While EYFA has focused a lot of its projects on climate justice throughout its history 2009 has seen climate change as one of the main priorities for our network. Because of this we share below a mini-update on EYFA's own plans during the COP15 in Copenhagen. This will be followed up in November with further details on the wider mobilisation and practical details for all those planning to travel to Denmark in December to take part in the actions/demonstrations. .on Cooling Our Futures - EYFA gathering alongside COP15 Climate Summit in Copenhagen

Over the past few years Climate Action Camps have sprung up around Europe and around the world. Taking inspiration from the 2006 UK Camp for Climate Action, the camps tend to bring together the aims education, sustainability, direct action and movement. This summer EYFA got involved with the first Dutch-Belgian Climate Action Camp and this newsletter is a look back on it. You can also find links on the various other camps that took place this summer at the bottom of the newsletter. .on Climate Action Camps

European Coordination Via Campesina
Reclaim the Fields
European Camp To Cultivate Alternatives
30th of September - 4th of October 2009, Minerve (France)

With the prospect of catastrophic climate change looming ahead in the not-so-distant future and free-market financial capitalism in big trouble, new markets in carbon have become every big businessman's new best friend. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hold their 15th annual Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen in December where they will negotiate the treaty to follow the Kyoto Protocol, so we're dedicating this newsletter to understanding their new money-making bag of tricks.

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Deadline for applications- 1st September 2009

Working in the EYFA office as a project coordinator gives an opportunity to develop, carry out and support projects, actions and campaigns across Europe; and requires involvement in the running of the EYFA office and development of EYFA as a network.

In addition, we are looking for someone who can take on some responsibilities with EVS, a program funded by the EU Youth Agency which provides young people with financial support for one year to work in NGOs in another country. EYFA regularly organises exchanges which support the activities of organisations or groups whose principles and direction are in line with our own. We also have several EVS volunteers working in our office.

This summer from July 8-10 another G8 summit is planned in Italy. For a long period of time it was eerily quiet on the activist front and assumed was that most Italians were too busy battling the daily repression of the fascist Italian state (we think we can declare it now officially as fascist). But over the last months a multitude of initiatives have popped up that plan to counter the upcoming summit and there were a range of successful protests against the G8 preparatory ministers' meetings. In this newsletter we try to summarize the late developments and look ahead with the question on how to support our fellow activists in Italy. .on G8 '09

As the financial crisis continues, more and more big businesses have an 'excuse' to cut corners by hiring underpaid labour, or laying off workers without honouring their basic rights. In reality, rather than being a setback for the big companies, the crisis seems to be speeding up the wheels of corporate capitalism by offering an increasingly consumerist society cheaper goods in exchange for consumers turning a blind eye to ethical standards. With frustrated workers all over Europe marching in solidarity on May 1, we introduce our May newsletter .on Trade&Labour...

As was announced at last year's Ecotopia camp, EYFA will no longer be involved with the organization of Ecotopia. We decided to put our energy into a different format. The outcome is a Climate Action Camp inspired by the UK and German climate camps and in collaboration with other Dutch and Belgian groups and organizations. See Climate Action Camp

Please forward the call out

The Calais No Border camp is a joint venture between French and Belgian activists and migrant support groups and the UK No Borders Network. It aims to highlight the realities of the situation in Calais and Northern France; to build links with the migrant communities; to help build links between migrants support groups; and lastly, but not least, to challenge the authorities on the ground, to protest against increased repression of migrants and local activists alike.

EYFA invites you to the 60th birthday of NATO being celebrated this spring in Strasbourg and Baden-baden. You are excused if you live in the UK and plan to attend the G20 summit in London instead. Then join us for a tour around the No Border and Climate Camps this summer and for a hitchhike to the G8 summit in Italy. We'll allow ourselves a small break before we start preparations for COP15 in Copenhagen. The UN climate summit will take place in December, exactly 10 years after the 'battle of Seattle'. Another celebration you don't want to miss out on so we hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you there. . on Global Matters