By Rhetta Power On November 3rd, Colorado College will be sending a delegation of AN380 students to the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. This year is the 27th Conference of Parties (COP). COP27 will take place between November 6-18th in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt and is expected to have around 40,000 attendants. A core mission …
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By Olivia Jacobson I have been including doodles in my notes for a long time now. Though often cast as evidence of distraction, I only doodle when I’m most engaged. Adding visual representation into note-taking practices helps to process and interpret information. Below I’ve included excerpts from the journal I kept throughout our block abroad …
By Reeve Schroeder After hours of walking from one event to another in the hot sun, I was consistently craving a cold, refreshing drink. I will admit, I usually went for a Fanta. Coming from the United States, finding soda in glass bottles is exciting, and I might be making this up, but the Fanta …
By Gracie Roe When we came to this year’s UN climate change conference, COP27, I anticipated spending time in pavilions, negotiation spaces, and networking. What I didn’t expect to find was a vibrant art scene, with each artist patiently waiting to share their story. I met people from small island states and progressive European cities, …
By Cecilia Timberg “We are at the table gathering resources to help countries that need it with mitigation and adaptation,” said Ali Zaidi, White House Climate Advisor, responding to a question about whether the United States is going to support financing for loss and damage at COP27, the annual UN climate conference. Dozens of hands …
By Mary Andrews Throughout my time at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, I have grown to understand why so many climate justice activists feel exasperated at, and even threatened by the goings on of the conference. I have sat in on panels, taken notes at roundtables, attended press conferences, and even listened to president Biden’s speech, …
By Owen Brown In response to the growing demands of climate change, many organizations have pledged to curb their emissions to net-zero. This sentiment is essential to slowing the effects of climate change, but there are many downsides, such as carbon offsets, generational impact, and a lack of accountability for what it actually means to …
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By Cecilia Timberg By the time I got on an Egypt-bound plane, I had sat through half a dozen risk mitigation meetings. The messaging was clear: don’t trust strangers, don’t get estranged from the group, it will all feel so strange. It was with this fear-forward attitude that I approached my first days in Sharm …
The Swiss newspaper, Le Temps, features Mika Alexander ’23 in an interview about youth involvement at COP27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TZVnqV91v4
Mika Alexander ’23, Mary Andrews ’23, Cecilia Timberg ’24, and Gracie Roe ’25 speak at a press conference about storytelling based on the Talanoa Dialogue. Olivia Jacobson ’22 and Mary Andrews ’23 speak in a press conference about the Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education. Owen Brown ’24, Reeve Schroeder ’24, and Gracie Roe ’25 …
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