COP 17. The Message for humanity is simple - Rise up or Die (Youth delegate inspires with a touch of 'occupy')10/12/2011 In response to the failure of COP 17 the Bolivian Ambassador has said that "only a movement from below can save us now" and this speech brings that movement from below (in the form of Occupy) into Durban and toward action on climate change. I've been struggling to find anything I wanted to post about COP 17 - The expectations were low, the outcome was in line with those expectations - But this speech 'got me', reminiscent perhaps of the young Canadian Severn Cullis-Suzuki speaking at the earth summit in Rio in 1992 - Anjali Appadurai ends by mic-checking occupy style ' Get it Done, Get it Done ' and this is the moment that for me lifts the gloom. |
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Saturday, 10 December 2011
COP 17 Youth Plea for Action on Global Warming - "Get It Done!" (from The Ecosocialist Blog)
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"global warming",
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