comment Re: [geo] Fw: [CAN-talk] Outcome statement of Climate Space at the World Social Forum in Tunisia
hi I had written a front comment to the Outcome statement I forwarded, but it got stripped out: I am not surprised that this statement calls for a ban on geo-eng when I look at the list of signatories. I have replied to 'Janet' and I know some ETC people are alos monitoring this list - to say that statements like withis with no definition or qualification are unwise given the dire state of things. It'd be like banning all medicine because some have side effects. I call on the NGO world to take a reasoned, balanced and sophisticated approach to all climate adaptation and mitigation opportunities. To clarify - I do not support the Outcome statement. Best wishes, Emily. On 13/05/2013 19:56, Emily L-B wrote: Hi folks - I wanted to share with you a statement that was drafted at the conclusion of a week of workshops, plenaries, dialogues and debates convened in a dedicated 'climate space' at the World Social Forum in Tunisia this April. I think it paints a pretty good picture of what's on the minds of many in the global climate justice movement. Food for thought in our policy work. -Janet p.s. The statement is also attached in multiple languages To Reclaim Our Future, We Must Change the Present. Our Proposal for Changing the System and not the Climate The capitalist system has exploited and abused nature, pushing the planet to its limits, so much so that the system has accelerated dangerous and fundamental changes in the climate. Today, the severity and multiplicity of weather changes – characterized by droughts, desertification, floods, hurricanes, typhoons, forest fires and the melting of glaciers and sea ice – indicate that the planet is burning. These extreme changes have direct impacts on humans through the loss lives, livelihoods, crops and homes all of which have led to human displacement in the form of forced migration and climate refugees on a massive an unprecedented scale. Humanity and nature are now standing at a precipice. We can stand idle and continue the march into an abysmal future too dire to imagine, or we can take action and reclaim a future that we have all hoped for. We will not stand idle. We will not allow the capitalist system to burn us all. We will take action and address the root causes of climate change by changing the system. The time has come to stop talking and to take action. We must nurture, support, strengthen and increase the scale of grassroots organizing in all places, but in particular in frontline battlegrounds where the stakes are the highest. System Change means: - Leave more than two thirds of fossil fuel reserves under the soil, as well as beneath the ocean floor, in order to prevent catastrophic levels of climate change. - Ban all new exploration and exploitation of oil, tar sands, oil shale, coal, uranium, and natural gas. - Support a just transition for workers and communities away from the extreme energy economy and into resilient local economies based on social, economic and environmental justice. - Decentralize the generation and ownership of energy under local community control using renewable sources of energy. Invest in community based, small-scale, local energy infrastructure. - Stop building mega and unnecessary infrastructure projects that do not benefit the population and are net contributors to greenhouse gasses like, mega dams, excessive huge highways, large-scale centralized energy projects, and superfluous massive airports. - End the dominance of export-based industrial forms of food production, (including in the livestock sector), and promote small-scale integrated and ecologically sound farming and an agriculture system that ensures food sovereignty, and that locally grown crops meet the nutritional and cultural needs of the local community. These measures will help to cool the planet. - Adopt Zero Waste approaches through promoting comprehensive recycling and composting programs that end the use of greenhouse gas emitting incinerators – including new generation hi-tech incinerators – and landfills. - Stop land grabbing and respect the rights of small farmers, peasants and women. Recognize the collective rights of indigenous and tribal peoples consistent with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including their rights to their lands and territories. - Develop economic strategies that create new kinds of ‘climate jobs’ – decent paying jobs that directly contribute to carbon reductions – in such sectors as renewable energy, agriculture, public transportation and building retrofits. - Recover the control of the public sources to finance projects for people and nature like health, education, food, employment, housing, restoration of water sheds, conservation and restoration of forest and other ecosystems and others and stop the subsidies to dirty industries,
