Young people gathered along the entranceways of the conference center this morning. Reminding negotiators or what their goals in Doha should be. Here’s an except from their presser:
Early this morning youth from around the world lined the moving sidewalks that carry negotiators from security checkpoints into the plenary halls of the 18th round of United Nations climate talks. Thus far fingers have been pointed at a number of different countries for blocking progress toward a meaningful international agreement on reducing greenhouse emissions to levels that would minimize disruption of the climate system and subsequent threats to people and property. The youth demonstration this morning sought to point out an important character operating behind the scenes, multinational fossil fuel corporations.
Read the full media release here.
They’ve also created a Tumblr, and they’re posting 1 picture of climate impacts per hour.
See more pictures from today’s action here, here and here.
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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.
