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Your Opinion Counts!
Because of the separation of the two conference zones, I don’t often find myself attending side events. However, I managed to head over to Bonn Zone for an interesting side event this afternoon, namely “Comparing and Contrasting Public Opinion about Climate Change in China and the United States”. The event was held jointly by the […]
read moreThe President’s Open Dialogue
8th Nov 2017 marks the first time in the history of UNFCCC that a dialogue between parties (countries) and non-Party stakeholders were held during COP. Paving for this achievement, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) extensively discussed on the ways to include non-Party stakeholders, of which CSOs are a part of, back in its forty-sixth […]
read moreGlobal Stocktake – So, APA Cerita?
It’s moving, but slowly Parties need to take stock of progress towards the temperature goal of 1.5°C or 2°C – they need to do this in a regular time interval, beginning 2023 and they need the stocktake to inform them on how to improve their efforts in a nationally determined manner. Of course, this is […]
read moreAsian Youth Coalition Network World Café – in the spirit of Talanoa
The Asian Youth Coalition Network (AYCN) World Café was a very eye-opening experience for me because it was testimonial to what I believe the United Nations climate change conference should be – just, open, constructive and in good spirit. The World Café kept true to its word as participants hailed from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, […]
read moreYoung and Future Generations Day – Youth and Climate Change Forum by MYD
Young and Future Generations Day (YoFuGe Day) is a BIG thing for the YOUNGO youth constituency at the Conference of Parties, UNFCCC. It is a day dedicated specifically for the youth and we celebrate it throughout the whole day with activities organised by different organisations. For the first time ever, the Malaysian Youth Delegation organised […]
read moreArt and Climate Action
Lhavanya and I started off the day with a round table session at the World Conference Center. It was pretty intense and we definitely had a lot to say about it (hint: stay tuned for more!) but we didn’t stay until the session ended because we were going off to another event happening in the […]
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