Since returning I’ve been subliminally categorising my life as “life before COP” and “life after COP”. I do this because so much shifted, transformed and solidified for me while I was in Bonn and has continued to do so ever since - a journey that has been disheartening yet inspiring and generally intense.
Posts tagged #Climate change
Libby Rahman: Reflecting on the Annual Meetings
Two key outtakes from the 2017 World Bank & IMF Annual Meetings for me:
1. The World needs more resilient infrastructure to withstand the impact of climate change 2. Schools need to teach more digital skills for the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
Piet Ubels: “You know that one time, when I almost spoke on behalf of the future…?”
Now I will admit, the thought of stepping up to speak to the UN assembly as the sole representative of over half the world’s population did terrify me a little.
Florence Reynolds: Changeons le systeme?
I write this from my inner city Parisian hostel, nose still stinging from tear gas, sirens drowning out the background traffic noise.
This morning, I set out to observe and document the civil society demonstrations that were planned to take place despite the French Government's ban on protests of "two or more people with a political message".
Hamish Laing: AYLI @ COY11
It’s the final day here at the Conference of Youth (COY), actions are being planned, policy being written, connections continuing to be made and everyone is eager in anticipation of COP kicking off on Monday. The AYLI delegation have been at COY since Thursday immersing ourselves in the world of youth climate activism.
Ben Abraham: Opinion: 'Consensus Reached On Scaling Up Financing Through Increased Cafeteria Sales'
Today, our ADP 2.11 delegate Ben Abraham was published in ECO, the Climate Action Network newsletter at the UN climate negotiations. He shared his thoughts on this Bonn session's exclusion of civil society. Read the full text of his satirical piece below - and see the original article here.
Benjamin Brooking: Conference of Youth: In Pictures
I was privileged to speak about my experiences at COP20 to one of my sponsors last night. COP was such an immense, intense, cathartic experience that within the 20 minute discussion I could really only give a brief overview of all that happened. But, one thing I was thanked for in particular was including plenty of photos from the adventure.
Benjamin Brooking: A talk with the captain behind Captain Planet
“…truth, honour, justice, and environmental integrity and sustainability. Once you have these things in your head they’re there, you can never be an asshole basically”.