Fwd: Your weekly countdown to COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico

[Tracey (SYC-CJS)]

Hey everyone - here's the latest Canadian Youth Delegation newsletter!

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Hope all is well,

Tracey

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From: Canadian Youth Delegation/Delegation jeunesse canadienne <cyd.in...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:11 AM
Subject: Your weekly countdown to COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico
To: communi...@syc-cjs.org

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Cancun Countdown Counting down the weeks to COP 16 in Cancún, Mexico Welcome to Cancun Countdown - A Trip Through Time Welcome to the second edition of the Cancun Countdown! We appreciate you support as we continue to work through the challenges  of perfecting our newsletter updates.  There are only two weeks left until the world arrives in Cancun, Mexico for COP16 at the United Nations, and the Canadian Youth Delegation is committed to helping you prepare for the negotiations.  This week, we're taking a trip through time to look at the History of Climate Change - the science, the impacts, the negotiations, and the response from grassroots organizations. Happy Reading!  Erica Nickels History of the Negotiations History of Canada's sceptical position at the UNFCCC Each year the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet and work towards preventing catastrophic climate change.  The Kyoto Protocol (KP), and addition to the UNFCCC made in 1997, was ratified by the required countries - including Canada - and came into legal force in 2005.  Read More! Stephen McGlenn Climate Change Through the Ages History of climate change science When you have been sitting in negotiations for hours, and all the microphones and country name tags in the room are starting to blur together, you might ask yourself, “Why are we here?” I could give two broad answers to this question, one looking to the future, and the other to the past.  Read More! Thea Whitman Our changing climate and the impacts we have felt so far The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent report, the Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change, released in 2007, asserts that "Observational evidence from all continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected by regional climate changes, particularly temperature increases". Read More! Holly Goulding Lies, damned lies and lies that kill: Why is there so much doubt about climate science? Global warming and climate change are occurring because human-made greenhouse gases, mostly from fossil fuels, are trapping heat in the atmosphere. To stop climate change, we need to stop burning fossil fuels (oil, coal, and gas). This is a scientific fact. So why do 43 per cent of Americans think that we could prevent global warming by not punching holes in the ozone layer with space rockets? Read More! Daniel T'seleie Taking Action on Climate Change! Climate justice, climate justice, what is climate justice? The negative effects of climate change are are currently, and will be in the future, felt more heavily by parts of the human population already marginalized: people of low income, indigenous communities and developing countries, particularly small island states. These populations will be hit disproportionately hard by natural disasters, heat related illnesses, increasing disease vectors and rises in energy costs. Read More! Brittany Maguire In the absence of federal leadership, Canadian communities take action on climate change When the Canadian Youth Delegation arrives in Mexico at the end of November, we’ll be adding our voices to the millions of others around the world demanding that our governments seal the deal on a climate change treaty that sets ambitious, fair and binding targets on greenhouse gas emissions; however, in the absence of an international agreement on climate change, many countries, municipalities and communities have taken matters into their own hands.  Read More! Erica Nickels CYD's Podcast DJC! Écoutez une entrevue avec Arielle, membre de la DJC. C’est un des premiers profils de notre équipe. Listen to an interview with Holly, a member of the CYD. Watch for more delegate profiles in the coming weeks! This Week's Call to Action We need committed CYD Home Team leaders across the country to help create and mobilize Home Teams in each of their locations.  Please contact Sarah at cycc.gr...@gmail.com  Meet your CYD This week's featured CYD members are Naomi Warrior from Toronto and Catherine Gauthier from St-Jérôme and Mont-Saint-Hilaire. Recommended Reading Check out this week's recommended readings, brought to you by the CYD.  They'll get you thinking about climate prosperity, climate justice and how far some industries go to sow the seeds of doubt: - Climate Change Prosperity or Disparity? - Strategic Alignment for Climate Justice - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science What is the Cancún Countdown? The Cancún Countdown is the Canadian Youth Delegations' weekly newsletter counting down the weeks to COP 16 in Cancún, Mexico. Stay connected using: Twitter Facebook Website Flickr The views expressed in this newsletter are as diverse as the Canadian Youth Delegation members, who represent a plurality of perspectives on climate change issues.  If you have any feedback regarding any of the blogs featured in this newsletter, you can post a comment on our website Unsubscribe communi...@syc-cjs.org from this list. Our mailing address is: Canadian Youth Climate Coalition 408-6100 6th Ave Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1M5 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2010 Canadian Youth Climate Coalition All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile

