“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.

“Let [...]

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:

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:

Hot Topic Guardian Eco | Live (see also: Stalemate, EU Plan) Adopt a Negotiator Oxfam Speak Your Mind News

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 [...]

This year at COY, youth from the Pacific have been extremely underrepresented; natural when COP-17 is about 36 hours of flight time away from the Pacific, and when funding doesn’t come easily for Pacific youth.

Knowing this, it seemed obvious that NZYD should focus on hosting a workshop on climate change in [...]