The Youth make some noise!!

Hey everyone!!

For those of you who are attending the COP I hope you are having a great experience! Today was full of very interesting things...so I will highlight everything I saw.

The plenary held an open meeting today which discussed the role and findings of the CDM Executive Board, and earlier in the morning Tuvalu argued for a tougher legally binding argreement than Kyoto because small island states and poor African countries are the ones most vulnerable to the climate change impact. Other developing countries like China opposed this notion, however Tuvalu's arguement was strong enough that it demanded a halt and suspension of negotiations until the mater could be resolved!

There was HUGE demonstration outside of the plenary for active youth backing the notion of Tuvalu's arguement. Video will be available shortly!!! It really got the message across that small island states DO matter and their voice will be heard!

Youth from Canada also prepared an action to end all Tar Sands, which are destroying their habitat, and endangering the lives of their indigenous people.

Later on Energy Crossroads DK played their first 'Changing the Game' at the COP with a team of 6 chinese people, who not only enjoyed the experience but gained knowledge and insight into the energy planning process. It was certainly a positive response and we are looking forward playing more games in the upcoming days of the COP!

The last demonstration that I saw today was from the African youth delegation who have voiced their opinion that they 'WANT CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW' and that 'Delay is Deniel'.

Tomorrow Energy Crossroads will participate in a Side Event with UNESCO and Yale University about Education and Climate Change in support of the theme 'Youth and Future Generations' Our President, Michael Plesner will be representing EC on the panel. We are very much looking forward to some exciting discussions!

Hope to see you all there!

Cheers,
Kira