World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Working Group 3: Rights of Mother Earth
Proposal
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MOTHER EARTH
Preamble
We, the peoples and nations of Earth:
considering that we are all part of Mother Earth, an indivisible, living community of interrelated and interdependent beings with a common destiny;
gratefully acknowledging that Mother Earth is the source of life, nourishment and learning and provides everything we need to live well; Read more…
Gaia Hypothesis
This will serve as an introduction to the Gaia hypothesis; It is a review (published in 1989) of James Lovelock’s The Ages of Gaia
What is the hypothesis of Gaia? Stated simply, the idea is that we may have discovered a living being bigger, more ancient, and more complex than anything from our wildest dreams. That being, called Gaia, is the Earth. Read more…
Statement by Bolivia regarding the Share Vision for Climate Change
(Pablo Solon) A shared vision for long-term cooperative action is not simply about defining the limit on temperature increases.
A Shared Vision must incorporate a comprehensive and balanced set of goals, in relation to finance, transfer of technology, adaptation, sharing of atmospheric space, climate debt, forced climate migrants and reestablishing of harmony with Mother Earth. Read more…
Four Principles for Climate Justice
“Industrialized society must redefine its’ relationship with the sacredness of Mother Earth”
(Indigenous Environmental Network) 1. Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground Leave the coal in the hole – the oil in the soil – the tar sand in the land. Offshore accidents prove oil and water don’t mix. Climate change is caused by burning fossil fuels. Stop it at the source. Limit people’s consumption. Efficiency is meaningless without sufficiency. The transition to a low-carbon economy is not just about technology but about re-distributing economic and ecological space. In recognizing the root causes of climate change, people of the world must call upon the industrialized countries and the world to work towards decreasing dependency on fossil fuels. Demand a call for a moratorium on all new exploration for oil, gas and coal as a first step towards the full phase-out of fossil fuels, without nuclear power, with a just transition to sustainable jobs, energy and environment. Read more…
Consumption and the Rights of Mother Earth, Tuesday, May 11, 6:15 – 7:45 pm
The UN Commission on Sustainable Development hosts a forum on perspectives needed for change from the fields of economics, jurisprudence, psychology, science and theology. Panelists include H.E. Pablo Solon, Ambassador of Bolivia to the United Nations, David H. Krantz, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University, Eduardo Scarrel, O.Carm. Ph.D. Professor of Science and Atmospheric Studies, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and Patricia Siemen, OP, ESQ. Executive Director, Center for Earth Jurisprudence, Collaborative Center of Barry and St. Thomas Universities, Miami Gardens, FL. This briefing will be held in Conference Room D, Temporary North Law Building of the United Nations.
Actions agreed upon during the meeting of the delegation that presented the conclusions of the CMPCC at the UN
Actions agreed upon during
the meeting of the delegation that presented the conclusions
of the CMPCC at the UN on May 7, 2010
1) Build support for the 26 of April Submission (People’s Agreement and Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth). http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2010/awglca10/eng/misc02.pdf (page 14).
2) Key messages:
- 50% emission reduction under the Kyoto Protocol in Cancun
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EPA promotes “6 actions for saving Mother Earth”
(RTI) Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration promoted six actions for saving Mother Earth on Sunday. The head of the administration Stephen Shen spoke about the six actions on Sunday. Read more…
Lovelock Tells BBC That Mankind Cannot Save Gaia
(Christine Lepisto) James Lovelock, the scientist who put forth the Gaia Theory, has told the BBC it is too late for us to save the planet. According to Gaia Theory, the entire earth is a single organism, connected and interactive. Only just over a month ago, Lovelock called for authoritarian intervention while questioning whether humans are clever enough to respond correctly to the complexities of global warming. Read more…
Wanted: World Referendum, Climate Justice Tribunal
(IPS) - A world people’s referendum on climate change will be held in April 2011 for the earth’s peoples to decide how to address this global problem.
Although it is hoped that some states will cooperate, the participation of governments will not be essential to the referendum, as civil society organisations are to plan it according to their own lights and the traditions and customs of each local area. This was one of the final resolutions Thursday at the close of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, held in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba. Read more…
Bolivia Climate Conference Moves to Establish Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth
(Democracy Now) One of the key initiatives of the climate conference in Bolivia is to come out with a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. We speak with South African environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan, the co-president of the Rights of Mother Earth Working Group at the summit. He arrived at the climate change conference with a draft Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth that formed the basis of the discussion. Read more…
