![Mr. Isaac Kabongo, Executive Director of Ecological Christian Organization and Programme Fellow for Climate Action Network (CAN) Uganda, discusses his work with Climate Action Network and his hope that during […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-12.11.44-PM-195x110.png "Isaac Kabongo on CAN Uganda and his hopes for COP 17")
![Mr. Isaac Kabongo, Executive Director of Ecological Christian Organization and Programme Fellow for Climate Action Network (CAN) Uganda, discusses adaptation challenges in East Africa. He describes how civil societies and […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-12.11.44-PM-195x110.png "Isaac Kabongo on Adaptation Challenges in East Africa")
![Dr. José Romero, the Scientific Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Transport, Communication, and Energy, discusses the key issues in the climate negotiations. He claims the biggest challenge is […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-1.47.31-PM-195x110.png "José Romero on key issues and Switzerland’s position in the climate negotiations")
![Pasha Carruthers, the AOSIS Coordinator on Adaptation and a Cook Islands negotiator, discusses the various goals of the small island states, and in particular the Cook Islands. She explains how […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-1.31.07-PM-195x110.png "Pasha Carruthers on the Cook Islands and COP 17 negotiations")
![David Cadman, the president of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, discusses his organizations beliefs that an adaptation panel should be put together with a local representative on the board […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/05/Screen-shot-2012-05-03-at-3.58.59-PM-195x110.png "David Cadman on adaptation and sustainable development")
![David Turnbull, Director of CAN International, discusses the key issues of the climate negotiations, namely a second commitment of the Kyoto Protocol, long term cooperative action, and climate funding. He […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2012-05-03-at-3.36.39-PM-195x110.png "David Turnbull on key issues in the climate negotiations")
![Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how his expectations for COP17 in the areas of REDD, funding, and adaptation have not been met. […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-24-at-2.25.22-PM-195x110.png "Rajendra K. Pachauri on his expectations for the climate conference")
![Mr. Negash Teklu from Ethiopia, Executive Director of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) Consortium Ethiopia and COP 17 Party Member to Ethiopia, discusses how climate change is affecting the environment in […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-12.15.50-PM-195x110.png "Negash Teklu on Climate Change in Ethiopia")
![Mayor Ayodele Adebowale Adewale of Lagos, Nigeria discusses Nigeria’s position within the negotiations and a multitude of sustainable initiatives occurring in Lagos, and calls for developed countries to help developing […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-12.21.55-PM-195x110.png "The Mayor of Lagos on the city’s and Nigeria’s position in COP 17 negotiations")
![Ms. Anna Taylor of the African Center for Cities and the Stockholm Environment Institute discusses how funding for South Africa’s sustainable development needs to come from both internal and external […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-12.24.41-PM-195x110.png "Anna Taylor on sustainable development sources")
![Mr. Tetteh Hormeku, Programme Officer for the Third World Network’s Africa Secretariat, discusses the Africa Group and their hopes for the negotiations. These hopes include a second commitment priod for […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-12.28.19-PM-195x110.png "Tetteh Hormeku on African country collaboration in the climate negotiations")
![Dr. Kevin C. Urama, Executive Director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), voices his desire for the government’s of the world to wise up and save the planet. […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-12.29.49-PM-195x110.png "Kevin C. Urama on adaptation initiatives and ATPS’s conference hopes")
![Josh Weise, a United States youth and Project Director of the “Adopt a Negotiator” project, calls to USA youth not to be discouraged by the lack of activity of their […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-1.15.56-PM-195x110.png "Joshua Wiese calls for USA youth to act on climate change")
![Mr. John Ward, Director of Vivideconomics, discusses the difference between the Adaptation Fund, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), including purposes and sources. He explains […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/John-Ward-195x110.png "John Ward on international climate funding sources")
![Mr. Charles K. Meshack, Executive Director at Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, discusses Tanzania’s postion in the COP 17 negotiations. He says the country wants to call attention to issues other […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-12.32.04-PM-195x110.png "Charles K. Meshack on Tanzania’s position in COP 17 negotiations")
![Mr. Juan Carlos Jintiach, Coordinator in the Field of International Economic Cooperation and Autonomous Development with Identity for the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (CORCA), discusses the […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2012-04-12-at-11.50.15-PM-195x110.png "Juan Carlos Jintiach on indigenous people’s rights and REDD+")
![Mr. Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, Democratic Republic of Congo Negotiator and Research Coordinator for the Southern Africa Development Community, discusses his belief that dealing with climate change locally but with a […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-12-at-11.04.15-PM-195x110.png "Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema on how to adapt to climate change")
![Dr. Tony Nyong, Principle Climate Change Expert at the African Development Bank, discusses how local communities have been adapting to climate forever, but that adaptation to anthropogenic climate changes needs […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-12-at-10.51.53-PM-195x110.png "Tony Nyong on Africa’s adaptation initiatives")
![Dr. Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development Climate Change Group, explains the role of vulnerable countries in the negotiations under three main groups: AOSIS, […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Saleemul-Huq-195x110.png "Saleemul Huq on the role of vulnerable countries at COP 17")
![Dr. Youba Sokona of Ethiopia, the coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) based in the UN Economic Commission for Africa, discusses the need for a new global paradigm. […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/11/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-12.47.42-PM-195x110.png "Youba Sokona on the barriers in Africa for jump-start development")
![Dr. Youba Sokona of Ethiopia, the coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) based in the UN Economic Commission for Africa, discusses how the primary concern of all African […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/11/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-12.47.42-PM1-195x110.png "Youba Sokona on sustainable development in Africa")
