“Shosholoza, shosholoza, kule zontaba, wenu yabaleka, wenu yabaleka, kule zontaba.” These words from a beautiful South African struggle song were the last words I heard at the Conference centre during COP 17. After days and days of SBSTAs, LCAs, FSFs, GCAs and REDDs it was a change I welcomed.
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Over a month has passed since the last Friday of COP17 stretched on into a Saturday, then into a Sunday. Personally, I have grappled with the issues raised by the Conference constantly, turning the outcome – the ‘Durban Platform for Enhanced Action’ – over and over in my mind, alternately looking for holes [...]
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Each day during COP, the Climate Action Network (CAN) awards the prestigious “Fossil of the Day” trophy to the State that did the most in the last 24 hours to block, disrupt, slow or weaken negotiations. Basically, it goes to the country each day that the big NGOs collectively judge to [...]
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On 10 December 2011, a group of young activists at COP17 hosted a press conference. One of our delegates, Tom Williams, facilitated. We videoed the whole thing:
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Negotiations are running well over time here in Durban. We will keep you up to date as best we can. For more frequent updates, please follow us on Twitter. The rumour here is that negotiations may continue to tomorrow (which will be the third day of Friday 9 December 2011, as far as [...]
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If you want more updates on what’s going on, as Friday 9 December 2011 extends into its 37th hour here at COP17, we recommend several other liveblogs, including:
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We are liveblogging the last day of COP17 from inside and outside the conference centre. Check back regularly for updates.
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With less than 24 hours remaining in the negotiations, tensions are rising, NGOs are running around like fleas in a fit and the conference halls are throbbing with important people with places to go but not a lot to say. Amongst all the mayhem, a message is springing up on the tshirts of [...]
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