COP 14 Reflection
Nearly two months after the end of the Conference of Parties 14, youth in India are beginning to unite. They are beginning to recall the “tryst with destiny” that India had made long ago. The time has come to take action, the freedoms which generations before fought for are again at risk. This time, a [...]
3rd December-(Poznan Diaries cont.)
8.45 am:Launch of the Green Finger campaign.’What do you want to protect from climate change?’ By Copenhagen,500,000 people will have sent in their responses with a picture of themselves with a ‘green finger’.
My day started with the youth conference after the youth action. We discussed our international actions, our political strategy and our communications. [...]
Poznan Diaries (December 2, 2008)
We reported to the COP 14 at 8:45 am for our participation in an international youth side action. Representatives from 50 countries stood at the entrance corridor in a disciplined queue showcasing different messages with their country flags. ‘Share our vision”, we called out in unison to the negotiators, UN observers, intergovernmental party members, [...]
Project Survival Summary COP14
Hi, below is a speech I gave at a press conference which outlines how the international youth started project survival, and documents our progress until the second last day. The outcomes to project survival can be seen in earlier posts (titled “survival is not negotiable”, and “youth had their voices heard at the UN Climate Negotiations”)
An Overwhelming Experience: First Day at the COP14 (1st Dec’04)
1st Dec, I took the tram number 9 to get to the venue at 8:45 am. The very idea of my first United Nations conference as a youth delegate made me nervous. Just outside the venue I was greeted by the Youth Welcome Banner, “Join us in saving our future” plus the word ‘welcome’ in [...]
India is HOT at UN
The first time ever Indian youth delegation to the fourteenth session of the conference of the parties to the United Nations framework convention on climate change held at Poznan’ recently had a phenomenal exposure including a meeting and discussion with Yvo de boer , president of COP and Sir Nicholas Stern from UK. The conference [...]
TERI: Low Carbon Pathways for India
Recently at the fourteenth session of the conference of parties to the Unites Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held at Poznan’ to discuss the future global strategies on CDM, came across a saviour for India’s reputation at the conference after cancellation of the Government of India (GoI) side event. The discussion involved a presentation [...]
Stern Reassures the Role of Youth
Ten days at the Conference of Parties. Time flies! Personally, the most wonderful part of the entire experience has been the access it has given us, the youth, to those who have the power to influence decision makers. Be it the government delegates from different countries, be it Yvo de Boer (Executive Secretary of [...]
The next Climate Change Blockbuster is a Jeh Wadia Starrer
A film on Climate Change titled ‘The age of Stupid’ stars the Bombay Dyeing head honcho Nusli Wadia’s younger son, Jeh Wadia with Oscar nominated star Pete Postlethwaite of the 1993 film “In the name of the Father’. The documentary film had a private screening in Poznan on the sidelights of the Untied Nations Climate [...]
EU Youth Move into Action
Right now this second, the EU (European Union) youth are launching a very important phone calling campaign. From 12 noon, they will be emailing all their networks (friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, etc.) and asking them to phone up their head of State, to tell them to push for a strong EU climate deal.
EU heads of [...]
Signs of Hope from the US?
The Environmental Defense Fund in collaboration with IETA and the Pew Charitable Trusts hosted an event today at the 14th Conference of giving an “update on Federal Affairs.” Those present included representatives from several high-level committees within the US Congress including Sarah Levinson from the office of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Alexandra Teitz [...]
Our Health is NOT NEGOTIABLE!
At the UNFCCC COP14 in Poznan’ the international youth targetted the public health issues associated with climate change. Five people from the Indian Youth Delegation presented an amazing health action in front of the main coffee shop today afternoon. Leela was carrying the globe inside mosquito nets which signified that soon we would be needing all equipments for [...]
Protest Inside the UN Climate Conference: REDD Denying the Voices of Indigenous People
This is being cross posted from itsgettinghotinhere.org by Brianna
Coming into the Poznan COP 14 climate negotiations it was clear that REDD was going to be one of the hot topics discussed.
Our worst fears about REDD have started to come true.
Today, the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand opposed the inclusion of recognition of rights of [...]
Technology Development and Transfer
Notes from the “Technology development and deployment to tackle climate change”. Mainly from FICCI’s representative, Mrs. Rita Choudhary and her presentation from the panel.
A technology development and deployment model needs to ascertain these following points:
1) A Regulatory Framework.
2) Research and Development.
3) Market based mechanisms.
4) Financing.
The main drivers for running such a model include the usual [...]
Youth and the UN: A Side Event with the President of UNFCCC
This is a blog posting from a separate blog about the side event with Yvo De Boer, President of the UNFCCC, and 4 youth from different parts of the world, including India. This blog can be found at: http://climatecorps.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/youth-and-climate/
It is perhaps one of the peaks of pathos, as well as the heights of hope that [...]
