Those of us who are still here in our home countries applaud the tremendous enthusiasm and passion you all are showing. I thank you for your dedication.

A bit of unsolicited feedback, though: public actions like “die-ins” can make climate action and climate justice feel like an issue for left-of-center youth only. If we’re really going to make progress, we need to build a coalition and generate political will from all over the political spectrum and all demographics. I know actions like die-ins are great for mobilising youth, but they’re a big turnoff for the real key target audience and, from years of experience, and we know well that they do little to change policy positions at the conferences themselves.

Thanks. I hope you, and readers, take this in the friendly spirit it’s intended. Sometimes I fear constructive criticism like this within the movement is discouraged, especially when big organisations are the recipients.