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Posted By:  minime-kg
Posted On:  Dec 25, 2008

  Meet Heather, International Youth Delegate from Canada
Heather is part of the Canadian Youth Delegation . She lives in Fort Smith , downstream from the Tar Sands. What inspired you to get involved in the fight against climate change? In Heather’s 2nd year of university, she had a professor who was a polar bear expert. She learned that...... [view]
Posted By:  TheaWhitman
Posted On:  Dec 22, 2008

  Disappointment, inspiration; hope and fear
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]
Posted By:  cydnairobi
Posted On:  Dec 18, 2008

  Ten Weeks Later, Part 1
When the last gavel came down in Poznan this December, around 2:30 in the morning, it marked the end of my tenth week at the UN climate talks. From Nairobi to Bonn to Bali and back to Bonn I have tried to digest and process the enormity of it all - to understand the klimapolitik that inevitably...... [view]
Posted By:  gryphongirl8
Posted On:  Dec 14, 2008

  The End, and the Beginning
It has been an incredibly emotional and exhausting last few days here in Poznan. On Friday, the 14th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change concluded with very little progress. Developing countries pleaded into the wee hours of the night for a more rigorous outcome on...... [view]
Posted By:  gilbertg
Posted On:  Dec 12, 2008

  Canada wins the collosal fossil
Just moments ago, Canada won the collosal fossil of the year award. This annual award is given to the country that has done the most throughout the entire negotiations to stall progress on climate change. Our lovely Nick Nadeau, dressed as a hideous dinosaur, eagerly accepted his prize of...... [view]
Posted By:  gilbertg
Posted On:  Dec 12, 2008

  Losing Hope
Today is the last day of COP14 and the final high-level segment is wrapping up. As I type, ministers are meeting to hammer out the final unresolved issues, which include a levy on Joint Implementation and Emissions Trading, the legal status of the Adaptation Fund, and the inclusion of carbon...... [view]
Posted By:  TheaWhitman
Posted On:  Dec 11, 2008

  SURVIVAL
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]
Posted By:  Cerbu
Posted On:  Dec 9, 2008

  Indigenous Rights scare with REDD
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]
Posted By:  gilbertg
Posted On:  Dec 9, 2008

  Don't Backtrack Now, EU!
A large group of youth and environmentalists attending the UN climate negotiations in Poznan Poland woke up early this morning to take a train from Poznan to Warsaw for the day in support of a strong EU climate and energy package, which is vital to the final outcome of the negotiations in Poznan....... [view]
Posted By:  TheaWhitman
Posted On:  Dec 9, 2008

  I can has mitigation targets?: New computer opens door to diplomacy
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]
Posted By:  cydnairobi
Posted On:  Dec 9, 2008

  bicycles that go backwards (truth and non-truth in communications)
The other day when I described something to a colleague as having been designed by MC Escher I think I was referring to a difficult sandwich wrapper. Today I regret having wasted such a good analogue on something so unimportant. I do apologise for having been less-than-frequent in posting on...... [view]
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Submitted By:   nallison36
Event Date:  Dec 7, 2008 & Time: 14:00 PM-15:30 PM
Event Location:  http://projects.takingitglobal.org/clccanada/chat
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Climate Change Beyond the Environment Live Chat
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  To Help Reduce Your Countries Emissions
Submitted By:   Amac
Committers:  51
Date Created:  2007-12-10 		Description:   Join the Global Youth Climate Movement on addressing Climate Change by taking daily steps to reduce your own footprint, educate others and let your voice be heard to your government that youth want concrete action on reductions on emissions.
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