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Oxfam Action Corps on the ground at Cancun climate talks

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Lili Polastri and Megan Ferreira, two volunteer members of the Oxfam Action Corps of San Francisco Bay Area, are in Cancun Mexico this week at the COP16,  the UN’s global climate talks.  Traveling under the auspices of LinkTV (Lili’s employer), they are equipped with media accreditation and a video camera to document the proceedings.

 In Cancun, indigenous delegates gather in the “International Forum of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change (Indigenous Caucus). Credit: Ainhoa Goma/Oxfam.
In Cancun, indigenous delegates gather in the “International Forum of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change (Indigenous Caucus). Credit: Ainhoa Goma/Oxfam.

They are interested in showing a ‘”ground-level” view of the role of civil society organizations, such as Oxfam, and particularly the efforts by indigenous communities to make their voices heard at the event.

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