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I’m going to the UN climate talks!
This blog was written by Sarah Arnold who is the International Programmes Coordinator for the UK Youth Climate Coalition
I’m going to Doha in exactly five days.
The last few months have been a whirlwind of planning, saving up and pulling together fundraiser events, giving talks to students and campaigners about climate change – and best of all, helping train and working with the six other awesome people who are coming with me.
Why am I going? To meet the young people from all over the world who are campaigning for solutions to climate change. To work with them, share stories with them and learn from them. Oh yes, and the UN climate talks are happening there – but we aren’t just going to follow the process, or to support negotiators. We are there to build our own movement, the international youth climate movement, and to remind politicians that they are accountable to us.
Over the next few weeks we will call for raised political ambition – the current carbon cuts are less than half what is needed to commit us to a safe future according to the scientific concensus.
We will show that there are innovative solutions to climate change – what we are lacking is political will, not the technology or ideas.
We will show that the UN climate talks are one opportunity positive action can be taken on climate change.
We will share inspiring stories from the global youth climate movement.
We will share our own stories.
Sounds much better than UN jargon, right? Follow our blog, follow our twitter (@ukyccdelegation), sign up for the hotspot, do our ‘Doha Dares’, email us at [email protected] – get in touch!
…And here is a video we made to introduce ourselves to all the other young climate activists who will be joining us. Take a look:
People & Planet is the largest student network in Britain campaigning to end world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment.
2012-11-20 10:04:13
Source: http://blog.peopleandplanet.org/2012/11/im-going-to-the-un-climate-talks/
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