Today we reached the mid-term of the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris. The negotiations are portrayed by media and also some civil society organizations as being on the edge of disaster. The pessimism towards these already-too-slow negotiations is spreading. The media writes about the concerns of participants from civil society as well as of official…
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FYEG at COP21: #KeepUsInTheRoom
Whereas the delegates are negotiating on key elements of the draft text for the new climate agreement, also know as ADP, in “spin-off groups”, civil society is struggling to observe and access to the negotiations because these spin-off groups are closed to observers. Step-back: last session in Bonn, October 2015 Japan supported the decision to…
FYEG at COP21: Let’s… try?
The biggest UN event that has ever taken place outside of New York has started. It’s the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as the UN Climate Talks. This event is about the past, the present, and #itsourfuckingfuture. It will determine the future…
EDITORIAL – CALL FOR ARTICLES – Towards the COP in Paris
CALL FOR ARTICLES : THE ROAD TOWARDS THE COP IN PARIS Hello young enthusiastic people, On the road towards the upcoming COP21 in Paris we invite you all to send in articles regarding the topic. What are your local perspectives or initiatives, what is your member organization doing, what are your personal insights,…
An ethical call for degrowth
The attitude that capitalism gives rise to, dehumanises us because it turns us into competitive animals. We fail to realise that capitalism is an inherently exploitative system, where most of the power will always reside in the hands of the rich. But there is a way around this… Content warning: this might read like a…
Neoliberalzation of Nature and COP21
Dominant neoliberal discourse permeates contemporary climate governance. COP21 is not enough, we need an economic forum for a real change. In order to stop following the illusion of a Climate Change mitigation and in order to create a real change with the aim to achieve a low-carbon society we should change our economic view….
In the UNFCCC: An interview with Manjana Milkoreit
In the UNFCCC: An interview with Manjana Milkoreit, post-researcher fellow at the Global Institute of Sustainability and Arizona State University. Could you present yourself, and tell us more about your activities back home ? Ma name is Manjana Milkoreit, I am a post-researcher fellow at Arizona State University, where I work at the Global Institute…
UN climate talks: so little progress negotiators decide to move to Bonn
After 10 days of remarkably inefficient work at the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) session in Bonn, world negotiators have decided to move from their homes to the former German capital to make sure the text for COP21 in Paris would be ready by December. The objective of this June session was…
The Climate of the Rings – UNFCCC explained with Lord of the Rings
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…
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…