Today our COP21 delegte Kya Lal was published by The Verb on Climate displacement in the Pacific.
Simon Hillier: COP two one week one: musings from the outside
Part one of COP21 is over. I am only accredited to enter the conference starting tomorrow, but even on the outside it has been a hectic week. Today (Sunday) brings a brief pause in the negotiations, so it was nice to have some space to breathe and collect my thoughts.
Kya Raina Lal: How and Why I Wore a Sulu* to COP21
Want to know how and why I wore a Sulu* to COP21? Find out all about Pacific Day at the Indigenous People's Pavillion.
Benjamin Brooking: The highlights from Leaders Day with David Gawith
I caught up with David Gawith to get the highlights from the COP21 leaders event. Strong sentiments and emotive entreaties kicked off the negotiations. But who said what, and will words translate into actions?
Florence Reynolds: Changeons le systeme?
I write this from my inner city Parisian hostel, nose still stinging from tear gas, sirens drowning out the background traffic noise.
This morning, I set out to observe and document the civil society demonstrations that were planned to take place despite the French Government's ban on protests of "two or more people with a political message".
Florence Reynolds: Opinion: 'Peaceful protest destined to fail'
Today, our COP 21 delegate Florence Reynolds was published in the NZ Herald, sharing her views on the civil disobedience she witnessed firsthand in Paris on Sunday.
India Logan-Riley: Those Sunday Protests
This spirit of grit was on my mind as I rode the metro to Place de la République, a square in central Paris, with the rest of the delegation from the Aotearoa Youth Leadership Institute. Given the attacks that happened on November 13, the French government had banned public protest actions until stated otherwise. Determined to still be part of the global climate change protest wave that was happening around the world on the eve of the Conference of the Parties and the completion of the climate change agreement, the organisations in charge of coordinating the People’s Climate March in Paris looked to alternative displays of protest.
Florence Reynolds: Hunger speaks a Thousand Words
The fast made me slow. Unable to concentrate, I moved around the convention centre on fossilised legs. The slowmotion state of blood pumping insufficient sugar throughout my circulation felt like a form of death. But death itself was moving too slowly to be lethal. When I stood to give a speech it felt hollow, a cliché reflection of my stomach.