KLIMAFORUM DECLARATION – System Change – Not Climate Change
January 13, 2010 at 10:04 am climatecaravan 15 comments
The KLIMAFORUM DECLARATION was presented by Ms. Mathilde Kaalund-Jørgensen and Mr. Juan N. Rojas, as members from Civil Society’s Climate Forum Speaking on behalf of the Klimaforum09, in the Tycho Brahe Hall at the UNFCCC Plenary on the 18th of December 2009.
The declaration communicates the diversity of the wide range of grassroots movements that were present in Copenhagen and had been in communication for some time. Together through the declaration, global struggles for climate justice have made a list of very strong basic demands. It is very hearthening to see the wide range of groups from all around the planet that have signed up to support its demands, that group is presently over 500 and growing.
The demands are the following:
- A complete abandonment of fossil fuels within the next 30 years, which must include specific milestones for every 5-year period. We demand an immediate cut in GHG of industrialized countries of at least 40% compared to 1990 levels by 2020.
- Recognition, payment and compensation of climate debt for the overconsumption of atmospheric space and adverse effects of climate change on all affected groups and people.
- A rejection of purely market-oriented and technology-centred false and dangerous solutions such as nuclear energy, agro-fuels, carbon capture and storage, Clean Development Mechanisms, biochar, genetically “climate-readied” crops, geo-engineering, and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), which deepens social and environmental conflicts.
- Real solutions to climate crisis based on safe, clean, renewable, and sustainable use of natural resources, as well as transitions to food, energy, land, and water sovereignty.
The video of the presentations given to UNFCC can be viewed here and also on the official UNFCC site. All details about the this process in spanish can be found at the following: Declaración de los pueblos en Klimaforum09
Below are a few videos about the creation of the Declaration, made from KlimaTV
A people´s declaration from Klimaforum in Copenhagen are ready from the 10 of december and people can suport it, and sign the declaration. under the headline:
System change not climate change
Entry filed under: english. Tags: Civil Society, climate change, cop15, copenhagen, corporate crime, declaration, indigenous, Juan N. Rojas, kimaforum, Mathilde Kaalund-Jørgensen, peoples assembly, permacultura, permaculture, solidarity.
1. climatecaravan | January 19, 2010 at 10:32 am
Bolivia rejects US blame game on Copenhagen and calls for the people to decide
PRESS RELEASE
Bolivia rejects US blame game on Copenhagen and calls for the people to decide
New York, 18 January 2010 – In response to US climate envoy Jonathan Pershing’s attempts to blame countries of the Latin American ALBA block for the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks and the US decision to therefore sideline the UN in future climate talks, Pablo Solon, Bolivia’s ambassador to the UN said the following:
“The US’ deliberate attempts to sideline both democracy and justice in the climate policy debate is holding humanity hostage – and will be viewed as both reckless and immoral by future generations.”
“It is time the US read the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s own reports, which in the Fourth Assessment clearly noted that ‘Adaptive capacity is intimately connected to social and economic development, but it is not evenly distributed across and within societies.’ Furthermore it states: ‘Vulnerability to climate change can be exacerbated by …poverty, unequal access to resources, food insecurity, trends in economic globalization, conflict and incidence of diseases such as HIV/AIDS.'”
“The only solution to climate change is one based on justice otherwise we are making a decision to sacrifice more than half of humanity. Climate Justice will mean radical reduction of emissions in industrialized countries and the transfer of resources and technology to developing countries. If the US and other governments can so easily find money for endless wars, bank bailouts and bonanza bonuses for the rich, they clearly have the resources to help save lives and protect future generations.”…
read all at link
http://emmayabasta.blogspot.com/2010/01/bolivia-rejects-us-blame-game-on.html
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One of the real solutions includes the conversion of combustion public transit (diesel buses) into plug-in mass transit (electric buses). Regards.
4. climatecaravan | February 15, 2010 at 1:05 am
TWEET AT http://twitter.com/fuspey/status/9119497048
Barcelona in Transition signed up to the KLIMAFORUM DECLARATION http://tinyurl.com/yzezy6b #climatejustice #transitiontowns #eco #cop15
barcelona en transicio blog
http://barcelonaentransicio.wordpress.com/
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