Tag: julian velez

The After Taste Of Non-Wins

jvelez June 26, 2012 0 Comments
By  Julian Velez  Civil Society, represented by Major Groups (MGs) within the conference, could not come to an agreement --  in informal consultations there where two attempts to create a united MG statement that fell apart because the perspectives of what was needed and the level of ambition that was required were very varied. The organization of the conference here at Rio...

Reaction to Brazil’s “Presentation of a New Text”

jvelez June 16, 2012 0 Comments
Julian gives an update on today's events: As host country, Brazil takes charge of negotiations, and developes a new text (with merged and newly agreed-upon paragraphs) for the work to continue on. Then they distribute it...in the delegates-only pavilion. Oh, and Switzerland wants to go to the beach.  

Rio+20: ¿El Futuro Que Realmente Queremos?

Nathan Thanki June 16, 2012 0 Comments
by Julian Velez Frente a la profunda crisis económica, social y ambiental de nuestro planeta nuestros gobiernos están fracasando en proponer soluciones reales y en priorizar el bienestar social y ambiental en sus agendas políticas. Esto se vive en las negociaciones del texto “The Future We Want” (El Futuro Que Queremos), plataforma de discusión de la...

A Date With History (script) English and Spanish version

Nathan Thanki May 6, 2012 0 Comments
This script was writen by a group of us for a video context in preparation to the Rio+20 conference. by Anjali Appadurai, Nimisha Bastedo, Anyuri Betegon, Graham Reeder, Nathan Thanki, Julian Velez, and Trudi Zundel. The video can be seen here. We are Earth in Brackets and the future we want requires radical change. Radical: Favoring drastic political, economic, and social reforms. Radical:...

A Reminder of Reality

jvelez March 28, 2012 0 Comments
By Julian Velez This is a reflection of my time in the Sustainable Development negotiations that took place in New York City. These negotiations are called the “informal-informal negotiations”; they are a build up to the Rio+20 summit. I speak of Food Sovereignty as a refreshing term that contrasts with the concepts and environment that is present in this UN process. I find the process of the...