When young Europeans met from 17th to 20th October in Berlin to work on crisis issues and the future of the European Union (EU), everyone took productive ideas and projects to work on back home. The Youth Congress 2013 was hosted by Heinrich-Böll Foundation in cooperation with the Young European Federalists and the Federation of…
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Letter from COP19 Delegates to green youth – Day 9
Introduction Today the Polish environment minister and COP-negotiations President was dismissed from his position by the Polish government. Minister Marcin Korolec “will now focus on climate”. Nice, given that he’s still chairing COP19. The new minister is Maciej Grabowski, who was deputy finance minister and will push forward the acceleration of shale gas operations in…
The third time I have cried at COP19
It is the third time I have cried at the COP. The first time was because of Yeb Sano’s speech* about his 10,000 brothers and sisters killed in the typhoon. The second time was when he came to shake my hand and a youngo friend’s hand after she delivered a speech on loss and damage…
FYEG COP Delegation -2nd week has begun!
Introduction The second week of COP19 in Warsaw has begun. The government of Poland has also invited the coal industry to a have a summit parallel to the UNFCCC climate summit. It has been seen as a slap to the face by several parties and NGOs from the Polish presidency. Today there has been several…
FYEG COP Delegation – Newsletter no. 6
Introduction On Saturday the biggest event was the climate march. 700 activists travelled to Warsaw from Western Europe by night train to take part on it. The main organizer was the Polish Green party. There were 1200 people all together marching for “Social Justice and Positive Energy for Everyone.” Today on Sunday there has been…
Letter of COP 19 Delegates to Green Youth – Day 4
The experience of the COP has been unsettling. Whilst scientists are trying to desperately voice their concerns, some talks inside the COP seem to be completely out of touch with reality. Even the president stated ‘Coal is not a problem, the problem is how to use it. We just need to find the right technology…
Letter of COP 19 Delegates to Green Youth – Day 3
Hi all, It is 1am now and we are really tired. COP is very exhausting, but here are a few updates: At COP17 in Durban Parties (the countries) decided to found a new working group to establish the new agreement, which should be decided in 2015 and ratified in 2020. This working group was then…
Letter of COP 19 FYEG Delegates to Youth – First update
Every day, during the Climate talks in Warsaw in which young Green activists are deeply involved, the Ecosprinter will publish the daily updates written by FYEG delegation at COP 19, Shenna, Anton, Max and Anna. They will give us a precious insight from the inside talks, the mood in the plenary, the demonstrations and directions…
Get Involved and be Your own Politician
At least since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child signed in 1989 children should have the guarantee of protection, provision and participation. Guaranteed protection and provision have been met in many industrial states. Youth Participation, however, as an overhead for the right to participate, has not been carried out properly. Especially, it…
Romanians in love with eco-activism for the first time
When I was first asked to write about the protests I thought it’s mandatory to come out with specific figures, dates and names. Then I understood all this info can be found easily on the Internet because the international mass media covered the subject very well. More than that, I don’t think this is the…