Tag: negotiations

Happy Sunday, Everybody! Since these stories I collect here are mostly about difficulties and hardships, I decided to try to lead with three things I liked over the week. First on my favorite things of this week list is learning the method of right brain drawing. That was mostly last week, but we finished off on Monday. Ever since then I am trying to experiment with right brain writing and right brain learning, you may read about these later. Another favorite moment of this week was Jimmy Kimmel’s heartfelt monologue about his son’s condition, and of course the positive ending…

united-nations: What are climate negotiations really like? How is the Paris conference different from Copenhagen and Kyoto? Janos Pasztor answered these and many other questions in his AMA from ‪#‎COP21‬. Read the full recap:http://wp.me/p5Mdaw-3ln János Pásztor is the UN’s Assistant Secretary-General on Climate Change. Make sure to check out the whole Q&A transcript, very informative!

I hope everyone’s having a peaceful weekend wherever you may be. We have an incredibly depressing weather this weekend in Budapest, the kind that just makes you want to stay in bed and binge watch your favorite shows all day. Too bad I don’t have time for that… How are you all doing? And how about some Sunday reading now? The Constructive Ambiguity of the Security Council’s ISIS Resolution A closer look at the Security Council resolution legitimizing the use of force against ISIL. Can the UN Help Broker a Syria Ceasefire? Well, if anyone can, it is the UN….