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Tracey Guptill

Communications and Outreach Coordinator - Coordonnatrice des communications et de la mobilisation
Sierra Youth Coalition - Coalition jeunesse Sierra

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[kesten]

Hi there,

I{m from moncton.  I{ll be brining my solar hybrid kitche trailer to the COP16.  I have applied to be in the climate change village, but if that doesn{t work out, I will definitely be at the Open Xchange parallel conference in playa del carmen.  I{m givig a workshop on the solar mobile trailers and sun farm kitchen coop )www.sunfarmkitchens.ca .  The kitchen will be available for community use, and for vending nutritions local food.  I{ll send OpenXchange details from my business email

see you soon!

kesten

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Enviado: jueves, 18 de noviembre, 2010 9:59:29
Asunto: Fwd: Your weekly countdown to COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico

[Tracey (SYC-CJS)]

Hey everyone,

The trek to Cancύn begins so soon! One week left in the countdown. While we work at making the changes in our own lives and at the institutional level, a delegation of youth will be joining the scientists, academics, NGO's and other community organizations sending our politicians the clear message that our country needs to show leadership and help forge the way towards a low-carbon future.

Check out the latest update from the delegation!

Tracey Guptill

Communications and Outreach Coordinator - Coordonnatrice des communications et de la mobilisation
Sierra Youth Coalition - Coalition jeunesse Sierra

The Sierra Youth Coalition is a membership based and directed organization. Support and engage with our work by becoming a member!!
https://getinvolved.sierraclub.ca/join.php

La Coalition jeunesse Sierra est une organisation dirigée par et pour ses membres. Soutenez-nous ou impliquez-vous en devenant membre !
http://www.syc-cjs.org/fr/deviens-membre

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Date: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Subject: Your weekly countdown to COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico
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Cancun Countdown

Counting down the weeks to COP 16 in Cancún, Mexico

Welcome to Cancun Countdown - Civil Society and Subnational Governments at the COP Welcome to the third edition of the Cancun Countdown! The negotiations are fast approaching, and before we arrive in Mexico, we wanted to provide our readers with a bit of a meet-and-greet with some of the folks who will be participating in the conference.  We all know that national governments send official delegations to negotiate, but who else will be present at the COP?  In this issue, we introduce you to some of the civil society groups and subnational governments who play an integral role in the UNFCCC process.  This is by no means an exhaustive study - more of a sneak peak to pique your interest. Don't miss the CYD's response to the Senate killing Bill C311. Enjoy the newsletter!  Erica Nickels Response to Senate Vote on Bill C-311 Canadian Youth Delegation endorses Climate Justice organizers’ response to Senate vote on Bill C-311 Montreal, QC/Ottawa, ON, November 18, 2010 – Tuesday evening, the Canadian Senate voted 43 to 32 to kill Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act. In a short notice vote, in which many senators were not sitting, the appointed senate stopped the passage of legislation that had been passed through the elected House of Commons. Read More! Civil Society and COP16 Youth, Climate Change and the UNFCCC When we talk about who shows up for the United Nations climate change negotiations other than government delegates, we might think about environmental NGOs, or Indigenous peoples’ representatives, or even big companies that have an interest in the agreements reached by decision makers.  But there’s another important group of people who have been involved in the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since the very beginning - youth! Read More! Erica Nickels Indigenous people and global climate change: What's at stake and what's been done Indigenous People around the world are among those most impacted by climate change. Changes in climate and to natural environments are threatening the food security of Indigenous People and are contributing to the loss of their cultures.  Many Indigenous People around the world (there are Indigenous People on all six inhabited continents) still harvest food from the land through traditional means like hunting, fishing, and herding. As climate change affects natural ecosystems, causes migrations and extinctions of species, and changes weather patterns, Indigenous People lose the ability to provide food for themselves and their families.

