Some will say it was the ransom of excess : an event growing bigger by the year (up to 1 million people in 2010, as the organizers and the local authorities, among which the mayor, had told the press), a large proportion of participants making use of hard psychotropic substances, turning some weak minds into worse…
Month: August 2010
World Student Community for Sustainable Development
The World Student Community for Sustainable Development is a multi-disciplinary network of motivated students with the ability to think and act both locally and globally, and who share the vision to make a difference. The purpose is to be a leading international student organization that carries out meaningful projects which result in positive and enduring…
Panjab Cooperation Society from Afganistan
Panjab Cooperation Society (PCS) is a non-government; non-profitable public Youths organization. Given the social problems and challenges, a group of youths joined their hands to constitute an association named as “Panjab Cooperation Society – PCS” in Kabul, 2007. The organization’s establishment dates back to the mid-2007 by a group of youths withstanding totalitarianism, dictatorship in…
Federation of Ceylonese Young Greens (FCYG)
Federation of Ceylonese Young Greens formed in December, 2006 and operating as the Sri Lankan young group for the network of Global Young Greens. FCYG consider its values as sharing knowledge, education and networking with the goal of which is to be a youth platform to develop a Green Party in Sri Lanka within next…
Art of necessity V art of possible
During the discussions towards the end of the recent Climate Action Network side event, the European Union delegate stood up and delivered a speech, offering insight into the rather alarming and unambitious ‘commitments’ of the EU. During the speech, he mentioned the following: “It’s not about the art of necessity but about the art of…
Q&A with AWG-LCA Chair
AWG-LCA = Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention Question: “During the open LCA meetings there seems to be a serious lack of cooperation and too much focus on structure instead of the substance of the negotiations which has lead to a worrying lack of progress. For example the lengthy expenditure…
STOP PRESS: Annex 1 marries Kyoto Protocol in emotional ceremony
Speech from the ceremony witnessed by members of the UNFCCC secretariat, delegates, observers and the press: “Dearly Beloved, We are gathered here in the presence of the UN to witness and bless the exchanging of vows that will bind Annex 1 and the Kyoto Protocol together in the covenant relationship of marriage. When this ceremony…
COP16 to be another disaster?
A number of FYEG delegates attended the contact group meeting this afternoon on Annex I Parties’ emissions reductions. When we arrived at 15:00, the start of the session, no delegates were present, only the Chair of the meeting. Eventually the discussions started thirty minutes late with less than half the delegates present. I’m finding it…
Learning from indigenous peoples
Another interesting side-event today at the climate change conference: “Learning from indigenous people on traditional forest management and REDD plus”. The organizer – Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education) – wants to bring community experiences to the core of the discussions, showing why we have to increase the value of indigenous…
Global Climate Change: The FACTS
Just to remind you all of where we are regarding the science of global climate change, I have selected a few rather depressing facts, ironically all taken from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change which uses the International Panel on Climate Change as its source: Climate change is already happening, is unequivocal…