Brace yourself. If you’ve followed the Adopt a Negotiator site or tracked news related to COP17 lately, you already know that this year’s UN Climate Conference is going to be messy and difficult. But we have a fantastic team of full-time (volunteer) ‘negotiator trackers’ who made their way to Durban to help track and translate events as they unfold. Let me introduce the team:
Alex Stark joins us from the US capital, Washington DC. You’ll see her blogs here, and you can follow her on twitter here @AlexMStark.
Rongtai “Marvin” Nala is a student and climate activist in Beijing. He’s blogging here. You can follow Marvin on Twitter: @CallMeMarvin or on Weibo: @CallMeMarvin.
Sébastien Duyck will be in Durban tracking the EU, and putting particular focus on his home country of France. Catch his blogs here. And follow him on twitter at @duycks.
We pulled Milozs Hodun from his research in China to track the EU. He’ll pay special attention to his home country of Poland, which currently sits as EU President. He is blogging here, and tweeting at @mhodun.
Juliana Russar joins us from Sao Paulo, Brazil. She’s blogging here, and tweeting at @jrussar.
Priti Rajagopalana is giving us an Indian perspective. Follow her blogs here, and her tweets at @pritiriyer).
Farrukh Zaman is our lead negotiator tracker for Pakistan. Catch his blogs here and follow Farrukh on Twitter at @Farrukh_Zaman.
Clancy Moore made his way to Durban from Australia. He’s blogging here and tweeting @Phil_Ireland.
Andrea Arzaba will track Mexico’s delegation in Durban - watching to see how the Cancun agreements are moved forward. Follow Andrea’s blogs here, and catch her on Twitter at @andrea_arzaba.
Alex Lenferna is our lead South African negotiator tracker in Durban. Catch his blogs here, and watch for his tweets at @al_lenferna.
So stay tuned for regular updates from our core team of Trackers. And you can follow the whole team on twitter with this list: www.twitter.com/#!/adoptnegotiator/trackers-in-durban
Of course, tracking this process is a big job and we’re always looking for more negotiator trackers to participate. If you are in Durban and tracking an issue or government at the meeting, we’d love to host your efforts on the Adopt a Negotiator platform. Please contact me at [email protected] to find out more.
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About the author
Joshua Wiese is Adopt a Negotiator’s Project Director. He is based in San Francisco, where he spends most of his time thinking about how to use technology to make the world a better place.
