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judging from the hashtag #climatejustice the entire meaning of the term has been diluted.
it's not hard people - there's an entire history of *southern led* networks developing the concept...
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it's not hard people - there's an entire history of *southern led* networks developing the concept...
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The Bali Principles of #ClimateJustice from 2002 are themselves inspired by Environmental Justice Principles developed at 1991 People of Color Environmental Justice Leadership Summit, Washington DC.
https://corpwatch.org/article/bali-principles-climate-justice
https://corpwatch.org/article/bali-principles-climate-justice
The #ClimateJustice Now network formed in 2008 as a breakaway from the Northern NGO-dominated @CANIntl
http://www.carbontradewatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=227&Itemid=95
http://www.carbontradewatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=227&Itemid=95
In 2012 the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice ( @gcdcj) was launched in Bangkok with the following platform: https://studylibfr.com/doc/4089362/join-the-global-campaign-to-demand-climate-justice-
In 2015, even liberal NGOs like WWF were able to sign up to The People's Test ahead of the #COP21 summit in Paris - the litmus test for what could be considered an acceptable outcome from the negotiations. (Paris failed against all measures) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-peoples-test-on-climate_b_7678748
30,000 people took part in the 2010 World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
The output of the gathering gives a clear indication of what #ClimateJustice is/is not: https://readingfromtheleft.com/PDF/CochabambaDocuments.pdf
The output of the gathering gives a clear indication of what #ClimateJustice is/is not: https://readingfromtheleft.com/PDF/CochabambaDocuments.pdf
So for the usual suspects, individuals with an elitist worldview who are usually at the helm of some well-funded and well-connected (to government & business) NGO, for them to come out as #climatejustice champions is an absolute joke.
They have consistently undermined it.
They have consistently undermined it.
Watching with particular disgust the scandal of UK climate liberals - who dismantled the architecture of climate governance in order to get the US empire back to the table (and off the hook) - once again corral funders, resources, and even the foot soldiers of environmentalism
It is completely disheartening and it takes us further away from achieving #climatejustice
A few more #climatejustice declarations & manifestos: the Hands off Mother Earth Manifesto against #geoengineering http://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2018/10/hands-off-mother-earth-manifesto-against-geoengineering/
The Lima Ecosocialist Declaration (2014) - http://ecosocialisthorizons.com/2014/10/the-lima-ecosocialist-declaration/
The Margarita Declaration on Climate Change (2014) - https://www.systemchangenotclimatechange.org/sites/default/files/images/img_pdf_margarita_declaration_on_climate_change.pdf
Greenhouse Gangsters Vs. #ClimateJustice from all the way back in 1999 - http://www.iicat.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Greenhouse-Gangsters-vs-Climate-Justice-1999.pdf
The Belem Ecosocialist Declaration (2008) - https://climateandcapitalism.com/2008/12/16/belem-ecosocialist-declaration-a-call-for-signatures/
