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"The people in there are making decisions about us, without us!"

Occupy COP17 & the Women’s Rural Assembly

Protestors have gathered outside the fenced perimeter of the massive COP17 conference center  to encourage world leaders to keep the Kyoto Protocol alive and, in the words of one sign, “keep the coal in the hole.”

Today the Women’s Rural …

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South Africa and the Climate Conference accelerator

South Africa and the Climate Conference accelerator

The Yale student delegation is staying in a hotel as far away from Durban, and the COP17 conference center, as physically possible.  A muddy trek up a hill, past hasty developments of car dealerships and construction supply companies, brings you …

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Do you know your COP IQ?

– The following has been re-posted from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies official student delegation blog, found here

he COP17 events kicked into high gear at the welcome party at City Hall last night (seriously, the …

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COP17: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Climate Change

What can we expect from this year’s climate conference?

With well more then 15,000 delegates likely to be in attendance (COP15 had more then 24,000!) we can expect a lot, at least on the discussion side of things.  At the …

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COP17: On the Ground for the Latest Round of Climate Talks

COP17: On the Ground for the Latest Round of Climate Talks

It’s that time of the year again.  Leaves are changing.  Warm jackets are emerging from attic closets.  Forgotten winter boots reappear in mudrooms.  And diplomats, from all corners of the globe, are gathering, as they do this time every year, …

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