Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and lack of transparency in Government

South West MEP Graham Watson is in Copenhagen at the climate change conference, and he’s trying hard to inspire the idealistic youth – but it’s difficult when you can’t see the talks in action. Over to you Graham…

9am: Again I am in a long queue in the freezing cold outside the conference centre. Despite media headlines about yesterday’s disorganisation they seem to have learned little.

Tried to observe the talks yesterday evening only to learn it was a closed session, government representatives only, so I trooped off into town to speak to youth leaders brought here by America’s Environmental Defense Fund instead. But how can I inspire idealistic young people to go into politics when they see governments acting with such scant regard for transparency?

Next month I will show in the European Parliament a film entitled World Vote Now. Watch its trailerThe case for a global parliament grows stronger by the hour.

Graham Watson MEP
Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for South West England and Gibraltar