Read More! Daniel T'seleie

Advising, presenting, and advocating: academics at the UN climate change negotiations  While December may find most undergraduate students in the library studying for exams, many academics will leave the ivory tower to attend the COP16 climate change negotiations. The “academic and scientific sector” is part of “civil society” at the negotiations (although some academics are part of official delegations, and thus are not restricted in the same ways as civil society). As befits a policy arena based on such biophysical and socioeconomic complexities, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change draws heavily on the expertise of physical and social scientists through various avenues, including the prominent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Read More! Maggie Knight Labour Groups' Participation at the UNFCCC Just as the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition (CYCC) includes the Canadian Labour Congress and the Canadian Auto Workers Youth Network, global labour organizations have been concerned about climate change for a long time. I begin to provide an introduction to labour groups' participation in the UNFCCC here, and you'll be hearing more in the coming weeks from our delegates who are directly involved with labour organizations and climate change. Read More! Thea Whitman It’s hard to have faith in our government: Religious communities and climate change Climate change will challenge everyone, the wealthy and the impoverished, the young and the old, and the devout and the secular. A topic that has too long been considered the exclusive realm of environmentalists and scientists is finding its way onto the agenda of the broader community, from neighbourhood associations to faith-based groups. In fact, climate change may be doing a lot to forge a greater dialogue around science within organized religion. Read More! Lars Boggild Subnational Governments The role of the local: subnational governments at the international climate talks Despite the global magnitude of climate change, it is locally and regionally that impacts are felt most. It is equally at the local level that adaptation planning - identifying community vulnerability and resilience - and mitigation, such as improved public transit or building design, are most tangible. And municipal governments know it. And regardless of what their respective federal governments are doing, provinces and states are also playing a role in advancing climate change adaptation and mitigation. Read More! Holly Goulding CYD's Podcast DJC! We have two new interviews with youth delegates, one with Rob Stewart, et nous avons une autre nouvelle entrevue, avec Audrey Yank. Écoutez-les pour rencontrer deux nouveaux membres de l’équipe!

This Week's Call to Action

Join Oxfam, and remind world leaders that it is high time to Sow the seed of climate justice. SIGN THE PETITION! In just over a year, the 10:10 Global project has united more than 100,000 people and organizations in 44 countries around positive, practical action to cut carbon.  To do this, we are looking for support from dedicated volunteers from all regions of Canada, with any level of capacity. Read More!    Meet your CYD This week's featured CYD members are Malkolm Boothroyd from Whitehorse and Michelle Thompson from Saskatoon. Recommended Reading Check out this week's recommended readings, brought to you by the CYD: - Activists Prepare for Climate Change Summit in Cancun - Talking to Climate Change Skeptics - Poll Suggests Harper Government Out of Step with Canadians Breeders migrate in search of pasture land for their animals along the road from Dakoro Maradi in Niger.  Photo: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam

What is the Cancún Countdown? The Cancún Countdown is the Canadian Youth Delegations' weekly newsletter counting down the weeks to COP 16 in Cancún, Mexico. Stay connected using:

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The views expressed in this newsletter are as diverse as the Canadian Youth Delegation members, who represent a plurality of perspectives on climate change issues.  If you have any feedback regarding any of the blogs featured in this newsletter, you can post a comment on our website Unsubscribe communi...@syc-cjs.org from this list. Our mailing address is: Canadian Youth Climate Coalition 408-6100 6th Ave Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1M5 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2010 Canadian Youth Climate Coalition All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile