North American Indigenous Delegation at Copenhagen Climate Talks Sends Peace Prize Message to Obama:

CJN — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:48:31 +0000

Stop the U.S. Energy Industry’s War on Native Peoples and Lands Respect Indigenous Rights and Knowledge in Climate Deal

WHEN: Thursday December 10, 2009, 10 – 11 AM
WHERE: United States Embassy, Copenhagen
Dag Hammarskjölds Allé 24 (2100 København Ø)
Procession from Osterport Train Station starting at 9:45 am.

Contacts: Indigenous Environmental Network Media line = +45-526-85596

As Obama accepts his Nobel peace prize, Native Americans, Alaska Natives,
and First Nations Peoples will speak out about the US energy industry’s war
on indigenous lands and livelihoods. The delegation will deliver a clear
message to Obama and tell him that peace begins with just energy policies
that respect human rights and the environment.

Representatives from communities directly impacted by fossil fuel
development, nuclear energy expansion, and false solutions to the climate
crisis will speak out on the importance of indigenous rights and knowledge
as foundational for addressing climate change.

Organized By:
Indigenous Environmental Network & Indigenous Peoples Power Project (IP3)
www.ienearth.org
A network of Indigenous Peoples empowering Indigenous Nations and
communities towards sustainable livelihoods, demanding environmental justice
and maintaining the Sacred Fire of our traditions.

THURS AM COP15–830am-Africans Appeal to Obama As He Receives Nobel-NAACP & African NGOs Press Conf.

CJN — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:59:30 +0000

December 9, 2009                                                               Contact:    Kari Fulton +45 5265 8829
MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                         Edrea Davis +45 50969169
PRESS CONFERENCE THURSDAY 8:30AM                                  Alex Rafalowicz+45 52649259

Africans Appeal to Obama As He Receives Nobel: ‘Keep Alive the Dreams of Our Fathers’

African Parliamentarians and Civil Society Call For Climate Justice

WHAT: African Parliamentarians and members of African Civil Society groups will be joined by representatives from US civil rights and environmental justice NGOs at a press conference Thursday from the Cop15 in Copenhagen to make an urgent appeal to US President Barak Obama calling for leadership on the issue of climate justice. The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, an alliance of civil society organizations in 43 countries across Africa will issue an urgent appeal to Obama as he prepares to receive the Nobel Peace Prize tonight in Norway.

WHERE: Asger Jorn, NGO Press Conference Room, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

WHEN: 8:30 a.m. Thursday, December 10, 2009

WHO:
Hon Awudu Cyprian Mbaya, President, Pan-African Parliamentarian Network on Climate Change
Augustine Njamnshi, PACJA steering committee member for Central Africa
Mithika Mwenda, Coordinator, Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance
Michele Roberts, Campaign and Policy Coordinator,Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
Felicia Davis, Coordinator, Black Women’s Roundtable

WHY: Africans and US citizens of the African Diaspora are appealing to Obama to take leadership and insure climate justice for Africa, a continent on the front lines of climate change. African Americans will take the letter to President Obama from the African coalition and will deliver it to the president as a follow up to COP15 negotiations. Representing a coalition of more than 30 US civil rights and environmental justice NGOs and millions of African Americans, the group has pledged to work with the African coalition to ensure that Obama honors his commitment to Africa. They share a common goal to ensure climate security for all people of African descent.

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North American Indigenous Delegation at Copenhagen Climate Talks Sends Peace Prize Message to Obama:

THURS AM COP15–830am-Africans Appeal to Obama As He Receives Nobel-NAACP & African NGOs Press Conf.