![Mr. Abias Huongo of the Angola delegation, founder and president of Angola’s biggest environmental organization Juventude Ecologica d’ Angola, discusses Angola’s interest in a second commitment of the Kyoto Protocol, […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/11/Screen-shot-2012-04-12-at-11.45.16-PM-195x110.png "Abias Huongo on Angola’s position in the climate negotiations")
![Mr. Tiana Ramahaleo from the Madagascar delegation and World Wildlife Fund discusses Madagascar’s role within the G77 and the African Group. He also explains Madagascar’s wishes for a second commitment […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-12-at-11.33.55-PM-195x110.png "Tiana Ramahaleo on Madagascar’s position in the climate negotiations")
![Dr. Deborah Roberts from the Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department for the eThekwini Municipality in Durban, South Africa discusses Durban’s outlook on climate change action. She explains how Durban’s […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2011/11/Screen-shot-2012-04-12-at-11.24.29-PM-195x110.png "Deborah Roberts on Durban’s climate action initiatives")
![Dr. Kristie Ebi, Executive Director of the Technical Support Unit Group II under Working Group II of the International Panel of Climate Change, discusses the recent release of a report, […]](https://blogs.dickinson.edu/cop17/files/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-12-at-11.17.57-PM-195x110.png "Kristie Ebi on recent IPCC Working Group II report on adaptation")
By Constituency
Delegates
Abias Huongo, Angola
Anna Taylor, South Africa
Charles K. Meshack, Tanzania
Deborah Roberts, South Africa
Isaac Kabongo, Uganda
Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, DR Congo
John Ward, United Kingdom
Jose Romero, Switzerland
Joshua Weise, United States
Juan Carlos Jintiach, Ecuador
Kevin C. Urama, Kenya
Kristie Ebi, United States
Mayor Adewale, Lagos, Nigeria
Negash Teklu, Ethiopia
Pasha Carruthers, Cook Islands
Rajendra K. Pachauri, India
Saleemul Huq, Bangladesh
Tetteh Hormeku, Ghana
Tiana Ramahaleo, Madagascar
Tony Nyong, Nigeria
Youba Sokona, EthiopiaCOMMENTS
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Isaac Kabongo on CAN Uganda and his hopes for COP 17
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Isaac Kabongo on Adaptation Challenges in East Africa
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José Romero on key issues and Switzerland’s position in the climate negotiations
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José Romero on climate science and policy discrepancies
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Pasha Carruthers on the Cook Islands and COP 17 negotiations
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Isaac Kabongo on various approaches to the challenge of climate change
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David Cadman on adaptation and sustainable development
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David Turnbull on key issues in the climate negotiations
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Rajendra K. Pachauri on his expectations for the climate conference
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Rajendra K. Pachauri on adaptation and capacity building
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Rajendra K. Pachauri on climate science and the IPCC
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Rajendra K. Pachauri on the role of the host country in climate negotiations
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Rajendra K. Pachauri on the gap between climate change science and policy making
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Rajendra K. Pachauri on urgency for climate action
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Rajendra K. Pachauri on REDD+
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Negash Teklu on Climate Change in Ethiopia
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Negash Teklu on adaptation initiatives in East Africa
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Negash Teklu on the activities of PHE-Ethiopia and funding
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The Mayor of Lagos on the city’s and Nigeria’s position in COP 17 negotiations
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Anna Taylor on sustainable development sources
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Anna Taylor on South Africa’s sustainable development situation
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Anna Taylor on the effect of COP 17 on development
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Anna Taylor on her work and her hopes for COP 17
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Tetteh Hormeku on African country collaboration in the climate negotiations
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Kevin C. Urama on adaptation initiatives and ATPS’s conference hopes
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Joshua Wiese calls for USA youth to act on climate change
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Joshua Wiese on “Adopt a Negotiator”
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John Ward on international climate funding sources
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Charles K. Meshack on Tanzania’s position in COP 17 negotiations
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Charles K. Meshack on relationship between local communities and REDD+
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John Ward on adaptation funding
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Juan Carlos Jintiach on indigenous people’s rights and REDD+
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Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema on how to adapt to climate change
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Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s position in the climate negotiations
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Tony Nyong on Africa’s adaptation initiatives
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Saleemul Huq on the role of vulnerable countries at COP 17
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Saleemul Huq on the transition to a green economy
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Saleemul Huq on the key issues at COP 17
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Saleemul Huq on the Green Climate Fund
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Youba Sokona on the barriers in Africa for jump-start development
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Youba Sokona on sustainable development in Africa
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Abias Huongo on Angola’s position in the climate negotiations
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Tiana Ramahaleo on Madagascar’s position in the climate negotiations
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Tiana Ramahaleo on Madagascar’s climate vulnerability and negotiations position
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Deborah Roberts on Durban’s climate action initiatives
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Kristie Ebi on recent IPCC Working Group II report on adaptation