After Bonn, a safe future for youth still in doubt
By Kyle Gracey, Chair for SustainUS and a graduate student in public policy and geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago.
In 2050, I’ll be 77, and given the pace of the climate talks in Bonn these two weeks, I’ll likely spend most of my retirement either under water or on fire.
If finalized [...]
UN Climate Talks 09, Youth Rap
Why are the negotiations like dancing the cha-cha?
You take one step forward and one step back, and although you feel that there is a lot of movement you haven’t really gone anywhere.
In the past few days I’ve spoken to many delegates. From Thailand, Swaziland, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Zambia and the list goes on. And as I ask them about how they feel the [...]
Is anyone talking about Urban Sustainability at the UNFCCC negotiations?
In the backdrop of heavy pressure on the annex 1 countries to submit to harsh emission targets, there seems lack of focus of two very key areas. Urban Sustainability and Migration. Here in context of India, it is specifically relevant since we have 70 % rural population and not a single nationwide migration policy. We [...]
Breaking the Deadlock
Looking at the political deadlock in the negotiations, I believe that a possible solution, although very ambitious would be to put all the official PARTY members, Non Governmental organizations, youth , Ringos, Igos and all the various stakeholders in the process to a global solution through Peer and Intercultural learning. At the GTZ Summer school [...]
India says “yes” to nuclear CDM: Indian to Global Perspective- Mr R K Sethi
Mr. R. K. Sethi, Member Secretary, The National Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Authority, Designated National Authority (DNA), Ministry of Environment and Forests had a meeting with an elite group of NGO officials from EDF to Greenpeace Germany to CAN and carbon services international. There I was sitting as a youth representative who was expected to [...]
Profile Interview: Dr Prodipto Ghosh – AWG KP negotiator India in Bonn June Negotiations
The aim of interviewing our lead negotiators is that we get to know our negotiators better, understand the cultural, religious, academic and regional diversity within our delegation. I also believe that building a personal relationship with each negotiator interview aids in our tracking process as well as gives us an idea on the principles and [...]
Is India questioning the science?
On the 2nd of June India stood up once again to question the science stated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), one of the top scientific bodies to prove the existence of climate change. And although it sounds ridiculous, if you look deeper into the Indian argument there is some legitimacy. Or so [...]
Talk, talk and more talk
This is cross posted from www.adoptanegotiator.com, written by Anna Collins.
So what actually happens at UN climate talks? Well I can tell you one thing,
A lot of talking… and not so much listening!
The talks opened this morning as they always do with a plenary session. That’s when all the countries sit behind their name plaques in [...]
My first date with the Indian negotiators in Bonn
In yesterday’s interaction Mr Pradipto Ghosh’s, an Indian negotiator, the major message was that these negotiations need to ensure that India can continue its growth.
I agree with Mr Ghosh’s comment. India does need to “grow”. With the largest population of people living below the world’s poverty line, with 400 million people who can’t access commercial [...]
Setting the scene in Bonn
As we were having our first youth meeting I looked outside to the beautiful sunny, green garden with a fountain. Who else do I see but three of our Indian negotiators. How is this possible? Indian bureaucrats are often quite hard to access or catch – but I guess I’m not in India. I’m writing [...]
The Deal of Our Lifetime
December this year in Copenhagen the countries of the world are going to sign a treaty that will change our life as we know it. Their commitments today will affect our quality of life tomorrow.
Most people don’t know that countries from all over the world have been debating and negotiating the global response to climate [...]
Statement by Shyam Saran, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of India, Bonn Climate Talks
UNFCCC Climate Change Talks, Bonn, April 7, 2009.
Dear Friends, representatives of the Media,
I welcome this opportunity to interact with you and to share with you our perspective on the ongoing multilateral negotiating process leading up to the 15th Conference of Parties in Copenhagen at the end of this [...]
Youth provide first contribution to Adaptation Fund
By Robert VanWaarden first published on Its Getting Hot in Here
Nicolas Gomez, second from right, presents a bag of money, the first monetization of the Adaptation Fund to William Agyemang-Bonsu (far right).
Today at the Bonn Climate Change talks a group of students from Gymnasium Marienschule in Euskirchen, Germany, took a step that no nation [...]
The Maldives Leading on Climate Change AND Human Rights
Cross posted from 350.org…
The next round of UN climate negotiations are just getting under way here in Bonn, Germany (well, the “pre-sessionals” began yesterday, and the first main plenary is on Sunday — and, yes, a few of us from 350.org are here to keep up the pressure for getting countries to commit to 350!). [...]
