From EnviroMedia’s Valerie Davis, aka The Green Detective at COP15: “Some intense days at the Bella Center. Security and capacity so tight we’re down to Kevin and I alternating with a special pass.” See new items on their “Green Decoder” and article and blog posts. Excerpts below.
A highlight: The New York Times ran a Green Detectives interview on poor countries’ perspectives.
As they posted with one of their YouTube video interviews on the topic:
“In the fight for more climate aid for developing countries, many advocates discuss the plight of Tuvalu and the Maldives. But do you know of Rodrigues Island?
From COP 15 in Copenhagen, we interview Hon. Nicolas Von-Malley, a Member of Parliament with the Republic of Mauritius, Rodrigues Island. This tiny, beautiful island off the eastern coast of Africa is already facing rising seas from climate change, damaging farms and endangered bird habitat. Climate aid would help relocate farmers and develop new habitat for an endangered bird species.
They also urge you to “Learn more about climate mitigation, adaptation in the Green Detectives climate decoder” at www.greendetectives.net
And here’s a good AP story summarizing the flavor of how negotiations are progressing – if a bit too heavy on a few protester problems. With tens of thousands of people in the streets, 230 arrests aren’t so bad.
This article appears in December 11 • 2009.