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Posted By: TheaWhitman
Posted On: Dec 22, 2008
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At 4AM this morning, as I stood in line bleary-eyed, waiting for a cancelled flight and reading a sobering but beautiful collection of tiny Vonnegut essays, one piece, Requiem , struck a chord with me. An excerpt:
"The crucified planet Earth,
should it find a voice
and a sense of irony,...... [view]
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Posted By: TheaWhitman
Posted On: Dec 11, 2008
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During the COP this morning, after inspiring remarks by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the UN, the prime minister of Tuvalu, a tiny island nation which has been representing the alliance of small island states, (AOSIS, a negotiating bloc at this conference) made the following statement:...... [view]
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Posted By: adoukas
Posted On: Dec 11, 2008
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A youth delegate from Fiji just made a comment that I need to share: "They seem to have forgotten that human beings live in my part of the world." There is still no sense of urgency here. In our meeting with Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice this morning, he essentially denied that there...... [view]
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Posted By: adoukas
Posted On: Dec 10, 2008
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Let me begin on a light note in what might be an otherwise heavy post by saying that I can't believe Thea made an " i can has cheezburger " reference on the CYD Poznan blog. If you get upset or depressed while reading this post, just scroll back up the page and click the link.
Today, the...... [view]
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Posted By: Cerbu
Posted On: Dec 9, 2008
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Hey guys,
I'm really lucky to be part of the Canadian Youth Delegation to Poznan this year as a member of the policy team (dealing with forestry and reduced emissions through reduced deforestation and degradation or REDD). I realize this is my first post, but I'm not so great at intros, so I'm...... [view]
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Posted By: TheaWhitman
Posted On: Dec 9, 2008
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So, I was eating semi-delicious COPcake (is it cheesecake? is that a raisin? what is this chocolaty substance?) outside the "Apollo Butterfly" room where I'd been waiting 30 minutes for a 45 minute meeting to start when someone asked me, "Is that the new MacBook?" I turned around and saw a...... [view]
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Posted By: Lauryn
Posted On: Dec 8, 2008
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Since the release of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report, the 2°C target to prevent dangerous climate change has become largely accepted among major actors in the environmental movement. I know that personally, whenever I explain the importance of fighting climate change I have always cited...... [view]
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Posted By: JSidhu
Posted On: Dec 7, 2008
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"If you thought this week was intense, wait until next week," said one Canadian youth delegate to me on this Sunday as conference participants and delegates prepared for the second week of negotiations, which will certainly prove to be dramatic and emotional.
My feelings for the coming week...... [view]
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Posted By: JSidhu
Posted On: Dec 7, 2008
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With the arrival of Ministers, heads of state, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the "high-level" segment of the negotiations, conference activities will taken on a new tone of formality and urgency as the end of the conference looms and the deadline for a new global climate agreement is...... [view]
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Posted By: JSidhu
Posted On: Dec 7, 2008
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The narrow cobbled streets of Poznan were filled with hundreds of youth from around the world on Saturday, demanding climate justice, and urging their country representatives to get serious about climate change.
The scene was colourful under the grey Poland skies, as youth carried banners in...... [view]
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Posted By: LiaJohnson
Posted On: Dec 7, 2008
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Yesterday was the Global Day of Action for climate change. It was celebrated in Poznan with a bike rally and march. This was my first time being involved in a protest. It included international youth, locals, and other groups that had traveled there to participate. The rally ended up outside the...... [view]
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