Tag: Climate Change Conference

Climate change campaigning: An artist, a farmer and a caravan

30 November 2011 | Ian Sullivan

Recently we bought you news about the Trans-African Caravan of Hope as it began the 4,000 mile journey from Burundi to South Africa for COP 17, taking in ten countries along the way. As the caravan heads south, towards Durban, we caught up with two of the caravanites.

Alexis Phiri is a Zambian artist, writer and climate change activist.

Tags: climate, climate change, Climate Change Conference, COP17, Durban, UNFCCC

How old will you be in 2050?

5 June 2009 | Ainhoa Goma

This was asked by one of the international youth in the first negotiations in Bonn last March.

See what the Chair of one of the sessions had to answer:

Tags: Bonn, Climate Action Network, Climate Change Conference, climate negotiations

The small print of a big agreement

1 June 2009 | Ainhoa Goma

Tck….tck…..tck. The clock is ticking. The final countdown to the biggest climate agreement has started. World leaders will decide this December in Copenhagen how the world is going to deal with climate change and all its devastating consequences. The fine print of this United Nations agreement is being discussed starting from today in the German city of Bonn, from where Oxfam will be blogging.

Tags: adoptanegotiator, Bonn, climate change, Climate Change Conference, Kyoto

Delay kills

12 December 2008 | Theo Ratcliff

So I'm sitting down to write today's blog, with my socks on the radiator and my free UN mittens on my icy feet, when I get the call. "Al Gore's giving a speech at 1.15!". I had been about to describe in great detail the new Oxfam ice sculpture that was carved this morning at the entrance to the UN Climate Talks here in Poznan - in two massive blocks of ice - the cold, hard truth - "Delay Kills".

Tags: Al Gore, climate change, Climate Change Conference, oxfam, Poland, Poznan, United Nations

Global artists and leaders join Oxfam’s call for climate action

11 December 2008 | Thomas Noirfalisse

As ministers and leaders arrived yesterday in Poznan (Poland) for the last sprint of the UN Climate change conference in Poznan, 19 famous names called on wealthy nations to take the lead on climate change by making massive cuts in pollution.

Tags: Bill Nighy, climate change, Climate Change Conference, Colin Firth, David Attenborough, Desmond Tutu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Ian McEwan, Jarvis Cocker, Kristin Davis, Missy Higgins, Poland, Poznan, Rahul Bose, Scarlett Johansson, Thom Yorke, United Nations

Ever needed to evacuate your home 25 times?

4 December 2008 | Thomas Noirfalisse

Some people in Bangladesh have. Floods are actually part of their normal way of life. Now imagine you are one of them.

Tags: Adaptation, adaptation finance, Bangladesh, Climate Change Conference, environment, Poland, Poznan, United Nations

Our canvases will speak for us

1 December 2008 | Thomas Noirfalisse

“Though the voices of our communities will not be heard directly, our canvas will speak for us,” Chris Dala, Malaita, Solomon Islands

Climate change hits poor people first and worst. This is what illustrates Oxfam’s exhibition "Canvas for Change" just launched today at the UN Climate Negotiations in Poznan, Poland.

Tags: canvasses, climate change, Climate Change Conference, environment, Poland, Poznan, un climate conference, United Nations

Towards a Copernican Revolution on Climate?

1 December 2008 | Thomas Noirfalisse

“Since nothing prevents the Earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions.”

Nicolaus Copernicus, was a Polish astronomer who put an end to the belief that the earth was the center of the universe.

Tags: Climate Change Conference, environment, Poland, Poznan, United Nations

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