United Nations Climate Change
Negotiations – ADP 2.11
19 - 23 October 2015
Session 2.11 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)'s Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action is being held in Bonn, Germany, from 19 - 23 October 2015.
This intersessional meeting in Bonn will be the last before the long-awaited Paris climate change conference, bringing together attendees from government, academia, business and advocacy groups to make final decisions on the text that will form 2015's international climate deal. This deal will be agreed in Paris, at one of the most significant events in environmental negotiations this decade.
This delegation will follow their Bonn experience with a tour of major sites in neighbouring cities, having the fantastic opportunity to immerse themselves in German culture as well as international environmental politics.
Read about last year's
COP 20 delegation's experiences in their blog posts and on Twitter!
Head Delegate
YONG LY | @yongsin_ly
As one of the Institute's delegates to last year's COP 20 conference in Lima, Yong has been selected to lead this year's delegation to ADP 2.11. Yong is a working professional with experience in the technology and telecommunications sectors. He has travelled and worked in many countries, including a two year volunteer stint in Tanzania. He has a keen interest in social change and environmental sustainability, and is actively involved in many different initiatives. When he has spare time, he likes to keep active, play sports and explore new places.
Delegates
SANNA O'CONNOR-MORBERG | @SannaOConnor
Sanna is a 24 year old environmental engineer who studied Engineering and Political Studies at the University of Auckland. She is trying to find her niche between a love for science and a passion for the economic, social and political forces in our world; she believes that only by incorporating all these elements will we solve our greatest problems.
BEN ABRAHAM | @benabrahamnz
Ben is just starting a PhD in Public Policy at the University of Oxford, focusing on transnational climate change governance. During his undergraduate studies in New Zealand, Ben was involved with a range of youth organisations, particularly P3 Foundation. His biggest daily challenge is trying to reconcile his passion for various causes with his generally chilled out approach to life. Over the past three years he's also lived, worked, and studied in Peru, Zambia and the United States. He loves travelling, storytelling, sports, and learning about new places, people, and cultures.
LEA ABUYAN | @LeaAbuyan
Lea has an undergraduate degree in Sociology and Criminology. She is currently working with Greenpeace New Zealand gaining practical experience on various environmental issues before continuing her studies: finishing her Law degree and undertaking post-graduate study in Sociology. She is interested in environmental policy and the impacts of it on society – she strongly believes climate change is just as much a humanitarian issue as an environmental one. Lea is involved with groups such as Red Cross and TEARFund, and loves travelling, eating, and doing adrenalin filled activities.