Penseès

This is a blog about my thoughts and ideas on things I am passionate about, with a healthy dose of poetry

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Part 2: Battle Lines Are Drawn

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This is part 2 of the series Peeling Back the COP, as I posted in the organization I volunteer with (African Youth Initiative on Climate Change  Kenya). You can read it here

PS: You can read the entire booklet, My Little COP PocketBook here

Part 1: Peeling Back the COP

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This is the blog post I wrote for the organization I volunteer for (African Youth Initiative on Climate Change Kenya). You can read it here

Human Nature

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~ Start

Tick, tock
Breathe, choke
Smile, frown,
Up, down

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How Can Technology Save Great Apes?

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The Information Age is here with us! People all over the world are getting connected in a way and rate never seen before. Social media has redefined how people interact, making it much easier to meet new people and instantly share tonnes of information. Information is the de-facto currency of the internet. Mobile apps are the new game changer. But hey! We have forgotten all about our friends in the wild, especially those who closely resemble us - the great apes!

Our DNA and that of the great apes is around 98% similar, but it seems that this is where the similarities end. We have turned into their greatest foes to the point of threatening their existence. This is totally unfair! But I have some good news: why don’t we bring our friends - the great apes – into the technological world that is engulfing each of us. But how, you may be tempted to ask?

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Mama. Like No Other

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Sweetest Mother, 
Like no other

Of bringing me forth,
You'll ne'er loathe

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Summary of UNFCCC Bangkok Informal Session 2012

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So, the informal UNFCCC climate talks in Bangkok, a preparation for COP18 on Doha, Qatar, started on 30th August an ended on 5thSeptember 2012. There were quite a number of outcomes, which we will go over shortly. For newbies, there usually are a number of informal preparation sessions ahead of the annual Conference of Parties talks, popularly known as COP. This year will be the eighteenth year, hence the term COP18.

The main issue on the table for this year’s talks in Bangkok was about renewing commitment and working out the modalities of a new Kyoto Protocol, also known as KP2, as the first phase of commitment period, which begun in 1995, comes to a close at the end of the year. Last year’s talks in Durban led to the Durban Platform, which was a consensus by parties that there was need for a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol.

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