituency of youth non-governmental organisations under the UNFCCC To: Ms. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 8 November 2013 Dear Ms. Figueres We write to invite you to attend Powershift Central and Eastern Europe – our invitation taking into account, however, our concerns regarding your engagement...

The Framework for Various Approaches: A parting present from Mommy Thatcher

Graham Hallett November 8, 2013 0 Comments
By: Graham Thurston Hallett For the sea of humanity that is increasingly feeing the changing conditions resulting from a warmer climate brought on by anthropogenic interference, it is clear what must be done—reduce emissions dramatically in the developed countries. Those in historically responsible nation-states must demand urgency through the immediate reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GhG)...