Meeting with Naomi Klein on Reclaim Power event

After official announcement concerning limitations on civil society participation in the events inside of COP15, people are getting upset. No real results of the negotiations, negotiators not even considering the postulates of FAIR, AMBITIOUS and BINDING deal and general disappointment led to planing on more radical ways of action. Thursday, 16th December has been announced as the day, when civil society will make their voices heard. Reclaim Power action inspired individuals and groups to act on the negotiations development. Certain amount of non-violent civil disobedience actions are being planed for tomorrows 9th (out of 11) day of negotiations. General mobilization of civil society members is on-going and big-names are encouraging for the participation. Today morning surprised youth delegates with an unannounced meeting with “The New York Times” journalist, author of “No Logo”, Naomi Klein. She joined youth after their daily meeting, to say more about the civil disobedience actions background and to support youth in their radical demands towards negotiating politicians.

Main point of her message was a REAL deal, not ANY deal. If COP15 is going to end up with unfair agreement, not respecting human rights nor climate justice postulates, it is better that it finished with no deal at all. That is why in her opinion civil society has all the right to disturb the negotiation process and to give the voice to those, who have not been heard till now. Klein called for youth activists to use the time of COP15 as good and as intensive as possible and to prevent the silent genocide, that will be a result of a bad agreement in Copenhagen. Effects of climate change will bring death or serious endangerment on millions of vulnerable people and it's unacceptable for us to peacefully watch the politicians leading the negotiations to that point, as Naomi Klein was saying. Civil society is called to put their bodies on the line, when their future survival is being inefficiently discussed. She also thinks, that people over-hoped “Hopenhagen”, without understanding, that the real negotiations are taking place somewhere else, behind closed door and with money as the main actor. Her final argument for disturbing the COP15 process was that system which created this crisis is not able to solve it. That is why not only Least Developed Countries should start adaptation for climate change results, but also rich countries citizens should start getting used to the thought of change in their lifestyles, in order to become sustainable.

Remarkable point is, that according to Klein, for the first time participants of an unregistered protest march gave in an official declaration of not escalating violent resistance in case of police intervention.