Re: comment Re: [geo] Fw: [CAN-talk] Outcome statement of Climate Space at the World Social Forum in Tunisia
Thanks Emily (Janet?). I think the title says it all: To Reclaim Our Future, We Must Change the Present. Our Proposal for Changing the System AND NOT THE CLIMATE Indeed, this would appear to be a strategy calling for social and political (re)engineering, with questionable relevance to preventing climate change. Yes, we could go back to the good old, low emission days of pre 1750, but that would appear to require some significant sacrifice in food, heat, light, and medical care that most might balk at. Sustainably supporting 7+ B people and a habitable climate will need some broader thinking and engineering (of all kinds). Under the circumstances let's not prematurely jettison our options until they are proven unnecessary. -Greg From: Emily em...@lewis-brown.net To: geoengineering@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, May 13, 2013 12:39:01 PM Subject: comment Re: [geo] Fw: [CAN-talk] Outcome statement of Climate Space at the World Social Forum in Tunisia hi I had written a front comment to the Outcome statement I forwarded, but it got stripped out: I am not surprised that this statement calls for a ban on geo-eng when I look at the list of signatories. I have replied to 'Janet' and I know some ETC people are alos monitoring this list - to say that statements like withis with no definition or qualification are unwise given the dire state of things. It'd be like banning all medicine because some have side effects. I call on the NGO world to take a reasoned, balanced and sophisticated approach to all climate adaptation and mitigation opportunities. To clarify - I do not support the Outcome statement. Best wishes, Emily. On 13/05/2013 19:56, Emily L-B wrote: Hi folks - I wanted to share with you a statement that was drafted at the conclusion of a week of workshops, plenaries, dialogues and debates convened in a dedicated 'climate space' at the World Social Forum in Tunisia this April. I think it paints a pretty good picture of what's on the minds of many in the global climate justice movement. Food for thought in our policy work. -Janet p.s. The statement is also attached in multiple languages To Reclaim Our Future, We Must Change the Present. Our Proposal for Changing the System and not the Climate The capitalist system has exploited and abused nature, pushing the planet to its limits, so much so that the system has accelerated dangerous and fundamental changes in the climate. Today, the severity and multiplicity of weather changes – characterized by droughts, desertification, floods, hurricanes, typhoons, forest fires and the melting of glaciers and sea ice – indicate that the planet is burning. These extreme changes have direct impacts on humans through the loss lives, livelihoods, crops and homes all of which have led to human displacement in the form of forced migration and climate refugees on a massive an unprecedented scale. Humanity and nature are now standing at a precipice. We can stand idle and continue the march into an abysmal future too dire to imagine, or we can take action and reclaim a future that we have all hoped for. We will not stand idle. We will not allow the capitalist system to burn us all. We will take action and address the root causes of climate change by changing the system. The time has come to stop talking and to take action. We must nurture, support, strengthen and increase the scale of grassroots organizing in all places, but in particular in frontline battlegrounds where the stakes are the highest. System Change means: - Leave more than two thirds of fossil fuel reserves under the soil, as well as beneath the ocean floor, in order to prevent catastrophic levels of climate change. - Ban all new exploration and exploitation of oil, tar sands, oil shale, coal, uranium, and natural gas. - Support a just transition for workers and communities away from the extreme energy economy and into resilient local economies based on social, economic and environmental justice. - Decentralize the generation and ownership of energy under local community control using renewable sources of energy. Invest in community based, small-scale, local energy infrastructure. - Stop building mega and unnecessary infrastructure projects that do not benefit the population and are net contributors to greenhouse gasses like, mega dams, excessive huge highways, large-scale centralized energy projects, and superfluous massive airports. - End the dominance of export-based industrial forms of food production, (including in the livestock sector), and promote small-scale integrated and ecologically sound farming and an agriculture system that ensures food sovereignty, and that locally grown crops meet the nutritional and cultural needs of the local community. These measures will help to cool the planet. - Adopt Zero
RE: [geo] Fw: [CAN-talk] Outcome statement of Climate Space at the World Social Forum in Tunisia
