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Nov 9, 2016

Post Election Within COP22

At 6 AM in Marrakech, Morocco, SustainUS delegation leader Morgan Curtis gently woke me up. She told me Trump was closing in on winning the election. Four hours prior I was finalizing a press release for our election action inside the UN Climate Change Conference and sending media…

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Nov 9, 2016

Global Water Struggles

I was selected as one of thirteen US youth delegates to join the COP 22 climate talks in Morocco this year and hopefully gain a deeper understanding of where the global discourse is on moving towards climate justice. Aware of the controversy that surrounds the COP gatherings -being that…

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Nov 25, 2016

From #COP22 to #NoDAPL: Thank You

“What would you die for?” It is a question not often heard at the UN Climate Negotiations, but one that broke into these halls of power on Thursday afternoon. Posed by indigenous youth delegate Niria Alicia Garcia Torres, she demanded of the crowd: “Tell me, what is it…

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Nov 17, 2016

What’s been happening in the COP22 negotiations?

As a first time COP attendee, it’s almost impossible to wrap your head around the many moving parts that make up the UN climate negotiations. The venue in Marrakech is not only hosting the UNFCCC parties that meet annually to assess progress on…

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Nov 15, 2016

100% RE for 1.5°C

Where do you find a slam poet, the Vice Mayor of Oslo, the CSO of Mars, and the President of the Marshall Islands in the same room? Well, COP22 of course. But more specifically, at a high-level evening event called “100% Renewable Energy for 1.5°C” hosted by the Climate Vulnerable Forum and the…

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Nov 8, 2016

COP22 Weekend Roundup (Newsletter)

The SustainUS COP22 Delegation has begun our exciting journey of action, change-making, storytelling, and deep community building in Marrakech, Morocco. At our new home, an open rooftop welcomes birds and the muezzin’s call of prayer five times a day. We thank all our…

October 2016

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