Surviving Ten Days in Bonn
By Souparna Lahiri* The last time I survived more than a week in a climate meeting was during the inter-sessional in Bangkok in the September of 2009. But, that was, in a way, very different from Bonn. Apart from usual negotiations, civil society meetings and workshops, there were protests, colourful rallies and marches. The atmosphere was electrifying and Copenhagen was only three months away. This was Bonn of 2016, a clear five months after the Paris Agreement and perhaps the …
