We didn’t do it then We need to do it now But then was now And now becomes then And the question remains When?

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, has confirmed his attendance to The Climate Revolution on Tuesday 12th January.

Awakening on Boxing Day stricken by an alcohol induced mental fog no less stubborn than the moral one that afflicted the world leaders at COP15 I tried to make sense of what had happened. Confusion reigned at the conference which, after two weeks of filibuster produced little more than a Google doc, a Nation State [...]

Amid the depression and chaos of the last few weeks I’ve seen, and been able to be a part of so many beautiful, inspiring things. I’ve walking with 100,000 people of every age and nationality to call for a safe and stable climate. I’ve seen 3 young people prove, as they finish their 46 day [...]

Yesterday it appeared a lot had happened in Copenhagen. World leaders arrived at the Bella Centre in a flurry of convoys, and addressed the Conference of Parties and the world with aims to move forward. No sooner had they arrived and delivered their speeches, than they had disappeared again. As the dust settles the ‘Copenhagen [...]

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Late on Friday 18th December, it was announced that the US, China, Brazil, India and South Africa had signed a “meaningful agreement” here in Copenhagen, with the possibility of the EU and Mexico signing on. In doing so, our politicians have undermined two years of progress, since an agreement to agree with the Bali Action [...]

I wrote this earlier this afternoon, on paper. Anna’s already blogged about the intervention, but here are my thoughts: I’m sitting in the new youth convergence space, a huge bright white hall near the central station and the Klimafoum called Oskerhalle. A young climate activist from London is standing on the stage with his guitar, [...]

On Thursday evening, there was a vigil for survival. In the last few days, I’ve been feeling disconnected and disheartened about the whole process, as have many of us, but this candlelit vigil was a really good place to reconnect with what this is all about. It opened with a song, followed by several reflective, [...]

Youth intervention in high level plenary (Big love to our friend Juan, who stays in the hostel room across from ours, for his passionate delivery!) Thank you mister President for giving us the floor. Good afternoon fellow human beings. My name is Juan Carlos, and in the year 2050 I will be 64 years old. [...]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vygLEXJpEPM Climate Justice Fast Today over 5,000 people have joined in solidarity to fast for 24 hours, as part of the Climate Justice Fast.  The fast has been undertaken for 42 days (or just over 1,000 hours) by three youth advocates who have proved that the “impossible” can be done.  Indeed, they have shown us [...]

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Two days ago I lost my accreditation into the largest and most important summit in history.  Not by choice, but because civil society and the global youth are a security hazard.   But the only security hazard is the lack of commitment and leadership from many developed nations to secure a future for all. The last [...]

We want a FAB deal not a death warrant with a green seal

Today is the last day that NGO’s and civil society will be allowed access to the Bella Centre, and from tomorrow the negotiations will happen without the much needed presence of the international youth movement. However, the youth have not given up just yet, and have peacefully occupied the main hall, right in the face [...]

Josh bumped into Kumi Naidoo, Director of Greenpeace, outside a press conference in the Bella Centre today. Check him out, he is just too cool for school. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3zh4BwAJEo

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With only a few days left of COP15, we really need to see some serious step-up in commitments from developed nations. However, as it becomes less and less likely that the top 2 greenhouse gas emitters US and China are going to lead the front, we sit through endless delays and arguements. It’s about time [...]

When I signed up for this, 6 months ago, the last thing I expected to experience during my short stay in Copenhagen was covering my face from tear gas while being snarled at by dogs and shouted at by police. I came to Copenhagen to engage with the process, to enter the UN and make [...]

From the Makers of The Age of Stupid comes The Stupid Show, live from Copenhagen. feat. Nic from UKYCC httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQMvbzxnavk

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RkF0qUUXJA I am feeling frustrated. As we have been restricted access, only four of us are inside the Bella Centre today. Some of us have gone on the Reclaim Power march, and I am sitting in the hostel with others, trying to provide support and help communications between everyone, and try and send the news [...]

At any given moment an infinite number of worlds exist synchronically; interdependent yet isolated, like dew drops on a spider’s web. Right now in Copenhagen these worlds are being pushed together, shoulder to shoulder.  Despite what you might think, they don’t know each other at all though plenty of people, people like me, walk the [...]

Climate Action Network Fossil Fool Awards, for Monday, week 2. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MDuL0CtfyQ&feature=player_embedded

Today I am extremely frustrated.  I am running around trying to make use of my day because this may well be the last day I can get into the Bella Centre, no wait, the entire UN process that is COP15. The entire youth movement’s accreditation is being cut by 2/3rds because 110 heads of state [...]

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I think I need more than four hours For all power or any. Sitting in Plen the halls packed with many Men and women here early for the last day For most observers, now there’s no where to say Two pennies for the press, or press for two trill For the developing world and a [...]

From the makers of ‘The Age of Stupid’ Watch it here! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epO7L5bQzXo

Before the new week breaks on the threshold of opportunity, half-hoping hearts and held breath, I thought it best to sketch the preamble of what will inescapably be an historic week enshrining systemic or climatic change for the world. It is hard to overstress the importance of the events that will take place in Copenhagen [...]

So here I am, sitting in plenary With you, our negotiators, sitting in front of me. Talks offtrack, this is whack, are you taking it seriously? But it’s alright for you cos you’ll be dead in 2050. It’s alright for you with your nice family, Your hotel room for free with a colour tv. It’s [...]

We’re all getting pretty emotional here in Copenhagen. The negotiations are entering a critical phase, and tempers are fraying. Sometimes it seems like it’s up to the youth delegations to act as a counterbalance. Yesterday Gemma broke the ice and gave UNFCCC secretary Yvo de Boer a hug. And yesterday I had an extraordinary, chance [...]

So, in an article in the Guardian 2 days ago, John Vidal asked if someone would give Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary and head of these talks a hug. I love hugs, they get me through these difficult days. For the last 2 days I have been feeling so disempowered. And I am not the only [...]

From the makers of ‘The Age of Stupid’ Watch it here! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E7QYQiWGuE&feature=player_embedded