Posts tagged #accessibility

Victoria Rhodes-Carlin: Rich countries don't want to pay for the damage their economies caused

The inequity of country affluence dictates whose voices are heard and whose are absent. Where the most impacted by climate change are the worlds most vulnerable, the voices of the least impacted dominate the direction of climate solutions.

Posted on December 7, 2018 and filed under UN Climate Talks 2018.

Ihlara McIndoe: Playing Sardines, Civil Society Style.

The level of chaos in the hallways at the UN falls somewhere between a high-school corridor during the rush between classes, and the zoo stand at the Dunedin Forsyth Barr stadium. To start with, every time I went to a civil society session, I felt like we were playing a very heated, very loud, very political, and very exhausting game of sardines.

Posted on March 23, 2018 and filed under CSW62 2018.