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January 12, 2010

Climate talks heading to Cancun?

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In a speech given at a formal lunch of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexican President Felipe Calederón said that COP 16 will be organized in Cancun, not in Mexico City as previously thought.

Though welcome news I'm sure for those who've been to previous climate summits in the northern hemisphere (Poznan, Copenhagen), the possible move to Cancun (for whatever political or security reasons) seems to be a bit symbolic of the overall tone of the negotiations post the pressure-bubble Copenhagen: vacation-mode. 

The urgency of the negotiations may or may not be drastically reducing, but moving the UN negotiations to Cancun has some logistical implications: the Cancun Centre has a listed capacity of 8,000. Though COP 16 will most likely not see the surge of Heads of State/Government leaders like Copenhagen did, that is still a pretty limited size and possibly foreshadows restricted access once again to civil society and NGOs, a major issue at COP 15. 

Posted by Jasmeet Sidhu at 09:02:00 AM

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  • Jasmeet Sidhu is the founder of the Peel Environmental Youth Alliance (PEYA), a network of students in the Peel Region working to implement environmental programs in all 220 Peel Region schools.

    She is a past member of the Star's community editorial board, and is currently studying Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto.

    In 2008 she was named one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network, and was named this year by Glamour Magazine as one of the Top 10 College Women in America.

    Jasmeet will be in Copenhagen in December as a member of the Canadian Youth Delegation and the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, and will be blogging for the Star during the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference.

    She previously blogged for the Star during the 2008 UN Climate Change Conference in Poland.

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