… and Polly speaking as well. Ok… this is probably gonna be my last entry in this blog… After a horribly long train ride, ‘sweetened’ by a group of English and presumably French Greenpeace activists having a party in the compartment next door until one in the night, a two-hour something delay we caught in [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Addendum: George Monbiot speaking
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The end
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hiya folks, my bro just told me he’s been to lazy to read my blog ’cause it’s in English. No words left to comment on this I guess… groase! Perhaps next time I don’t bother and write it in Kiswahili or Malayalam, dammit In principle there’s not a lot left to say and I could [...]
Yes, we can!… But no, we don’t!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s over. The first ministers and heads of state are leaving the Bella Center, perhaps even flying back home (yes, it’s groase, I guess that’s why COP15 allegedly emits as many emissions as an average town of 150,000 inhabitants, the Tagi voiced some days back). COP15 will enter history, and I doubt it will do [...]
Fossil of the Day
Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
COP15 is interesting to witness, but also tense and tiring, especially these last days. Proceedings are still slow, if not even worse than in the first week and beginning of this second week of negotiations (although Saudi Arabia is not any more claiming half of the speaking time as far as I know, which can [...]
Locked out
Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finally they locked us out – no way to get into Bella Center for NGOs these days, unless you’re a ‘VIP’ (is that supposed to be the Greenpeace president?). I guess we are damned to attend just some more Alternative Climate Summit a.k.a. Klimaforum events in this case. As you can see, in the end [...]
Ban ki-Moon speaking
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sitting in Hans Christian Anderson room in the Bella Center in what is likely to be the last meeting I will attend at COP15. The United Nations Secretary General, Ban ki-Moon is speaking (I hope that’s spelt correctly…) the closing word of the most important meeting I have attended at this conference. A range [...]
Corinne Mauch speaking
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After all, this morning has been quite straightforward. The line in front of Bella Center was just 30 min (compared to a few hours the last couple of days, as stated before), so that we had the opportunity to join in a few side sessions. The discussion on nuclear power and sustainability was not too [...]
Sleepless in Bella Center
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bella Center, quite early in the morning. We’re sitting in a massive hall with an incredible amount of laptops for free use by the COP15 participants; although technically I could have updated the blog earlier, I didn’t quite have the time (believe it or not). COP15 is stressful, COP15 is intense, COP15 feels like I’ve [...]
The alternative climate summit
Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My eyes are fixed on a lurid orange poster. White letters display the message which apparently conveys the key message of the whole event: System change not climate change. Climate justice now! Just in front of the poster, a heated discussion is going on. A representative from the World Bank, one of Brazil, and one [...]
We got in!!!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Folks… WE MADE IT! After more than one hour in the line waiting to get access to the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Franziska and I finally were led into the “Holy Halls”. Just 10 min before the closure… now we’re strolling around in what is likely to be the most confusing place I’ve been in [...]
