‘Hear Our Voices’
“They will not forgive us if we fail today,” EU negotiator Frans Timmermans said in a plenary session as talks stretched into Saturday afternoon. His remarks came after imploring delegates to think about someone who would be alive in 2030 and what they would tell them.
The protesters who walked out on Friday, though, want to be brought closer to the talks rather than given concessions. “What we demand is to now hear our voices,” said Gina Cortés Valderrama, an observer who is a member of the NGO Women Engage for a Common Future. “But we do not only want to be visible allies and to be seen, but also to be integrated in all the different national climate policies. That’s what we want.”
