Posted in FYEG@COP on Dec 21st, 2009
Copenhagen climate negotiations have not been able to deliver. There is a lack of leadership and ambition and the UN system has shown failure.
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Posted in FYEG@COP on Dec 18th, 2009
Here is the speech of Juan Carlos, representing the youth NGOs during this last day of negotiations:
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Posted in FYEG@COP on Dec 17th, 2009
The sit-in action has been a great success capturing media attention globally. While a key activist instrumental in planning the action was roughly dragged out of the Bella Center, other FYEG delegates continued the peaceful but vocal protest into the early hours of the morning.
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Posted in FYEG@COP on Dec 17th, 2009
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom: it is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves’
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Posted in FYEG@COP on Dec 17th, 2009
A great contrast to all the fine but empty words from COP15, is Climate Justice Fast. CJF is a hunger strike for the climate. Sara Svensson is one of the three that now has fasted for a thousand hours, which means 42 days.
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