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 Carlos Kusto |
 Paul Nalau |
 Luana Bosanquet-Heays |
 Rikana Toroma |
 Christina Ora |
As climate talks drag on, low-lying atolls are already being flooded.
By Christina Ora, 11th December 2009
I am 17 years old. For my entire life, countries have been negotiating a climate agreement. My future is in front of me. In the year that I was born, amid an atmosphere of hope, the world formed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to solve the climate crisis.
This week I told negotiators at the main plenary session of the UN Climate Change Conference that time is running out and my generation needs them to work together to come up with the agreement that we deserve.
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Check out our first video direct from Copenhagen:
Click here for a transcript of the video (pdf)
Want to know more about the policies they’re discussing ?
Check out our Day1 update and the update from Day2.
This editorial calling for action from world leaders on climate change was published yesterday by 56 newspapers around the world in 20 languages – but no Australian media ran this piece, so we’re bringing it to you direct from Copenhagen.
Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial. We do so because humanity faces a profound emergency.
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What’s it really like to be on the ground in Copenhagen and attending COP15? GetUp/350 Australia Organiser Emily Mulligan shares her thoughts on what it’s like at this crucial conference.
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This compelling video was played to delegates and marked the opening of the 15th Conference of the Parties on Monday 7th December.
‘The clock has ticked down to zero. After two years of negotiations, the time has come to deliver…Copenhagen will only be a success if it delivers significant and immediate action that begins the day the conference ends.’ Opening statement by Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
