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Climate Justice Now!
Created 2008-11-28 15:38
"A climate justice movement is
critical if we are to make the shift towards sustainable societies".
Interview with Joseph Zacune, Friends
of the Earth International Climate Justice and Energy co-Coordinator.
Real World Radio interviewed Friends
of the Earth International Climate Justice and Energy co-Coordinator
Joseph Zacune about his expectations for these climate talks and
the main issues that will be discussed there, such as emission reductions,
new forest carbon trading proposals, the World Bank's attempt to
take over the climate agenda, and the importance of building a climate
justice movement.
He said that the expectations around
North to South climate change mitigation and adaptation funds are
low, partly because industrialized nations have been trying to shift
the attention away from their own obligations.
He underlined that since the industrialized
countries have higher per capita historical emissions, they should
take the lead in reducing carbon emissions. FoEI is calling for
a reduction of at least 40% on 1990 levels by 2020 and is also pushing
for technology transfer from North to South.
Zacune referred to offsetting (e.g.
mechanisms like monoculture tree plantations for carbon capture
and storage) as one of the false solutions proposed to tackle climate
change, since it has devastating impacts on developing countries.
He mentioned a report recently launched
by Friends of the Earth International called 'REDD Myths'. It is
a comprehensive critique of this new offsetting mechanism - known
as REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries).
Zacune warned that offsetting would allow rich countries to commodify
the world tropical forests and trade their carbon in the international
market, enabling them to continue polluting. Besides, REDD could
displace millions of indigenous peoples while failing to reduce
global greenhouse gas emissions.
One of the concerns around REDD is
that there is no clear definition of forests: "so these mechanisms
would allow plantations that have negative impacts on local communities",
said Zacune. He emphasized the need for a forest policy that will
leave the remaining forests standing and that secures land rights.
As an alternative to REDD, FoEI proposes
a mechanism to stop deforestation based on forests and human rights
conventions, that would support community based forest management.
He accused the World Bank of trying
to take over climate negotiations and of being a major climate polluter
and a major deforester implicated in illegal logging and human rights
violations. "Last year FoEI protested on the inside of the climate
negotiations (in Bali, Indonesia) against the launch of the World
Bank's forest carbon trading proposals and we will be doing the
same this year".
"The most important development in
Poznan will be the continued construction of a global diverse climate
justice movement", said Zacune. "We need this movement to put pressure
at national and international level to push for a just transition
towards zero or low carbon economies".
Finally he said "Friends of the Earth
International will continue its work with local communities, social
movements and other organizations to build this movement which is
critical if we are to make the shift towards sustainable societies
and to avoid a climate catastrophe".
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