This was always the road through Paris rather than the road to Paris, which means that New Zealand must commit to the long term goal and increase its climate ambition.
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Kya Raina Lal: Opinion: Pacific Leaders Draw Line in the Sand
Today our COP21 delegate Kya Lal was published by The Verb on the current negotiating positions of the Pacific AOSIS bloc.
Mattea Mrkusic appears on Al Jazeera's The Stream
Mattea Mrkusic had a comment featured on a recent Al Jazeera Stream episode discussing climate change in the Pacific Islands.
Mattea Mrkusic: Opinion: Pacific Voices on Climate Displacement
We’re bleary-eyed, brandishing banners in the early morning light. Rae Bainteiti, a 25-year-old youth delegate from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, jokes that this might be the first and last winter he’ll wear a puffer jacket in the Parisian cold. Stepping towards the press encircling our demonstration, he addresses the crowd in a suddenly serious tone. “Our lives,” he says, “are not negotiable.” As true as that may be, in the plenary rooms beyond, ministers are putting brackets around his future.
Kya Raina Lal and Mattea Mrkusic: Opinion: The Pacific, Climate Change and Displacement
Our COP21 delegates Kya Raina Lal and Mattea Mrkusic recently spoke to Veronika Meduna from RNZ, heres what they had to say. This post originally appeared on The Wireless.
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.
Ryan Mearns: Opinion: 'To Paris with Hope'
Today, our COP 21 delegate Ryan Mearns was published in the NZ Herald's Element Magazine, with his perspectives coming into the UN climate talks in Paris.
AYLI delegates arrive in Paris for COP 21
It's the Saturday before the UN climate change negotiations begin in Paris, and AYLI is on the ground and rearing to go!