Introducing TYN COP15 Delegation

Hey everyone! I'm sure you guys want to know more about the TYN Delegation in COP15 so here are our introductions!

Beverly Ng

My name is Beverly(Bev) Ng and I’m from Sydney, Australia. I’m currently completing a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences at University of Sydney, majoring in Government, International Relations and Environmental Studies. I’ve been involved with TYN for a number of years, starting with TYA10. This is my second year at COP and I’m excited to be working with such an amazing team for COP15. I’ll be mainly working in the policy group, particularly on adaptation and mitigation policies.

Annika Greup:

My name is Annika Greup, I come from the Netherlands, study European Politics in Oxford, and am delegation coordinator along with Beverly for our TYN delegation here at COP15! I've been involved with TYN for a number of years and last year I attended COP14 in Poznan, which was a great experience. I'm even much more looking forward to COP15 getting started, considering how much higher the stakes are this year. I'll be great to keep you all updated through this blog!

Xander Brouwer:

My name is Xander Brouwer and I am studying History and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. I have been working with TYN since TYA13 and I am currently the President for the Summer Symposium. At COP15 I will be coordinating the Youth Produced Media at COP and produce media for TYN. Some strange information about me: I do not drink beer despite being from the Netherlands.

Sven Herreman:

My name is Sven Herreman, and I am a law student in the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Brussels. I have been active in TYN since TYA 13, and I was supposed to be president of the 2009 Summer Symposium. I will be a co-coordinator for TYA 14, and Deputy President for the 2010 Summer Symposium. At COP 15, I will be compiling a contact-database for TYN as well as being in the Policy workgroup.

Beth Gunningham:

Hey, I'm Beth. I'm mostly Australian but am a citizen of Australia, England and the USA, so my nationality is a little confused. I'm currently studying Law and Development Studies at the Australian National University and I'm loving it so far (law is actually much less boring than I thought it would be!). As far as random facts about myself go, I have crazy eyes; I can vibrate my irises and can move my eyelids inwards and outwards, not just up and down. I also have an obsession with skies, speak Swahili (or try to) and my favourite time of day is 12:34.

Michelle Son:

Hi! My name is Michelle Son and I'm from California. I'm currently studying International Relations at The University of San Diego. I've been invovled with TYA for the past year now and also will be co-coordinating Environmental Sustainability and Human Development this January for TYA 14. I am the deputy secretary general of my university's MUN club.

Gina Murphy:

My name is Gina Murphy. I am Irish and and have lived in Dublin all my life until this year. I am currently doing an MPhil (masters) in Development Studies in Cambridge, UK. My experiences in TYN made me very interested in development so I was eager to study it from an academic perspective. I have been working with TYN for four years now. I am very excited about COP15. It is a conference which is frequently mentioned in my lectures as being the most important event of the decade.

That’s it for now! You’ll hear about what TYN will be specifically working on at COP15 tomorrow so stay tuned!