Interview with Bolivia’s Ambassador to the UN, Pablo Solon.

A three part educational interview with Bolivia’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Pablo Solon discusses Climate Change, Advocacy, and the COP 16 in Cancun.

Part 1:Pablo Solón provides a general overview of climate change. Climate Justice 101.

Part 2: Ambassador Solón discusses the lead up to November 29th to December 7th, 2010, where international negotiators, ministers and officials will be meeting in Cancun, Mexico at COP16 to determine the next steps in addressing climate change internationally.

Part 3: Ambassador Solón calls on U.S. Americans to join the global movement for Climate Justice, especially in lead up and during the climate change negotiations during COP16-Cancun.

The Peoples’ Petition: 

We the U.S. American people call on President Obama and the Administration of the United States, as a signatory to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention, to take a stronger leadership role in the negotiations, make real decisions and real commitments that take into consideration human life, human kind and Mother Earth.

• A repeat of Copenhagen will not be tolerated by the youth of the United States or the World. We demand a process that incorporates social and civil participation where the concerns and proposals of environmental, social justice non-governmental organizations, and civil society have the space and attention to be seriously considered.
• We oppose placing a dollar value on our forests and Mother Earth including the buying and selling of carbon to counterbalance emissions. We particularly oppose, REDDs (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation), and Cap and Trade solutions because they do not reduce in real terms carbon emissions at home or in our communities, the primary cause for climate change.
• We must commit to respect and comply with emissions reduction targets set out in the Kyoto Protocol not the Copenhagen Accord, on a scale appropriate to the total size of our economy, taking into consideration the points mentioned in the People’s Agreement on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth that was drafted by global civil society including a delegation of United States citizens.

We the undersigned petition President Obama and the Administration to urge its Climate Change Special Envoy to take these points to the negotiations in Cancun and come to a multilateral agreement that sets a pro-active example for the rest of world to follow.

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