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The good, the bad and the grazers

Monday, 14 December 2009 by IsabelBottoms

cowThe good…

Today we’ve been busy attending, taking notes and summarising the main plenary sessions for Kiribati.  The talks have been tense and amongst the inhuman UN language there have been tears and anger from the official negotiators.  We witnessed the spokesperson from Tuvalu break down as he spoke in utter desperation to save his culture, community and livelihood.  The future of his whole country is in the hands of a few. (more…)

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A quick fix?

Monday, 14 December 2009 by IsabelBottoms

On Thursday, we (Isabel and Jess – the two lawyers of the group) sat in on a side event entitled ‘Recognising and protecting human rights within the Copenhagen agreement’.  As the talk unfolded, it hit us just how significant this issue is.  It is so obvious, yet seems to somehow have eluded the general concerns surrounding climate change. (more…)

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