From My Small Island In The Canadian North To Bangkok, Thailand
Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by Adam MacIsaac in Canada
With only having two weeks of notice before joining the Adopt A Negotiator team in Bangkok, Thailand I had quickly said a quick goodbye to my family and friends in my home province of Prince Edward Island in Canada to find myself here today at the opening day of the Ninth session of the AWG-KP and seventh session of the AWG-LCA. While there may be some people who live for technical terms I will make the point of that being the one and only time that I use words that require you to hop on a search engine to figure out what then mean.
The first day of the your typical UNFCCC meeting beings in a very usual form with an opening plenary but with the importance of and limited amount of time before the Copenhagen Conference Of Parties (COP 15) I had opportunity to attend a rather unique start to the sessions in Bangkok 
the conclusion of the Chang(e) Caravan, a 15-day journey which has taken Greenpeace activists, communities and five Asian elephants across the climate change-impacted central plains of Thailand. The exchange of the Greenpeace collected voices of Southeast Asia’s most vulnerable populations were presented to UNFCCC chief Yvo de Boe outside of the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC). Read more about the Chang[e] Caravan and see the images of their 15 day trek which began in the outskirts of Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima province 250 kilometers North of Bangkok.
While the first day will be a good chance to become more familiar with the UNFCCC process and also attend many meetings and hopefully have an reintroduction to Mr. Michael Martin, Canada’s Chief Negotiator and Ambassador for Climate Change who I will be tracking for the following two weeks.
While Mr.Martin might not be as familiar in the public image as the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment,they both will be representing Canada at COP 15. Here is a quote from the Environment Canada’s website which would be the main result you would find when trying to search online for information on Canada’s role at the conference in Copenhagen.
The goal of this year’s conference in Copenhagen is to reach a new global agreement for fighting climate change. Canada intends to play an active and constructive role
If you are like many Canadians would like to know more on Canada’s position and their climate policy heading into COP 15 make sure that you call or email your local MP and the Minister of the Environment as well to show your concern on the issue.