As the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – commonly known as the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen – came to an end, so did G-1 Billion. The articles and biographies will remain online to preserve the content that was generated and to continue to recognise the outstanding volunteers who took part in the project. I hope you continue to enjoy it!
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As the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – commonly known as the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen – came to an end, so did G-1 Billion. The articles and biographies will remain online to preserve the content that was generated and to continue to recognise the outstanding volunteers who took part in the project. I hope you continue to enjoy it!
Luca Nizzola, Citizenship Coordinator at Microsoft Europe and AIESEC alumnus writes a special report for G-1 Billion on his experience of corporate efforts on climate change. Luca coordinated Microsoft’s involvement of 20 senior executives and directors at COP15, giving him insight into the conference and the company’s approach towards it.
Apart from the Bella Center, near the city centre there was the People’s Climate Summit that took place in the DGI Byen, the Klimaforum from 7th -18th December. In Klimaforum, represented a diversity of climate related activities with 190 inspiring talks and 50 exhibitions-along with different performances-music, theatre- and film representing the whole world. In Klimaforum, there was a possibility for all!! A possibility to let their voices be heard, ask questions and find common-ground. Indigenous people,grass-roots activists, farmers, fisherfolks, workers, affected people, artists and scientists educated, ispired and gave …
Hey again..That’s the second part of our trip…into the Conference Venue.You can enjoy the pictures of the NGOs’ stands that welcoming you before entering the official Halls of the discussions…On your way to the sessions you could get your daily program from the Documentation Center or you could also see the daily program on the Plasma TVs they had on the walls. You could rest in the Computer centers that look like forest.. and if you had time you could listen some declarations from well-know contributors to climate change …
I would like to give the chance to each one of you that had not the opportunity to be part of the COP15 to see how it was our daily program and the Conference Venue where the negotiations took place! When you arrive in Copenhagen what you really notice is that all the country is dressed in GREEN… Everywhere you see posters, they give you brochures and in each corner there are COP’s people welcoming you. Everything refers to COP15…from the plane.. to posters on the stairs and the walls..You …
Last week, I happened to be watching a remarkable gathering of government officials near Everest base camp. Instead of flying to Copenhagen to attend the climate summit as a youth activist and spokesperson, I had flown into Kathmandu for a few days and was pleased to note that I was present in the city as government officials were sending a powerful message to the rest of the world. Led by the Prime Minister, the cabinet was meeting at Kalapatthar Plateau (5242 mt), to discuss the impacts of climate change on the small mountain country and to adopt a 10-point Everest Declaration.
Contributed by G-1 Billion guest writer Roshni Dave; a young Environmentalist/Policy Analyst currently working in Geneva with the South Centre.
Harriet Riley describes the Copenhagen hangover, as civil society tries to pull itself together in the wake of a failed summit. Could a new ‘World Council’, constructed outside the authority of nation-states, provide us with a climate regulator?
Many companies and corporate associations are actively participating of the UNFCCC, even though business is not the conference focus. I’ve been meeting various corporate observers paying attention to the trends shown at COP and have seen existing business practices that are already contributing to a more sustainable future – even though there’s still a lot of work to be done!
You know that something’s going on in the world when the Old Dame of fashion herself tells you to stop buying cloths. But that was Vivienne Westwood’s heartfelt advice to a room full of diplomats, scientists and celebrities –including Bianca Jagger and Jane Goodall–at a climate change gala in Copenhagen last Wednesday night.
The COP-15 may be over, but the action from young people is gearing up across the planet. Be inspired by this special report from India’s NewsX and representatives of the IATE Antarctic Expedition 2009 www.2041.com. Submitted by G-1 Billion guest contributor Deepti Chadda http://deeptichadda.wordpress.com/
