The people’s voices: mobilizations in Cancun
04 December, 2010
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04 December, 2010
CANCUN, MEXICO, 4 December 2010 - To make sure the people's voices and demands are heard during the UN climate negotiations currently taking place in Cancun, Friends of the Earth International is engaged in several popular mobilizations.
Domingo Lechon from Friends of the Earth Mexico, one of the organizers of the mobilizations, said: “It is important that the parties who spend every day at the official negotiations also listen to the people on the streets who suffer from climate change in their daily lives. We want to provide a counter-balance to negative proposals and the unequal power relations due to corporate power in the negotiations. That is why we have arranged for thousands to come to Cancun, and we will make sure that their voices are heard.”
In Cancun, Friends of the Earth International works together with strategic allies and like-minded organizations. This week, Friends of the Earth members from all over the world engaged in the discussions at the South-South Summit on Climate Justice and Finance, organized by Jubilee South, the Pan Africa Justice Alliance (PACJA) and Friends of the Earth groups from Latin America, that will end on December 5.
As of yesterday, caravans from all over the world are arriving to Cancun with thousands of people who will engage in the mobilizations and stay at the Peasant and Indigenous camp in Cancun, hosted by La Via Campesina and Friends of the Earth International.
Several activities are planned in Cancun for the upcoming days in which Friends of the Earth International will be engaged:
Friends of the Earth International supports the inclusion in the climate negotiating texts of proposals introduced by Bolivia, as a result of the Cochabamba Accord. The demands for a rejection of carbon trading and in support of community rights (climate justice tribunals and referenda) must be supported by all parties as a legitimate and progressive development in the UN negotiations.
LOCATIONS
La Vía Campesina Peasant and Indigenous camp: Unidad Deportiva “Jacinto Canek,” crossing Tulum Av. with Chichen Itza Av., downtown Cancún.
Global Forum for Life and Environmental Justice: Unidad Deportiva “Jacinto Canek,” crossing Tulum Av. with Chichen Itza Av., downtown Cancún
International Climate Justice Forum - People’s Dialogue: In and around Casa de Cultura, SM21, downtown Cancún
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Marlijn Dingshoff, Friends of the Earth International media coordinator, media@foei.org, +52 (+1 for outside Mexico) 998 108 03 78 or +31651005630 (Dutch mobile)
Hector de Prado, Friends of the Earth International coordinator Cancún mobilizations: hector@motherearth.org +52 (+1 for outside Mexico) 9981080199
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