CYDaily Paris - We demand to be heard, not just seen - updates from Day 4

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Published on Saturday, 05 December 2015 16:00
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Highlights of Day 4 at COP21

• We demand to be heard, not just seen at the COP21 negotiations
• We get a shout out in the Guardian!
• Support Erica’s condemnation of the corporate capture and colonialism at COP21 using #SolidarityTongue


We need to be heard, not just seen

Prime Minister Trudeau failed to meet with us during his visit to Paris. Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, also has not made time to sit down with us during her time here thus far. Instead, we’ve been offered multiple selfies.

Yesterday, the CYD responded: we are not here to take selfies with politicians. We are here to demand that the government take action by committing to decarbonize by 2050 and to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

You can read the article here.

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People over Polluters

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Refusing to allow Paris negotiations to be derailed, our team joined in a demonstration demanding that the world’s largest fossil fuel interests be kicked out of COP21.



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The CYD supports Erica Violet Lee challenging corporate capture and colonialism at COP21. Her playful photo, sticking her tongue out with Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall in the background, went viral on Twitter. Wall was at COP21 to tout false solutions such as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and uranium mining. He made headlines last month after asserting that the federal government should halt its plan to welcome Syrian refugees to Canada.
Here’s what Erica had to say:


“Think of my photo as counting coup. I don’t have a chance in hell at taking on the power, privilege, and resources of governments and corporations.
Not in the venue of a ritzy celebration for canadian officials.
Not when there are gendarmerie (military police) with rifles and riot gear lined up along every wall.
Not while the format of this conference is designed to be a photo op for 150+ world leaders, designed to keep people like me out.
But because I am privileged enough to be here,
I will fight not to be invisible, using the few pathways available to me.”

You can read more about responses to Erica’s picture—the good and the bad—as well as her response, here, here and here. Show your support on social media by posting a photo of you sticking out #‎SolidarityTongue!


Media Round-up

• The Guardian: “Trudeau’s climate rhetoric is riveting. So what about reality?”
• TheRealNews.com: “Canadian Youth Delegation Says Their Government Ignores Them, But Not Big Petroleum, at COP21”
• Desmog Canada: “VIDEO Canadian Youth Delegation Demands Meeting, Not Photo Op, with Trudeau at COP21 Climate Talks”


- Canadian Youth Delegation

Ps. We’ve got some spicy actions coming up. We’re trying to raise $200 to help cover the cost of supplies. If you can help us out, donate here!

To stop receiving r46.

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