Yesterday, at the opening of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, President Nasheed of the Maldives delivered an incredible speech. I have included some of my favourite parts below:
Members of the G8 rich countries have pledged to halt temperature rises to two degrees Celsius.
Yet they have refused to commit to the carbon targets, which would deliver even [...]

“The YOUthdecide campaign was met with anticipation and excitement by the majority of young people – but is a campaign that has fundamentally betrayed the hopes and dreams of a generation.” - Young Liberal, in a Facebook note.

“The world I choose is one where people like you are thrown into an active volcano” – email [...]

Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr Rajendra Rachauri, said today in an interview with Agence France Presse reporter Marlowe Hood:
“As chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) I cannot take a position because we do not make recommendations,” said Rajendra Pachauri when asked if he supported calls to keep atmospheric [...]

“It’s our future, and I want to make it better,” was the reason one of our high school volunteers gave me when I asked her why she started to volunteer with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition.
Our offices (in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) have been full of new volunteers in the past few weeks, coming in [...]