COP16 Climate Summit: Live From Cancun!

OneClimate and TckTckTck bring us live interviews and educational programming from the COP16 United Nations Climate Change Conference–a.k.a. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)–in Cancún, Mexico. You can also find multiple live broadcasts from inside the conference rooms on the official UNFCCC website. Enjoy! Watch live video from OneClimate on Justin.tv

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Rich countries halt Barcelona climate talks with inaction – Africa walks out

Cross posted from Grist African negotiators at the U.N. climate talks in Barcelona just refused to continue formal discussions about all other issues until wealthy countries live up to their legal and moral responsibility to commit to deep emissions reductions. Rich countries (also called “Annex 1 countries”) have ground negotiations to a halt by failing [...]

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Bangkok: Rich Countries try to kill Kyoto, International Youth declare “No Confidence” in Road to Copenhagen

cross posted from Grist. Today marked one of the final days of the Bangkok UN Climate Negotiations. With the end of this intersessional in sight, the International Youth Delegation (IYD) has officially declared “No Confidence” in the road to Copenhagen. With youth delegates from over 30 countries engaging in the Bangkok process, the IYD cited [...]

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U.N. Climate Talks Bangkok day 3: Filipino activists call for justice as Manila floods

Cross Posted From Grist. Flooding in the Philippines yesterday displaced over 600,000 people. As if we didn’t need more of an urgent call to solve the climate crisis. Increased intensity of flooding is among one of the may well-documented impacts of global warming. The implications have hit our organizing here at the UN in Bangkok [...]

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If REDD can’t save this…

Cross-posted at Grist Bukit Tigapuluh Forest is truly one of those special places. It’s got three endangered species, two minority groups of indigenous people and a superlative: it’s the last remaining stand of tropical lowland forest left on the island of Sumatra. Funnily enough, it’s also about to be cut down. Notorious rainforest destroyer Asia [...]

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Bangkok: Day one of the UN Climate Negotiations

…and we’re off to a crawl cross posted from Grist. Coming right off the heels of the UN General Assembly in New York and the G20 in Pittsburgh, the world has taken its next step on the road to Copenhagen: the Bangkok round of negotiations for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). [...]

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video: international youth climate movement at the U.N.

This video was made by Yong Ping Loo from Singapore from the last day of youth action at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Conference of Parties (COP14). We are everywhere.

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SURVIVAL IS NON-NEGOTIABLE

Youth action frames the conversation at the UNFCCC in Poznan, Poland Young people from around the world made their voice heard today at the UN Framework Convention on Climate change in Poznan, Poland. After an inspiring speech from Al Gore, over 200 young people from India to the U.S. to the Congo held a spontaneous [...]

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