DURBAN REPORTBACK UN Climate talks – COP17 Durban, South Africa.
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DURBAN REPORTBACK
UN Climate talks – COP17 Durban, South Africa
Grassroots Global Justice delegation
GGJ Delegation
Jen Soriano and Michael Guerrero, GGJ staffFrancisca Porchas, LCSC and Bus Riders Union,
LAAhmina Maxey, East Michigan Environmental
Action Council, MichiganTeresa Almaguer, PODER, San Francisco Jill Johnson, Southwest Workers Union, San
AntonioTreston Davis-Faulkner, Jobs with JusticeDavid Gonzales, Just Transition AllianceRosalinda Guillen, Community to Community
Development, Belingham
Friend of GGJ—Sara Mersha, Grassroots International, Boston
Copenhagen—COP 15
Copenhagen—Copenhagen Accords
system change, not climate change
Cochabamba Accords
Universal Declaration on the
Rights of Mother Earth
Cochabamba
Cancun
Climate Finance—World Bank controlled
NO REDDs
Cancun—COP 16
Durban
Kyoto or not?
Million Climate Jobs and NO REDDs and
Durban—COP 17
What is UNFCCC COP17/CMP7?
COP17/CMP7 is the 17th edition of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) and the 7th Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP)
Meet “annually to assess progress in dealing with climate change” – from official website
What is UNFCCC COP17/CMP7?Their solution is carbon trading using
programs such as:
REDD - Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation
CDM - Clean Development Mechanisms
What is UNFCCC COP17's solution to this problem?
Durban Oil Refinery
CARBON TRADING
GGJ Goals
• Call on the U.S. State Department to:
Set binding targets of 50% carbon emission reduction by 2017 (Cochabamba People’s Agreement)
Drop carbon-market false solutions and adopt Cochabamba People’s Agreement and the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth
Reject, don't reroute, and deny, don't just delay - the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline
GGJ Goals
• Expose REDDs and other false solutions to climate change that masquerade as conservation but are actually the commodification of forests, soil, and oceans.
• Advance rights-based solutions from people of color, indigenous and poor and working class communities in the US who are disproportionately impacted by environmental racism and climate disruption
• Develop relationships and strategies with international social movement allies including international trade unions and organizations working against carbon trading and so-called “green” capitalism towards Rio+20
Outside – People's Space
People's Space was at University of Kwazulu-Natal– Served as an open and inclusive venue
where national and international civil society organizations were able to network and define their own responses to COP17
Food Sovereignty – Rosalinda Guillen of Community to Community Development
Million Jobs – Treston Davis-Faulkner of Jobs with Justice
Waste Picker – Ahmina Maxey of the East Michigan Environmental Action Council
Food Sovereignty (Rosalinda’s slide)Food Sovereignty spaces – Rosalinda Guillen
of Community to Community Development
World of Work Pavilion
World of Work Pavilion—series of dialogues regarding key areas of economic activity escalating greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) which causes climate change and possible solutions worth the trade-union movement and working class’ support
Exp. extreme energy extraction (oil, coal, tar sands), renewable alternative forms of energy (namely solar and wind), transportation (of materials and people).
World of Work Pavilion
Million Climate Jobs space A people’s movement strategy to solving the
economic and ecological crisis. Rooted in public sector good job creation to
promote a just transition from a high-carbon economy to a sustainable and fair economy.
National campaigns underway in SA and UK. Potential in the US?
Global Alliance of Wastepickers
Wastepickers are apart of the informal recycling sector in many developing countries
The Global Alliance of Wastepickers and Global Alliance of Incinerator Alternatives brought representatives from Senegal, Costa Rica, South Africa, and India who were demanding an alternative to Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM)
CDM backed incinerator and landfill gas companies are pushing wastepickers off land because they are competition for trash
Incinerators are hazardous to the environment and health of communities around the world, and through these alliances we continue to work to get rid of them
Inside – COP17 (Tom’s Slide)
COP17 space - Tom Goldtooth of Indigenous Environmental Network
Global Day of Action & Food Sovereignty marches
Toxic tour of South Durban
Toxic Tour - Rally in front of oil refinery
Toxic Tour - Police presence in front of oil refinery in riot gear protecting the 1%
Suggestions for Rio+20
Inside Strategy
– political 101 training before Rio for the delegation
– target US delegation and US-based NGOs
Outside Strategy
– Host at least one workshop, collaborate with international allies
– clear inside / outside strategy with demands, possible focus on carbon markets
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