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Good COP, bad COP?

COP12 - the UN conference on climate change, took place from the 6-17 November in Nairobi, Kenya. The I Count event in London on 4 November created the public pressure for change, did governments respond in Nairobi?

Ben Niblett, from Tearfund's Campaigns Team, was at the conference. He kept us up to date with stories, thoughts and prayer points. And please take a moment to pray. Ben has included prayer points in the blog.


Friday 17 November (conference ends)
We’ve had a trickle of information coming out of the final negotiations all day with different deals tangled together. Read more >>
Wednesday 15 November
We were greeted by a long red carpet when we arrived at the conference centre this morning... Read more >>
Tuesday 14 November
Tonight we’re very tired – we’ve had an intense two days of lobbying many African delegations as well as the UK’s. Read more >>
Monday 13 November
Today Tearfund partner the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia spoke at the conference. Read more >>
Sunday 12 November
Reflecting at the end of week one, it’s shocking how slowly everything moves. More >>
Saturday 11 November
Today was really exhilarating.  It was the climate change march, the sister to the I Count rally in London. Read more >>
Friday 10 November
As well as the many parts of the main programme, there’s also a vast range of side events on all kinds of topics, and ours was yesterday. Read more >>
Friday 10 November (prayer points)
Some prayer points for the COP conference Read more >>
Thursday 9 November
I’ve got more into the groove of the conference today. Yesterday felt a bit like a university freshers’ fair. Read more >>
Wednesday 8 November
The conference is in a shiny UN centre. It feels like being in a goldfish bowl and, like fish, the delegates seem to move in large shoals and break off to negotiate discreetly in corners. Read more >>

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