Official Text of the UNFCCC negotiating solutions ignores the Global People's Conference
people's voice must be heard in the climate negotiations
In April 2010 more than 35,000 people from 140 countries met in Cochabamba, Bolivia and developed the historic Agreement of the People a document based on consensus, which reflects substantive solutions to the climate crisis. We, the undersigned organizations, participated in and / or supported this historic process.
Reflecting the voice of global civil society and the agreements reached in 17 working groups, the State of Bolivia made a formal proposal, consisting of the core components of the Agreement of the People of Cochabamba, the Special Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Since then, the deal has won support and recognition of various nations and regional bodies such as the ALBA (Alliance Bolivarian Americas) and UNASUR (Union of South American Nations).
We are therefore deeply concerned that the proposed new text in the AWG-LCA as a basis for climate change negotiations does not reflect any of the major conclusions reached in Cochabamba.
The Chair and Vice Chair of the AWG-LCA (of Zimbabwe and the United States, respectively) have been incorporated in place, all the proposals of the Copenhagen agreement, which does not even have the consensus of the United Nations.
urge the UNFCCC to take the conclusions reached by the social movements, indigenous peoples and international civil society in Cochabamba. It is both undemocratic and opaque exclude certain proposals in the negotiations, it is imperative that the United Nations listens to the world community on this critical issue for humanity.
We call upon all countries of the United Nations, particularly the Chair and Vice Chair of the AWG-LCA to include the key findings of Agreement of the People in negotiations in the run up to Cancun. These proposals for preservation of life and the earth include:
1. A 50% reduction in domestic emissions of greenhouse gases by developed countries for the period 2013-2017 under the Kyoto Protocol at national level without reliance on market mechanisms.
2. The goal of stabilizing concentrations of greenhouse gases at 300 ppm.
3. The need to begin the process of considering the proposed Universal Declaration on the Rights of the Mother Earth to restore harmony with nature.
4. The obligation of developed countries to honor their climate debt to developing countries and our Mother Earth.
5. The provision of financial resources equivalent to 6% of GDP of developed countries to help address the climate change crisis.
6. The creation of a mechanism for integrated management and conservation of forests that, unlike REDD-plus, respecting the sovereignty of States, guarantees the rights and participation of indigenous peoples and forest dependent communities, and is not based on carbon trading scheme.
7. The implementation of measures to recognize the rights of indigenous peoples should be guaranteed under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the tools and universal human rights agreements. This includes respect for the knowledge and the rights of indigenous peoples, their rights to lands, territories and resources, and their full and effective with their free, prior and informed.
8. The encouraging agricultural production patterns that are environmentally sustainable and to ensure food sovereignty and the rights of indigenous peoples and small farmers.
9. The protection and recognition of the rights and needs of forced climate migrants.
10. The promotion of the establishment of an International Court of Environmental Justice and Climate.
11. The consideration of a world referendum on Climate Change to allow the people to decide what will be done on this issue, which is of vital importance for the future of humanity and Mother Earth.
demand that the conclusions established by the World Conference on Climate Change and People's Rights Mother Earth, protecting life and Mother Earth, be incorporated into the negotiating text during the negotiations in Bonn, Germany from May 31 to June 11, 2010.
can not be a fair negotiation process, transparent and inclusive, not real solutions to the urgency of the climate crisis, if the negotiating text of the AWG-LCA ignores the voices of the peoples of the world that the negotiators should represent.
May 12, 2010