Climate Change and What Is needed-System Change
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amenya gibson
Apr 22, 2010, 11:53:50 AM4/22/10
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We have to preach and drum for support towards Climate change
Initiatives and is all upon us to speak loudly and also point out
common dilly-dally of our leaders for failing to come up with any
tangible solution for Climate Change
In Kenya an initiative has been launched to discuss the draft proposed
on developing a legal framework towards enactment of a Climate Change
Bill which is hoped will be brought to parliament before next session
ends for debate and passage.
I will observe that the most setback for Climate Change has all been
system change where economic and political solution need to be sort,
As I struggle to define System Change am compelled to ask
What does systems change look like? Well there is an undeniable
common thread in every panel, discussion, and workshop I have
participated in. And that is the role of capitalism, globalization
and neoliberalism that enable the unfettered resource extraction,
industrialization and overconsumption in the global north that has
given rise to not only climate change and the energy crisis, but
furthered the vast inequality within the human population. These
systems have brought poverty, cultural genocide, disease and death to
the majority of the human population, in order to fuel economies in
developed countries that account for roughly 20% of the world and 75%
of global greenhouse gas emissions.
So the worlds people are calling for systems change as the only
possible way of combating climate change.
I have been able to point out the following that will need great
impetus to make then be attained
- Climate Debt – The world’s polluters must pay reparations
to the world’s poor and affected communities who are suffering the
disproportionate impacts of climate change
- International Climate Justice Tribunal – Supporting local
struggles to hold governments, companies and financiers accountable
for the exploitation and privatization of their land
- Rights of Mother Earth – in today’s legal system, nature
has no inherent rights but is rather considered the property of
individuals and institutions (except in Ecuador). The worlds people
represented here are creating a declaration on the Rights of Mother
Earth, because living in harmony with nature is central to solving the
climate crisis.
- False Solutions – there are many “solutions” being proposed
in the UNFCCC process that will only exacerbate global inequality and
violation of human and indigenous rights, including REDD (Reducing
emissions through deforestation and forest degradation) and carbon
markets. Not only could these false solutions further impact the
world’s poor, but they could essentially provide new opportunities for
capital accumulation for the world’s greatest polluters.
- The UNFCCC process – what was experienced in Copenhagen in just
concluded debate was business as usual by the world’s richest
countries, who continue to sidestep their commitments under the Kyoto
Protocol, and continue to alienate countries from the global south who
were pushing for ambitious targets and real solutions. While the
UNFCCC process is surely flawed, it’s structure (ie. 1 vote per
country) has ensured that a weak treaty was not adopted in Copenhagen.
So if this is seen as a victory, do we continue to push for a global
mass mobilization towards the next UN climate change conference in
Cancun, Mexico?
Your quess is as good as mine but we hope the elephant in the room
will start moving
--
Thanks
Gibson Amenya and Esther Kagendo
Are members of Kenya Young Greens and this article dont represent KYG
stand but authors own views
Feedback is welcomed -gam...@kenyayounggreens.org
Visit www.kenyayounggreens.org for further information on activities
of Kenya Young Greens
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We have to preach and drum for support towards Climate change
Initiatives and is all upon us to speak loudly and also point out
common dilly-dally of our leaders for failing to come up with any
tangible solution for Climate Change
In Kenya an initiative has been launched to discuss the draft proposed
on developing a legal framework towards enactment of a Climate Change
Bill which is hoped will be brought to parliament before next session
ends for debate and passage.
I will observe that the most setback for Climate Change has all been
system change where economic and political solution need to be sort,
As I struggle to define System Change am compelled to ask
What does systems change look like? Well there is an undeniable
common thread in every panel, discussion, and workshop I have
participated in. And that is the role of capitalism, globalization
and neoliberalism that enable the unfettered resource extraction,
industrialization and overconsumption in the global north that has
given rise to not only climate change and the energy crisis, but
furthered the vast inequality within the human population. These
systems have brought poverty, cultural genocide, disease and death to
the majority of the human population, in order to fuel economies in
developed countries that account for roughly 20% of the world and 75%
of global greenhouse gas emissions.
So the worlds people are calling for systems change as the only
possible way of combating climate change.
I have been able to point out the following that will need great
impetus to make then be attained
- Climate Debt – The world’s polluters must pay reparations
to the world’s poor and affected communities who are suffering the
disproportionate impacts of climate change
- International Climate Justice Tribunal – Supporting local
struggles to hold governments, companies and financiers accountable
for the exploitation and privatization of their land
- Rights of Mother Earth – in today’s legal system, nature
has no inherent rights but is rather considered the property of
individuals and institutions (except in Ecuador). The worlds people
represented here are creating a declaration on the Rights of Mother
Earth, because living in harmony with nature is central to solving the
climate crisis.
- False Solutions – there are many “solutions” being proposed
in the UNFCCC process that will only exacerbate global inequality and
violation of human and indigenous rights, including REDD (Reducing
emissions through deforestation and forest degradation) and carbon
markets. Not only could these false solutions further impact the
world’s poor, but they could essentially provide new opportunities for
capital accumulation for the world’s greatest polluters.
- The UNFCCC process – what was experienced in Copenhagen in just
concluded debate was business as usual by the world’s richest
countries, who continue to sidestep their commitments under the Kyoto
Protocol, and continue to alienate countries from the global south who
were pushing for ambitious targets and real solutions. While the
UNFCCC process is surely flawed, it’s structure (ie. 1 vote per
country) has ensured that a weak treaty was not adopted in Copenhagen.
So if this is seen as a victory, do we continue to push for a global
mass mobilization towards the next UN climate change conference in
Cancun, Mexico?
Your quess is as good as mine but we hope the elephant in the room
will start moving
--
Thanks
Gibson Amenya and Esther Kagendo
Are members of Kenya Young Greens and this article dont represent KYG
stand but authors own views
Feedback is welcomed -gam...@kenyayounggreens.org
Visit www.kenyayounggreens.org for further information on activities
of Kenya Young Greens
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