Na Bolívia: Conferência Mundial de los Pueblos sobe el Cambio Climático y los Derechos de la Madre Tierra

Começa hoje e segue até quinta-feira, dia 22 a Conferência Mundial dos Povos Sobre Alterações Climáticas e Direitos da Mãe Terra (World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of the Mother Earth).
É uma iniciativa da Bolívia, que escolheu Cochabamba, no coração dos Andes, para sediar o encontro.
Além de governos, parlamentares, autoridades locais, entidades internacionais e regionais, vai reunir diversos povos indígenas, organizações sociais, instituições várias, ONgs, universidades, académicos, advogados e juristas, activistas, artistas, cientistas e abre a participação a todos os que quiserem acompanhar e colaborar na reflexão.
Todas as informações acerca dos objectivos, painéis e grupos de intervenção: aqui.

• programa  (documento em pdf)

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via Bolivia Rising:

When President Morales of Bolivia launched his invitation to the world to come to Bolivia to develop a Peoples’ Agenda for Climate Change, we never imagined the overwhelming response it would generate. With less than a week to go before the conference, here are some of the astonishing statistics related to the conference:

• At least 15,000 people are expected to attend from 126 countries
• Around 70 governments are expected to attend to listen to the voices of civil society, including Presidents of Ecuador, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Venezuela, the Vice-President of Comoros Islands, government ministers, delegates and parliamentarians from Europe, Asia and Africa.
• The following international organisations will also be sending representatives: UNICEF, FAO, UNESCO, UNFPA, WTO, OICA, OPS, FIDA
• 180 self-organized events have been registered by different networks on every aspect of climate change policy
• More than 50 scientists, social movement leaders, researchers, academics and artists have agreed to speak on 14 panels including NASA scientist Jim Hansen, Bill McKibben, environmental journalist and leader of 350.org, Indian environmentalist Vandana Shiva, best-selling author Naomi Klein, Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, Miguel D’Escoto, former President of UN General Assembly, Lumumba Di-Aping, former lead negotiator for the G77 along with leaders from leading environmental organizations and communities at the front line of climate change.
• More than 300 press have registered including major news networks and newspapers such as BBC, Radio France International, Guardian in the UK, Telesur, l Jazeera, and Democracy Now

It is clear that the conference and its objective of putting forward a just and effective response to climate change have touched a chord worldwide. It shows more than ever, after the failure of Copenhagen, that the hope that we can address the climate crisis lies with the people of the world.