It’s Getting Hot In Here

As if there wasn’t enough tension already in international climate negotiations, it seems the fault line between the United States and the EU on climate change continues to pull apart. An earthquake is inevitable, something has to give.

This week, talks are floundering on a potentially vital draft declaration between the G8 countries (Britain, the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan, Italy, France, and Germany) on climate change. The agreement would be designed to get consensus from the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitting countries on how to move forward on the issue. The agreement would be endorsed by the G8 at the upcoming summit hosted by Germany in Heiligendamm from June 6 to June 8.

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The Opening of the COP 12 in Nairobi, Kenya!

This morning, the 12th conference of the parties to the UNFCCC opened with the usual diplomatic drudgery as well as a few interesting points. Most notable was the statement made by the minister for the environment in Canada, Rona Ambrose. Ambrose has been the president of the COP for the past year and it was time to pass the baton to Minister Kivutha Kibwana of Kenya. Rona made her statement cordially…from Canada…by video. Her video presence seemed to put the icing on the cake of climate destruction that Canada is making.

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While government delegates arrive in Nairobi, Kenya for the 12th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP12), youth from around the world gather to unify their voice and strength in stopping climate change. The 2nd conference of Youth is a follow up of the first youth climate summit at the climate negotiations in Montreal last year. The 2nd COY is also gathering youth organizations from different parts of Africa to organize an African youth network to combat climate change the African Youth Initiate on Climate Change (AIYCC).

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