I can only imagine what the Kyoto Protocol days were like, with so much hope and anticipation for the future. I remember feeling that way in Copenhagen, too. Maybe because I haven’t been here the entire two weeks, maybe because I’m feeling…unsure. I’ve learned so much in the last week, I am overwhelmed. I received […]
I’d like to give my apologies for not posting yesterday, I went back to the apartment in the evening intending to take a small nap and woke up 16 hours later!!! It was much needed rest and very appreciated! Today was Indigenous Women’s Day at COP23. I was given tobacco by some of the Indigenous delegates […]
It was a great day. I didn’t get much sleep, but I was rocking it out at 7 a.m.!! I got a nap in, though! Check the pictures! Got my accreditation badge – I need that to get in and out of the UN Center. They had an old picture from my previous UN attendance […]
I made it!!! It is beautiful! Rainy and cold, but the buildings are awesome!! It took 24 hours, two planes, some trains, and a taxi!! I did fall asleep on the last train and missed my stop…just by a couple hundred miles!! I am sooo excited to hit the ground running, but getting rested today. […]
I’m starting to pack and gather. I fly in ten days. Feels like a mission. Emails piling in with updates, information, events, confirmations, yet-to-dos, and the excitement and many high emotions start to roll. I’m so excited with so many people heading out and already landing in airports and making headway, posting pictures, and preparing […]
Aurora L. Conley is a member of Climate Generation’s Window Into COP23 program, a multi-sector delegation attending the United Nation Framework on Climate Change Convention’s 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP) in Bonn, Germany. Our delegates will observe sessions and interact with climate change policy negotiations across international leaders and stakeholders. Conley is Anishinabe from […]