Posted by Adam MacIsaac on December 5th, 2009
Canadian Youth Delegation Newsletter
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One Week to COP 15
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December 1, 2009
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Greetings!
The world of climate action is heating up next week as the 15 Conference of the Parties descends on Copenhagen. This is a critical meeting to (hopefully) sign the post-Kyoto climate treaty.
35 Canadian young people are attending these negotiations to hold our government accountable and to ensure that Canadians have up to date information about how the  negotiations are progressing, and what Canada’s stance is. As young people we have a enourmous stake in what happens at Copenhagen. The effects of climate change will be felt in our life times, and it the decisions that are made at this conference that will how severe those effects will be. As Canadians we need to stand together to send a strong message to our government that we want them to commit to world class reduction targets, and to be a leader at Copenhagen.
There are many ways you can get involved. Join our campaign, read our updates, and forward this email to your networks.
Together we can make a difference
-The Canadian Youth Delegation
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About the CYD Daily
The CYD Daily is your portal to stay connected with the Canadian Youth Delegation and progress at Copenhagen. Featuring podcasts, videos, blogs and this newsletter, it is going to be fun, informative and pretty awesome in general.
So sign up, forward this newsletter to your friends, and keep checking our website for the latest updates! www.cydcopenhagen.com
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Harper to Attend Copenhagen
by Rosa Kouri, Adopt a Negotiator
So the word is out, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is now attending
the Copenhagen talks. Following announcements by US President Barack
Obama and Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao, this isn’t that much of a
surprise – Harper always said he would go if everyone else did too.
In Parliament, the climate change motion passed last Tuesday,
reaffirming that a majority of parliamentarians in the House of Commons
are committed to strong targets for industrialised countries.
In other news, the Quebec government has announced the most ambitious target in the country.
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“Obstacle #1 [in Copenhagen] is Canada”
by Jasmeet Sindhu, Toronto Star
World renowned journalist and columnist for the Guardian George
Monbiot has declared that Canada is the major obstacle to achieving a
global climate treaty in Copenhagen. Monbiot, who has not traveled on an airplane in two years, said that
it was necessary to be in Canada in the lead up to Copenhagen
negotiations
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Go Five for Five!
This week, and during Copenhagen, we need to send a strong message to Ottawa that Canadians care about what happens at Copenhagen. And we want Canada to be part of the climate solution, not part of the climate problem. Join the campaign 
This week commit to talk to five of your friends, family and co-workers about Copenhagen and ask them to call their Member of Parliament.
This is an easy and essential way to multiple our effectiveness.
Check out our website for more info
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Want to know more?
These are some great resources for news, back ground info and more.
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About Us
The Canadian Youth Delegation is a project of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition.
The Canadian Youth Climate Coalition is a united front of youth from
across Canada tackling the biggest challenge of our generation, the
emerging climate crisis. In the absence of significant action by
industry and government, we will make climate destabilization a
priority that all Canadians need to address. Acting locally,
provincially, federally, and internationally, we combine our forces to
organize actions, influence government and implement concrete
solutions. Working in schools and communities from coast to coast to
coast, we are calling for and building a just and prosperous transition
to the new Canada we all need to see.
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