What can possibly be hiding behind the massive bunch of people pushing and thrusting? Is there some famous politician or leader being interviewed? Has there been an accident? Have the negotiations become this fierce? No – free snacks are being served. Before going to Bella Centre, I had heard that there will sometimes be free...
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People are different. If there is one lesson to learn from living in Bella Centre for a couple of days, it would be that people are very, very different. There are 14.000 accredited conference participants in here, and all of us have different habits, different shoes, different colors of everything, different thoughts, agendas, languages,...
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“Things are not going well” the lead negotiator for the G77 countries, Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aiping,  said to Danish TV2 as he stormed out from consultations with the Danish chairman of COP15 yesterday. The diplomatic gloves have now definitely come off as the first weeks of negotiations soon come to an end. The EU made an...
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Poor people in developing countries don’t have time to wait. In particular not the poorest of the poor. With no money and few possibilities, the poorest of the poor remain suffering and are actually dying. Even though decisions are to be taken during the conference, many people in the developing countries will need urgent tools...
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It is a common fact that once people get comfortable, they don’t like to go uncomfortable. In the west, most of us are not too keen on negotiating with our living standards, meaning that we don’t want to question our level of comfort. Driving the car to the supermarket two blocks away or taking...
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“If you don’t want to ask any questions, I’m going to pick the next questioner”, the chairperson said, laughing. There I was, sitting at my first-ever briefing, and for the first time ever, the chair of a UN meeting was waiting for me to push the speak-button on my microphone. He wasn’t waiting only...
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