Sam Parker ’12<\/p>\n
Vinny Gambini<\/span><\/a>: It is possible that the two yutes…\u00a0<\/span> My Cousin Vinny (1992)<\/em><\/p>\n Yesterday I was able to solidify my focus for this conference, the \u201cyutes\u201d.\u00a0 Within the COP conferences there are many non-governmental organizations (NGOs), these NGOs are then divided into smaller groups one of which being the YOUNGOs or youth NGOs.\u00a0 These are some of the most interesting people to talk with.\u00a0 They are some of the most driven, opinionated and knowledgeable.\u00a0 They know what they are talking about and what they would like to see happen.\u00a0 I was able to be a part of a couple of interviews on Monday November 28, 2011 with delegate from different YOUNGO organizations from different countries and I was blown away by the people I talked with.\u00a0 They all talked about the influence and power that the YOUNGOs have gained and are gaining in the delegations.\u00a0 During COP16 in Cancun, the YOUNGOs were able to claim the first \u201cvictory\u201d, they were able to strongly influence and change Article 6 of the Cancun Accord.\u00a0 This is just the beginning for these groups.\u00a0 These young people know that they are the future and are not ready to sit by and let governments make short sighted decisions for their future.<\/p>\n Sam Parker ’12
\nJudge Chamberlain Haller<\/span><\/a>: …Ah, the two what? Uh… uh, what was that word?\u00a0<\/span>
\nVinny Gambini<\/span><\/a>: Uh… what word?\u00a0<\/span>
\nJudge Chamberlain Haller<\/span><\/a>: Two what?\u00a0<\/span>
\nVinny Gambini<\/span><\/a>: What?\u00a0<\/span>
\nJudge Chamberlain Haller<\/span><\/a>: Uh… did you say ‘yutes’?\u00a0<\/span>
\nVinny Gambini<\/span><\/a>: Yeah, two yutes.\u00a0<\/span>
\nJudge Chamberlain Haller<\/span><\/a>: What is a yute?\u00a0<\/span>
\nVinny Gambini<\/span><\/a>: [beat<\/em>] Oh, excuse me, your honor…\u00a0<\/span>
\n[exaggerated<\/em>]\u00a0<\/span>
\nVinny Gambini<\/span><\/a>: Two YOUTHS.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nVinny Gambini: It is possible that the two yutes…\u00a0
\nJudge Chamberlain Haller: …Ah, the two what? Uh… uh, what was that word?\u00a0
\nVinny Gambini: Uh… what word?\u00a0
\nJudge Chamberlain Haller: Two what?\u00a0
\nVinny Gambini: What?\u00a0
\nJudge Chamberlain Haller: Uh… did you say ‘yutes’?\u00a0
\nVinny Gambini: Yeah, two yutes.\u00a0
\nJudge Chamberlain Haller: What is a yute?\u00a0
\nVinny Gambini: [beat] Oh, excuse me, your honor…\u00a0
\n[exaggerated]\u00a0
\nVinny Gambini: Two YOUTHS.\u00a0
\nMy Cousin Vinny (1992)
\nYesterday I was able to solidify my focus for this conference, the \u201cyutes\u201d.\u00a0 Within the COP conferences there are many non-governmental organizations (NGOs), these NGOs are then divided into smaller groups one of which being the YOUNGOs or youth NGOs.\u00a0 These are some of the most interesting people to talk with.\u00a0 They are some of the most driven, opinionated and knowledgeable.\u00a0 They know what they are talking about and what they would like to see happen.\u00a0 I was able to be a part of a couple of interviews …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":629,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19448,40558,34197,42301,1857],"tags":[40551,25711,42614,2581],"class_list":["post-1595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change-2","category-climate-change-politics","category-key-cop17-issues","category-climate-change-mosaic","category-student-research","tag-cop-17","tag-sam-parker","tag-youngo","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/629"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}