The After Taste Of Non-Wins
By Julian Velez Civil Society, represented by Major Groups (MGs) within the conference, could not come to an agreement — in informal consultations there where two attempts to create a united MG...
View ArticleSustainable Development And The Political Treadmill Of No Will
By Julian Velez Rio+20 was supposed to renew political commitment to Sustainable Development (SD) and poverty eradication by integrating the social, economic and environmental “pillars,” or dimensions....
View ArticleClimate induced genocide? Youth intervention to CMP plenary
delivered by Julian Velez on behalf of Youth NGOs (YOUNGO) at the CMP (Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol) opening plenary, 26th November Thank you...
View ArticleNew Promises Old Challenges
By Julian Velez Here we are once more in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, trying to understand the political games that happen in this space. Climate change is what it all...
View ArticleFrom Crevice to Chasm
By Julian Velez Developed countries are trying to undermine the relevance of the Bali Road Map as a whole, as well as the Durban Package laid out last year. These include a 2nd commitment period of the...
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