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Fun in the sun with AYCC
Sun, 31/01/10 – 14:31 | No Comment

What do you get when you combine summer weather, good food, and a bunch of AYCC volunteers? Why, Bollywood dancing of course! AYCC Picnic

After the excitement of the year that was 2009, it was high time for our hard-working volunteers to…

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Newcastle Event: People’s Blockade of the World’s Biggest Coal Port
Wed, 27/01/10 – 20:38 | No Comment

Join hundreds of other people in a fun, peaceful and effective action against Australia’s single biggest contribution to climate change.

Horseshoe Beach, Newcastle: Sunday March 28, 10am onwards

  • Join in on the water or the shore
  • BYO vessel, or use one of ours
  • Or…make your own…

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Sydney Event: Unpacking Copenhagen
Wed, 27/01/10 – 11:49 | No Comment

Unpacking Copenhagen: What happened, what it means, and where we’re headed

Sydney: Wednesday, February 24 2010, 9-11am

Did the huge volume of media coming out of Copenhagen this week overwhelm you and turn you off? Are you unsure what the final…

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Monday Morning: What’s Left? What Next?
Tue, 22/12/09 – 2:31 | One Comment

On Saturday afternoon, as most world leaders had left Copenhagen, the AYCC International team gathered in a circle on the dusty floor of a large warehouse called Oskenhallen that most of the NGOs, including us, had been using as a…

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Not Done Yet: Unfinished Climate Business
Sat, 19/12/09 – 13:13 | One Comment

4am, Copenhagen.

“Given where we started and the expectations for this conference, anything less than a legally binding and agreed outcome falls far short of the mark.”
- John Ashe, Chair of Kyoto Protocol talks.

THIS is it? After two years of…

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Breaking News: Saving Face, Losing the Planet
Sat, 19/12/09 – 11:35 | No Comment

The US, South Africa, India and China have come to an international accord on climate change. The private deal falls far short of even the lowest expectations – it contains no detail on emission reduction targets by 2020 and is…

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Reflections after the Vigil in Copenhagen
Fri, 18/12/09 – 23:59 | 4 Comments

The end… is such a scary place to start. It’s almost the end of the UN Climate Talks, yet there was a sense today that things are only just starting here, especially because we just found out the negotiations will…