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Entries from December 2007

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December 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Dear readers,

 If you want to know more about the greatest work that Oxfam’s team has done during the UNFCCC in Nusa Dua Bali, please visit Oxfam International Blog at:

http://www.oxfaminternational.wordpress.com/

There will be articles, photos and videos for you. Don’t wait, just check it out now!

 Cheers,

Oxfam Indonesia

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Ari Margiono Of Oxfam and Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary General

December 14, 2007 · 1 Comment

Ari Margiono of OxfamOn Wednesday (12/12), Ari Margiono represented Oxfam International in a CAN lunch meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. 

Accompanied by UN special climate change envoy, former Prime Minister of Norway Brundtland, the Secretary-General (SG) invited NGOs to a lunch meeting to discuss climate change issues and talked about recent development of the negotiation process.   Between his very tight schedule in Bali, in an exclusive meeting of 7 invitees – among other Director General of WWF International and Head of IIED – Oxfam shared the experience of the poor in Indonesia who have been affected by climate change and the importance of getting adaptation on an equal footing with mitigation in a post 2012 agreement.  (more…)

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The side event : The Human Impact of Climate Change in Indonesia

December 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Oxfam and Indonesian Civil Society Forum held an event on Friday evening (7/12). The purpose of the event was to share and discuss the human impact of climate change in Indonesia and to explore what the government, private sector, civil society and other stakeholders should do to ensure that the vulnerable groups can adapt to climate change.

The event is opened by David MacDonald, Country Program Manager of Oxfam Indonesia. During the opening speech, David shared his experience when he visited West Timor. He met up with local people and only to find out that the coping ability of local people to adapt with the climate change has stroked to the limit. People in West Timor are suffering and they will be more suffer if the government, private sector, civil society and other stakeholders do not take any action to eliminate their misery. (more…)

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Bali Blessing at Kuta Beach

December 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Hundreds of people from various background attended the Bali Blessing (more…)

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