This article tries to explain the current process in the negotiations with quotes from J.R.R. Tolkiens “Middle earth”-saga. “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. Oh Frodo, you are just so right! Climate Change and its effects are bad. “This is madness”, as Yeb Sano said in his famous speech…
Category: Climate Change
It’s all about time! – Week 1 of the Bonn Climate Change Conference summarized
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The…
Finding the legal balance in the Paris agreement
As I couldn’t find my lovely FYEG delegates at my arrival in Bonn for the conference, I decided spontaneously to go to a side event organized by CAN (Climate Action Network) called “To be (legally binding) or not to be” Options for the structure and form of the Paris outcome. What a bad idea ……
Health & Climate Change: should we care or not?
During the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, we usually hear about how climate change affects the world economy, the production, the business and so on. We never heard of how climate change affects our health or national health systems. Maybe we have heard of it, but we never actually paid…
In the UNFCCC: An interview with Malin Modh, Swedish Focal Point for Article 6
Can you present yourself, tell us since when you’re doing this job ? What were you doing before ? My name is Malin Modh. I work at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency as Focal Point for Article 6. I work on communication on climate. I’ve been doing this for a year now. Before that, I have five…
Human Rights in the Climate Talks
Human rights and climate crisis might not be an obvious connection. Sea level rise might mean living nearer the coast, warmer temperatures sound like a nicer summer, regional bananas produced in the Global North sound yummy – that might be the first thing people care of if they hear the term „Global Warming“. But digging…
The 2015 Climate Talks and Your Delegates
On Monday June 1, the next round of negotiations for a new, global climate treaty kicked off. 2009 in Copenhagen was the first attempt to build such a deal – arisen with large expectations, the Copenhagen Summit totally failed and the countries decided “to take note” of the piece of paper known as the “Copenhagen…
Why Can’t We Keep It Clean, Czech Republic?
By Morgan Henley, Member of the Executive Committee of the Czech Young Greens Imagine you live in Horní Jiřetín, a town of around 2500 people in northern Czech Republic that is set to be destroyed if the Czech government decides to remove its current limits on coal mining. The town sits upon reserves of lignite…
Global Divestment Day: Climate Justice for Environmental Refugees
By Joshua Miguel Makalintal (FYEG, Junge Grüne) 13-14 February marks the world’s first Global Divestment Day. Climate movements worldwide have participated in this weekend’s fight to urge governments and investors to radically divest from fossil fuels. There is no doubt that we are experiencing an unprecedented climate change that threatens the future of the planet…
Lima calling: The 20th World Climate Summit through the eyes of a Belgian youth delegate
Hello everyone, I’m Joey, one of the two Belgian Youth Delegates to the 20th World Climate Summit (COP20) in Lima, Peru. You are probably aware of the attendance of big bunch of world leaders meeting here in Peru to discuss a global climate change agreement. As a youth delegate, my duty is to represent young people…