Maria Alejandra Escalante

Cambiando el Sistema, No el Clima: la PreCOP Social de Julio ha comenzado

Nathan Thanki July 16, 2014 0 Comments

texto original por Nathan Thanki, abajo traduccion en Espanol por Maria Escalante Saludos a todos desde Isla Margarita, el lugar de la primera preCOP social sobre el cambio climático. En los últimos años, hemos venido publicando en este sitio muchos comunicados, informes, polémicas, y lamentos desde los prefabricados y fríos espacios de las negociaciones sobre cambio climático de la ONU....

The pre-COP: a chance we must take

Adrian December 29, 2013 1 Comment

by Maria Escalante & Adrian Fernandez Jauregui Coming to the Conference of the Parties this year at Warsaw, Poland (COP19) confirmed us that climate change negotiations, under the UNFCCC, are not advancing in even reducing the only incremental climate change impacts, much less considerably mitigating global carbon emissions, transferring resources for adaptation, or fairly compensating...

We Stand Together

Graham Hallett November 20, 2013 0 Comments

By: Maria Alejandra Escalante, Graham Thurston Hallett, and Clémence Hutin (Young Friends of the Earth Europe) Our official expulsion from the United Nations Convention on Climate Change at COP19 has been confirmed: after a week of waiting, Christiana Figueres decided to respond to the various letters sent from the Philippine delegation, The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice statement with...

Expelled from the United Nations: How the Executive Secretary Reacts to Solidarity with the Phillippines

Graham Hallett November 13, 2013 5 Comments

By Maria Alejandra Escalante and Graham Thurston Hallett Before anything please watch this moving testament by Yeb Sano, head of the delegation of the Philippines. Four hours in, day one, COP19: Poland. Half a planet away, while the other half perishes with 20 years of inaction. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is tasked with saving the planet from anthropogenic...

Press Release: Climate activists thrown out for solidarity with victims of typhoon Haiyan

Youth Civil Society November 13, 2013 1 Comment

12 NOVEMBER 2013 The UN climate talks opened on Monday in the backdrop of the devastating impacts of Typhoon Haiyan one of the strongest storms ever to hit landfall. Yeb Sano, climate commissioner for the Philippines made an electrifying and emotional appeal for action on climate. Delegates held an unprecedented 3 minute silence in solidarity, and Mr. Sano broke down recounting how his brother...