Some reflection on the training weekend, one week out from the trip to the OECD Forum in Paris. Inside jokes, insightful conversations, and amazing guest speakers set the tone for what is sure to be an amazing journey..
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Francis Hwang: Reflections
Thoughts and reflections on this journey.
Ben Abraham: What next?
As inside jokes from COP21 begin to grow old and climate change negotiation enthusiasts return to normal sleep cycles the inevitable question of "what next?" has begun to take centre stage. Here are a few things to watch out for in 2016 across the three broad areas of the intergovernmental process, climate action, and the civil society movement.
Ryan Mearns & Simon Hillier: Opinion: Paris Agreement a major step forward
This was always the road through Paris rather than the road to Paris, which means that New Zealand must commit to the long term goal and increase its climate ambition.
Mattea Mrkusic appears on Al Jazeera's The Stream
Mattea Mrkusic had a comment featured on a recent Al Jazeera Stream episode discussing climate change in the Pacific Islands.
Mattea Mrkusic: Opinion: Pacific Voices on Climate Displacement
We’re bleary-eyed, brandishing banners in the early morning light. Rae Bainteiti, a 25-year-old youth delegate from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, jokes that this might be the first and last winter he’ll wear a puffer jacket in the Parisian cold. Stepping towards the press encircling our demonstration, he addresses the crowd in a suddenly serious tone. “Our lives,” he says, “are not negotiable.” As true as that may be, in the plenary rooms beyond, ministers are putting brackets around his future.
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".
Florence Reynolds: Opinion: 'Peaceful protest destined to fail'
Today, our COP 21 delegate Florence Reynolds was published in the NZ Herald, sharing her views on the civil disobedience she witnessed firsthand in Paris on Sunday.