Organizaciones civiles de México y redes sociales de todo el mundo inician las Jornadas Civiles en torno a la Cumbre Climática en Cancún | Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social AC

Organizaciones civiles de México y redes sociales de todo el mundo inician las Jornadas Civiles en torno a la Cumbre Climática en Cancún | Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social AC
Hundreds of civil society organizations and representatives of social movements in Mexico and worldwide coordination created a platform called Bombay Area Climate Dialogue (Dialogue is-Mex), in order to articulate and promote the voices of society in its search for climate justice. To the Summit of the UNFCCC United Nations Climate Change (COP 16), to be held soon in Cancun, Mexico, has developed a broad convergence of indigenous networks, unions, women, environmentalists, farmers and citizens of all possible activities that demand real solutions to stop climate change, address its impacts, compensate communities which have been strongly affected and questioning the model of development that leads to the devastation of the earth and life.

Dialogue is-Mex will present "a peaceful and purposeful 'in the heart of Cancun, on the super block 21, which has renamed the MUP BLADES (referring to the Popular Urban Movement of Cancun), together with all civil society networks world by an international forum of Climate Justice, as well as cultural and artistic activities, walks in the climate, peaceful demonstrations, and willing to discuss and influence the decisions made in official negotiations at COP 16.

They will also be suing the Mexican government to "stop playing the double game of having a strong international discourse for climate, while in severe driving national policies and substantial budgets is very far from being aimed at tackling climate change and reduce carbon footprint, the contrary. And as for Mexico's role in the climate summit, demanding that we leave the defeatist position that nothing can be won in Cancun, and put to work to make progress on substantive issues, such as a second commitment period Kyoto protocol, the need to assume primary responsibility for binding commitments to reduce emissions and ultimately, stop global warming, and to establish mechanisms and public funding is allocated to meet the immediate to the impacts of climate change without compromising natural resources and without compromising the sovereignty and territory of communities and nations, "said Raul Benet, Dialogue is-Mex.