You haven’t heard anything from us since some time. But we are back. For this one newsletter. Our absence on the sphere of the internet has various reasons. One is, that we all travelled home. We travelled home after two weeks of crying, shouting, holding banners, being angry, feeling together with the civil society groups,…
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Letter from COP19 Delegates to Green Youth – Day 7
Introduction There was a general buzz followed by the ADP draft and conclusion of the SBI and SBSTA on Monday. There are contradictions in how the draft has been welcomed, but mostly it has been seen as “better than nothing”. The high-level meetings started today, so several ministers arrived in Warsaw, as well as the…
My first day at the Conference of the Parties (COP 19)
After happily waking up in the cheapest hostel of Warsaw, our FYEG delegation headed energetically to the UNFCCC conference. The day started with our daily YOUNGO (the umbrella group where all the youth delegations work together) spokescouncil, a meeting where we report our working group efforts and go through the daily agenda together. As…
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 Delegates to Green Youth – Day 2
Hi all, The second day of the Climate Summit is now over, and your FYEG delegation is still working to give you some news. But before the news, here is how we feel: Anton: I feel somehow exhausted, but I think it is because I (as Shenna) started to fast in solidarity with the Philippines…
Young Green fasting at COP 19 in support of Filipinos, while the country is devastated
The Federation of Young European Greens, gathering young Green organisations and activists from all over Europe, has always taken Climate Change and negotiations seriously, and for many years have been involved in the previous COP. This year, while Climate Change negotiations are taking place in Warsaw, the FYEG sent four delegates to the talks, making…
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…