CJN Kyoto Protocol Working Group (AWG-KP) Closing Intervention     -

December 15^th, 2009

Delivered by Yokeling Chee, Third World Network

Thank you Mr. Chairman.

I am speaking as a member of Climate Justice Now! – a network of organisations and movements from across the globe committed to the fight for genuine solutions – local and global – to the climate crisis.

We strongly call on Parties to deliver the most important legally binding outcome for Copenhagen - that Annex 1 countries commit to binding reduction targets for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.  We are appalled at the lack of progress on this critical issue, and fully support and stand behind the Africa Group and the G77 and China in holding the developed world to account.Developed countries are not fulfilling their promises – under Kyoto or the Bali Action plan – they are attempting to break their international obligations.

We call on the developed countries to deliver deep cuts in their emissions. More than 100 developing countries (Africa, LDCs and AOSIS) are calling for at least 45% reductions on 1990 levels by 2020, and some are calling for more than 49 % domestic reductions by 2017.

We call on developed countries to complete three years of negotiations on one single set of numbers – the aggregate and individual commitments of industrialized countries. The aggregate figure must be determined by science and equity.

We must first see progress on developed country commitments to see wider progress in the negotiations. The future of developing countries is on the line in these talks. We cannot be held to ransom by continued inaction by developed countries and attempts to kill the Kyoto Protocol.

The key work here in Copenhagen is emission reductions of developed countries – countries must focus on them under the already agreed Kyoto framework. Without this outcome, Copenhagen will be a failure, and the international climate regime is at dire risk. Not only is the climate regime at risk, so is the world at risk.

We are appalled at the attempts of rich countries to destroy the Kyoto Protocol here in Copenhagen. We denounce the “green room” meetings which rich countries have initiated, and any text produced without the mandate of the Parties. These exclusionary tactics are not acceptable.

Thank you.

President Evo Morales of Bolivia to Arrive at Copenhagen Conference

President Evo Morales Ayma of the Plurinational State of Bolivia will arrive in Copenhagen tonight, Tuesday 15 December, to join the UN conference on climate change.
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For Immediate Release: Climate Justice Action & Climate Justice Now!

December 15, 2009

Contacts:     Climate Justice Now!: 00 45 2497 7863

Climate Justice Action: 00 45 5066 9028

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Third World Network

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GAIA is an international alliance that works both against incinerators and for safe, sustainable and just alternatives.

Our name reflects this dual purpose. The Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance mobilizes grassroots action against the spread of incinerators and other polluting, end-of-pipe waste technologies. In turn, The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives helps build the movement for environmental justice, local green economies, and creative zero waste solutions.

Our members work together in a variety of ways. We share information online and in regional meetings, conduct coordinated campaigns toward common goals, strategize together by participating in international trainings and skillshares, and provide a community of support for each other.

Our strategies are varied and adaptable. We provide technical assistance and strategic campaign advice to members, as well as opportunities for exchange, information resources, and other tools for mobilization in support of positive action in communities around the world. We also encourage advocacy efforts to stop the expansion of the incinerator industry, and support collective action and education campaigns through focused mini-grants and publications.

GAIA’s alliance also promotes the development of regional/thematic strategies and globally-coordinated campaigns around issues of cross-border concern. GAIA’s Zero Waste for Zero Warming campaign, for example, is advancing safe and effective solutions to the global waste, energy and climate crisis.

Learn more about the issues on which we work, the solutions that GAIA members are advancing, and how to join us in working for a just, toxic-free world without incineration.

Submission on behalf of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Shared Vision for Long-term Cooperative Action
The Conference of Parties,
1.    Recognizing that human beings are part of an interdependent system with which we must live together in harmony and balance while respecting the rights of all;
2.    Recognizing the need to achieve not merely peace among humanity but to restore equilibrium and harmony to nature by defending everything that has life and gives life;
3.    Acknowledging that we have followed the laws of humanity while violating the fundamental laws of nature giving rise to climate change and other forms of ecological destruction;

4.    Believing that to achieve the realization of human rights and human dignity it is necessary to recognize and defend the rights of Mother Earth;
5.    Recognizing that access to and use of the Earth’s atmosphere and climate system is necessary for the realization of human rights including the right to development, and that atmospheric space should be fairly shared between all countries and peoples; continue reading…