Archive for December, 2009

The following is text extracted from a draft of an Accord among Leaders at Copenhagen. Updated on Dec 19 to reflect the latest version. http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_15/application/pdf/cop15_cph_auv.pdf CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Fifteenth session Copenhagen, 7.18 December 2009 Agenda item 9 High-level segment Draft decision -/CP.15Proposal by the PresidentCopenhagen AccordThe Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers, and other heads...
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Dear African Leaders, I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and prosperous 2010. Kindly attached please find a custom made new year card from AYICC coordination to all the African leaders. Kind Regards Sylvia Wambui Wachira Coordinator African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) www.ayicc.net
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also urges richer nations to contribute to a multi-billion dollar fund to help poorer countries cope with global warming which will become operational in January. The UN secretary-general on Monday urged all countries to formally sign on to the Copenhagen Accord to start tackling climate change and step up work toward a...
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As President Obama called world leaders back to the table in Copenhagen to work on an agreement, the White House Offices of Energy and Climate Change and Public Engagement helped facilitate a meeting between White House aides and young environmental leaders from the United States and Kenya. The American coalition hand-delivered hundreds of letters-to-the-President...
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Le résultat désastreux de Copenhague ne doit pas faire oublier que des millions de citoyens se sont mobilisés en amont de cette conférence derrière un seul et même message : pour sauver la planète, il nous faut un accord international équitable, ambitieux et juridiquement contraignant, qui permette de maintenir l’augmentation des températures en dessous...
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