10th day of the UN climate negotiation. (text written on 16th of Decemebr, evening)
NGOs, Indigenous peoples and other observers got completely limited access to the conference. On Friday, there will be more head of states than youth!!!
Officially, restricting access to NGOs was due to securtiy reason, but everyone objective would say that it has nothing to do with that. Friends of the Earth International, AVAAZ and Tck Tck Tck had been totally banned for entering COP. These organizations were doing amazing thing trough their campaigns and obviously, from some point, they baceme threat. The main issues they were arising were:
Ambishous targets for Annex I
No offsetting
Climate Justice
...
Today was supposed to be very important day for civil society. Big direct action, Reclaim Power organized by Climate Justice Action, did not achive its goals and the message which has been did not come from the ones whos voice could not be heard yet. Danish police, serving the system, did their job as it was expected. Arresting, beating...
In parallel, developing countries were calling for just and fair agreement, as every day since the COP15 started. It is becoming very, very sad. Science clearly says what should be done. Global civil society is calling for the climate justice and immediate actions on climate crisis. Reports on human impact are mentioning hundreds of thousands deaths per year. Survival of some nations are being threatend by climate change. But it seems like morality and justice are too abstract priniciples, which can't be measured by money or credits and thus they have little value at these negotiations, which have been supposed to save the world. Let's hope that it is not really like that...
On Thursday, 17th of December, people worldwide will join the climate justice fast.
On Friday, the world leaders are supposed to decide on joining or not joining the civil society in this struggle. That will be the question.
2.5 days left. Hopenhagen or Brokenhagen? ...history will judge...
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