United nations climate summit
Kirsty Schneeberger, an international youth delegate Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak in plenary. My name is Kirsty and in the year 2050, I will be 66. I am one of the hundreds of...
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(speaking Japanese) (monotone) We are with avaaz.org and other NGOs. And today we are targeting the Japanese because we think they need stronger climate financing. This is what we are asking for. We...
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I do not start with any greetings, because I feel there is no time to waste. The message is clear: Shape up or be ready face the fatal consequences. The Tsunamis, The Earthquakes, The Typhoons which...
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bjbjLULU JUDY WOODRUFF: Next, governments around the globe grapple with what to do about climate change. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ: Negotiations dragged on for nearly 36 hours past the...
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My country is being tested by this hellstorm called super typhoon Haiyan. We remain uncertain as to the full extent of the damage and devastation as information trickles in in an agonizingly slow...
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UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, speaking at the United Nations Headquarters in New York Tuesday. "The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the escalation of tension on the Korean...
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"Cancun has to be the next essential step on the road to a solution to the climate challenge" Christina Figueres is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention...
Hi my name is Tauki Kitala and Im from Tuvalu..my hope from this meeting for Tuvalu is that we hope to get a legally binding agreement for this COP 15. And we're also hoping that the Kyoto...
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A group of Canadian activists gathered in the vicinity of the Shell oil facility in Durban, South Africa to protest against the emission of carbon gases this in the frame of the United Nations climate...
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Praful, I wanted to ask you about—well, this conference is a kind of microcosm of what’s going on in the world and the protest movement against it. Some say what we’re seeing inside this convention...
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