where’s your head at?
Tuesday, 9 February 2010 by IsabelBottomsApologies for the barren desert that has been my blog for the last month or so! Who knew a degree would actually take up most of your time?
This weekend I abandoned ship and took the train and bus home to Wales to try and recover from the month of hell that was coursework, mooting, work and everything law-related. The stability of my surroundings really made me think about what it is I am trying to achieve in this world, and it’s not just me who’s on the reflective path right now. (more…)
“Global warming my arse! I could literally ski in my back garden right now!”
Sunday, 27 December 2009 by sophie.hemeryFirstly, the above is a ‘Facebook friend’s’ status and the cause for much consternation. According to a recent opinion poll, nearly half of Britain still isn’t convinced that we’re to blame for climate change. And with freezing temperatures and streets looking like Christmas cards, how to convince them? For a worryingly large number of people, the recent weather conditions alone are enough to disprove climate change. (more…)
my weekend in Copenhagen
Wednesday, 23 December 2009 by Craig Griffiths
The weekend before last was one of the most exhausting but inspirational 72 hours that I’ve experienced; it might seem strange in the light of what we now know about just how much our “leaders” let us down over the last few weeks, but my visit to Copenhagen at the time of the climate conference energised me enormously and re-igniting my hope that a just and sustainable future is possible. (more…)
Victims of Comfort
Wednesday, 23 December 2009 by IsabelBottomsReality bites
Friday, 18 December 2009 by NewInternationalistToday will prove monumental not simply in the history of climate negotiations, or of civil disobedience, or even of global politics - it will prove truly historic in an unprecedented way: it demonstrated conclusively that climate change is a social justice issue, and not just a scientific or ‘environmental’ concern. (more…)
The other Copenhagen conference
Friday, 18 December 2009 by NewInternationalistIt isn’t on the bargaining table in Copenhagen this week, but the world is facing a crisis of a different sort that affects (and is affected by) climate change and greenhouse gas emissions: water scarcity. (more…)
Climate Justice comes to Copenhagen
Friday, 18 December 2009 by NewInternationalistThe Climate Justice movement has finally burst onto the scene at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen.
This morning, thousands of activists from South and North marched to the Bella Centre and tried to get in, to express their disgust with the way the talks are selling us all out, and to hold a Peoples’ Assembly for Climate Justice instead. (more…)
Blame Canada!
Friday, 18 December 2009 by NewInternationalist
Here’s a report by Jess Worth on Monday’s Tar Sands action - and some photos, by Orin Langelle and Daygot Leeyos.
About 200 of us gathered outside the Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen to protest at the way Canada is blocking progress on binding, ambitious climate emissions reductions - because it’s committed to expanding the most destructive project on earth: the Tar Sands. (more…)
Inspirational actions & radical radio
Tuesday, 15 December 2009 by MikeHarrisIt’s been an inspirational five days of amazing demonstrations. From the massive 100,000+ people that took to the streets on Saturday’s dec12 demonstration, to the night-time freezing-cold vigils outside the Valsby detention centre for activists who were wrongfully detained, to yesterday’s Canadian Tar Sands and No Borders protests and the solidarity shown when people were inadvertently caught up in last nights raid on Christiania, the determination and solidarity of those here in Copenhagen has been stunning. (more…)
Buffers
Tuesday, 15 December 2009 by IsabelBottomsThis is one of those horribly difficult posts to write.
Monday was the worst day of the whole conference so far for us. I (Isabel) spent the day careering around from one place to the next trying to pull strings that I don’t have, and just generally being entirely at the mercy of the UN process. (more…)