OFiP22 Day 4 - Plenary Panel on Climate Justice (English)
This conference arises from the increasing awareness of the importance of strong democratic institutions to resolve many of the interconnected global crises: covid, climate and biodiversity, inequality, persistent poverty, discrimination, and more.
By the realisation that our past 50 years consisted of shrinking governments, of outsourcing, privatising and commercialising public services and ceding control of our common institutions to increasingly powerful corporations. And that these crises are largely extensions and evolutions of imperial, colonial and military power struggles to dominate peoples, workers and nature in the pursuit of capital concentration.
It is the willingness of activists from civil society, trade unions, indigenous groups, academia and others to work together, to strengthen our movements and to strengthen our democratic institutions, able to reclaim our lost Commons. The purpose of the conference is to connect different movements and organisations, to build stronger campaigning capabilities to help achieve our common goals.
The climate crisis is accelerating, and the changes are faster than IPCC scientists predicted. Yet the UN climate negotiations plod along, seemingly oblivious to the chaos around the world. The climate crisis is yet one more example of the corporate power that dictates what is possible.
As the planet will inevitably shoot past the 1.5C threshold, how to organise and mobilise?
Objectives of the meeting
Link climate crisis to ongoing campaigns and issues
Indigenous peoples and public services – unpack some of the issues, e.g., land rights
Workers and communities in high-carbon industries, how to transition
Which adaptations are essential for the new climate reality
Keynote speakers
Sebastian Berger, President of the Global Student Forum
Ndivile Mokoena, project Coordinator, Gender CC South Africa
Ericka Ñanco, Mapuche Congressperson Chile
Maisa Rojas, Minister of Environment of Chile (tbc)
Rodrigo Uprimny, member of the International Commission of Jurists and former member of the United Nations ESCR Committee