If adjusting to a giant conference centre in a distant hemisphere were not disorienting enough, Environment Minister, Peter Kent announced he wants to play hardball with the world and pull out of the Kyoto Protocol. Read more of Ani Terton’s update from Durban.
Ani Terton, a Youth Delegate to the climate talks in South Africa, is on her way back to Winnipeg. In her final post, she concludes that meaningful action will have to come from people on the ground.
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa begins today and will host thousands of delegates including me for two weeks. I arrived about 48 hours ago in Durban, after a 56-hour trip half around the world to the Southern hemisphere.
In less than a week, representatives from more than 190 countries from all over the world will come together to meet in Durban, South Africa for the 17th annual Conference of the Parties (COP17) United Nations negotiations on climate change. The goal is to find a solution to the global threat of human-made climate change.
On October 15, the Occupy Wall Street movement against inequality and corporate power came to Winnipeg. Green Action Centre communications intern, David Jacks, asks what the movement means for Manitoba and the environment.
Federal environment minister Peter Kent announced yesterday that the federal government is unilaterally ending its partnership agreement with the Canadian Environmental Network. Ramifications will be felt across the country, as environmental organizations in provinces like Manitoba will lose their voice at the national table.
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