Thanks Emily (Janet?). I think the title says it all: To Reclaim Our Future, We Must Change the Present. Our Proposal for Changing the System AND NOT THE CLIMATE Indeed, this would appear to be a strategy calling for social and political (re)engineering, with questionable relevance to climate change. Yes, we could go back to the good old, low emission days of pre 1750, but that would appear to require some significant sacrifice in food, heat, light, and medical care that most might balk at. Sustainably supporting 7+ B people and a habitable climate will need some broader thinking and engineering (of all kinds). Under the circumstances let's not prematurely jettison our options until they are proven unnecessary. -Greg From: geoengineering@googlegroups.com [geoengineering@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Emily L-B [em...@lewis-brown.net] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:56 AM To: geoengineering@googlegroups.com Subject: [geo] Fw: [CAN-talk] Outcome statement of Climate Space at the World Social Forum in Tunisia Hi folks - I wanted to share with you a statement that was drafted at the conclusion of a week of workshops, plenaries, dialogues and debates convened in a dedicated 'climate space' at the World Social Forum in Tunisia this April. I think it paints a pretty good picture of what's on the minds of many in the global climate justice movement. Food for thought in our policy work. -Janet p.s. The statement is also attached in multiple languages To Reclaim Our Future, We Must Change the Present. Our Proposal for Changing the System and not the Climate The capitalist system has exploited and abused nature, pushing the planet to its limits, so much so that the system has accelerated dangerous and fundamental changes in the climate. Today, the severity and multiplicity of weather changes – characterized by droughts, desertification, floods, hurricanes, typhoons, forest fires and the melting of glaciers and sea ice – indicate that the planet is burning. These extreme changes have direct impacts on humans through the loss lives, livelihoods, crops and homes all of which have led to human displacement in the form of forced migration and climate refugees on a massive an unprecedented scale. Humanity and nature are now standing at a precipice. We can stand idle and continue the march into an abysmal future too dire to imagine, or we can take action and reclaim a future that we have all hoped for. We will not stand idle. We will not allow the capitalist system to burn us all. We will take action and address the root causes of climate change by changing the system. The time has come to stop talking and to take action. We must nurture, support, strengthen and increase the scale of grassroots organizing in all places, but in particular in frontline battlegrounds where the stakes are the highest. System Change means: * Leave more than two thirds of fossil fuel reserves under the soil, as well as beneath the ocean floor, in order to prevent catastrophic levels of climate change. * Ban all new exploration and exploitation of oil, tar sands, oil shale, coal, uranium, and natural gas. * Support a just transition for workers and communities away from the extreme energy economy and into resilient local economies based on social, economic and environmental justice. * Decentralize the generation and ownership of energy under local community control using renewable sources of energy. Invest in community based, small-scale, local energy infrastructure. * Stop building mega and unnecessary infrastructure projects that do not benefit the population and are net contributors to greenhouse gasses like, mega dams, excessive huge highways, large-scale centralized energy projects, and superfluous massive airports. * End the dominance of export-based industrial forms of food production, (including in the livestock sector), and promote small-scale integrated and ecologically sound farming and an agriculture system that ensures food sovereignty, and that locally grown crops meet the nutritional and cultural needs of the local community. These measures will help to cool the planet. * Adopt Zero Waste approaches through promoting comprehensive recycling and composting programs that end the use of greenhouse gas emitting incinerators – including new generation hi-tech incinerators – and landfills. * Stop land grabbing and respect the rights of small farmers, peasants and women. Recognize the collective rights of indigenous and tribal peoples consistent with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including their rights to their lands and territories. * Develop economic strategies that create new kinds of ‘climate jobs’ – decent paying jobs that directly contribute to carbon reductions – in such sectors as renewable energy, agriculture, public transportation and building retrofits. * Recover the
