White Paper Update
Just wanted to give a quick update about what happened on Monday in Canberra with the White Paper. We had an amazing team down in Canberra – led by our amazing Power Shift organisers Jess, Daniel & Amy – plus a whole bunch of other people who came down to help out, including Ben, Alex [...]
Wong: Climate agreement to ensure survival
Climate Minister Penny Wong today joined over 80 countries, as well as eminent scientists such as Tim Flannery, to support the international youth statement, that a global climate change agreement should “safeguard the survival of all countries and peoples”. Minister Wong’s announcement occurred in the afternoon session of the United Nations Climate Conference in front [...]
The conference speeds up…
What an awesome day! Young people met with Patchauri, called EU heads of state, had interviews, blogged, planned actions, met with Nicholas Stern, delivered a postcard to Penny Wong, found countless nations and had them commit to safeguarding the survival of all countries and peoples. Josh from the AYD also made a speech to the [...]
Penny Wong flies into climate storm
Australia shamed at climate conference as it sidelines indigenous rights. Australian negotiators at the UN Climate Conference have supported the removal of indigenous rights from deforestation negotiations, throwing into doubt election promises on indigenous rights and climate change. “There has been uproar over this decision at the conference,” said Josh Wyndham-Kidd, an Australian Youth Delegate [...]
Leading on Climate? Week One – Poznan.
The first week of COP is finally over. The next is about to begin. It has been an intense first week for all of us. On Thursday, we had our first meeting with the Australian government delegation. It was a really productive meeting that allowed us to understand the government’s operations, objectives and priorities on [...]
From Amanda in Poznan
Hello from the UN Climate Talks in Poznan, Poland! The AYCC has had a huge week – we are exhausted but successful. As a snap shot of our activities: We are building a international youth movement, helping to organise and facilitate an international youth conference on the weekend before the UN Conference, and then helping to [...]
U.N. climate talks leave youth out in the cold
http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/12/05/un-climate-talks-leave-youth-out-in-the-cold/ Reuters Blog. See link above for original source. December 5th, 2008 U.N. climate talks leave youth out in the cold Posted by: Megan Rowling There’s plenty of hot air filling the sprawling conference centre that houses the U.N. climate change talks this week and next in Poznan, Poland. But many of the 500 or [...]
Where The Bloody Hell Are You?
So Penny Wong and Kevin Rudd have decided not to announce their emission reduction targets until after the UN climate conference in Poland. How can they be a global leader on climate change when we don’t even know their position? We are extremely disappointed that the government isn’t showing the international leadership that we’ve been [...]
The thrills and spills of carbon-reduced travel
From The Age (Victoria) Adam Morton, Poznan, Poland December 6, 2008 Australian Youth Delegation overland team Nic Seton, 22, of the Gold Coast, Anna Keenan, 23 of Brisbane, Jack Fuller, 23 of Melbourne, Oliver Cashman, 21 of Sydney, Katy Mackay, 16 of Tasmania. Photo: Robert A. vanWaarden OVER the past five weeks, Jack Fuller has [...]
