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COP15: The Untold Story Post by Jon Isham A quote from Jessy—shared below—explains the name; let me first share some background. Read More... |
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Youth Climate Leaders Stand With Millions Demanding a Real Deal NOW December 18, 2009 Youth address world leaders at high-level plenary at UN Climate Summit, demanding governments commit to bold targets to ensure survival and climate justice. COPENHAGEN – With over 1000 youth leaders from more than 100 countries gathered in Copenhagen, the International Youth Climate Movement at the UN Climate Summit today sent a powerful message to the assembled world leaders that governments must rise above the divisive politics of the past and show true leadership to ensure nothing less than the very survival of current and future generations. “We have all worked for the past two years with the promise of a strong deal in Copenhagen to safeguard our future. Now it seems you Read More... |
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Mixed reactions to late night deal in Copenhagen COP15 Update from grist. Part of the Read up so you can Speed up series: COPENHAGEN—What a day here in Copenhagen. For much of the afternoon and well into the evening the cold and dark seemed to settle more deeply today on this city of 1.2 million. Here in the Bella Center, as the day turned to night without an agreement to cool the planet that most people expected today, the meditation and prayer rooms were noticeably more busy. After months of work this year, and 12 days of negotiation at the UN Climate Change Conference, it looked for much of the day as if 120 heads of Read More... |
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YOUNGOS Intervention Juan Carlos captures the essence of our movement. This spring, we cannot allow the voices of the youth to continue to fall on deaf ears.... "We support those nations who have refused to sign a suicide pact. We call on all nations not to accept anything that does not guarantee survival and climate justice!" - Juan Carlos |
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COP15 update from grist- Congress in Copenhagen Part of the Read up so you can Speed up series: Pelosi and pals tell world: ‘Blame the Senate’ "It’s probably lack of sleep, but I’m finding myself more than a little moved knowing that students are skipping finals, fasting, hiding overnight in the conference center, all to demand peacefully but firmly for a scientifically sane climate plan. What would happen if members of Congress went to those lengths to work for a real deal? What would happen if they fasted and stayed here overnight and used every resource they had?" - Jonathon Hiskes, grist.org COPENHAGEN— Read More... |
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An Open Letter to President Barack Obama Guest post by Meg Boyle- a good friend of Focus the Nation and long time champion in our movement! December 16, 2009 Dear Mr. President: Four years ago at the UN climate negotiations in Montreal, I was part of a delegation of hundreds of youth observers from across the country and thousands from across the globe. In a meeting we held with the lead U.S. negotiator at the time, I told him we knew he had been sent to the negotiations by an administration that would not lead the world to a strong, just global climate treaty. I promised him that we would go home and work harder Read More... |
