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COP 17 - Opening shots

Vernon Rive . 3/12/2011 7:15:53 a.m.

Reeling a little with jetlag, 3 press conferences, catch up with the New Zealand Youth Delegation and New Zealand Government delegation and 3 more press conferences. All up, experiencing a severe overdose of information, propaganda, doublespeak, security checks, unabashed youthful idealism (not mine), world weary cynicism (not mine, but give it a couple of days) and more climate change acronyms than I thought could in all seriousness be included in one speech. But I had a great curry. Here are some shots from my first day at COP 17. Working on some words which I'll look to post tomorrow.

By Vernon Rive on 3/12/2011 7:15:53 a.m. | Comments (0) | Print |

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I’m an Auckland based writer, researcher, lawyer and lecturer specialising in environmental, resource management and public law. My particular interest is in the international law framework influencing domestic law and policy on climate change and biodiversity protection. I'm the author of chapters on the International Framework, New Zealand Climate Change Regulation and Adaptation to Climate Change in the 2011 Lexis Nexis-published book Climate Change Law and Policy in New Zealand and the general editor of the Resource Management Bulletin. I also lecture in Public, Resource Management Law and International Environmental Law at AUT Law School.

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