What is Klimaforum? « klimaforum10

Que es el Klimaforum? « klimaforum10
What is Klimaforum??
The Klimaforum10 will be a Peoples' Summit on Climate Change which will take place from November 26 to December 11, 2010, where people, movements and social organizations based around the world to discuss ideas and build a constructive response to the climate crisis, in parallel to the governmental negotiations of the Conference of Parts (COP-16) of the Convention United Nations Framework on Climate Change to be held between 30 November and 7 December 2010, Cancun .

The Klimaforum10 is an initiative driven solely by Mexican organizations based on social, environmental and social activists (most with more than 20 years of voluntary social work) who agree to promote this important event in Mexico, based on the spirit, energy and Klimaforum09 successful results where multiple people, movements, groups and international organizations participated giving their proposals to climate change.

Klimaforum10 organization has received moral and technical support committee Klimaforum09 promoter, allowing you to leverage its successful experience, in the Summit of the Peoples Declaration was adopted "System change - not climate change", signed so far by more of 1,200 social movements and organizations from several continents, making it currently one of the major references on Climate Justice in the world, along with the latest issued in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Cof C plans for Cancun

Council of Canadians plans for Cancun (I hope they speak Spanish)

We are gearing up for the upcoming UN negotiations in Cancun. We will have a team on the ground reporting-backing on events both in the official negotiation process – this includes tracking and responding to Canadian government participation – and participating in the alternatives forums.

We will be launching a book on Mother Earth Rights, hosting a workshop on the need to ‘Leave it in the Ground’ in the Arctic (no offshore drilling!), participating in an action exposing the tar sands and large street mobilizations as well as helping to coordinate a roundtable on holding referendums and popular consultas on climate change – one of the calls emerging from the Cochabamba conference.

In Canada we are working with community activists and the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, KAIROS and the Indigenous Environmental Network to mobilize People’s Assemblies on Climate Justice during the Cancun negotiations. The media is already reporting that countries are unlikely to reach a legally binding agreement in Cancun on desperately needed climate change measures. We can’t wait any longer for governments to take action – it’s the collective voice of people that will make climate justice a reality. Find out more about People’s Assemblies on Climate Justice, and how to get involved, here.

The bad news

B. Structural difficulties
1. We are doing too little

Here is what scientists are telling us:

■Glaciers are shrinking.
■The Artic ice cap is disappearing.
■The sea level is rising.
■The cycles of evaporation and precipitation are intensifying.
■Species are becoming extinct at faster and faster rates.
■Rising CO2 levels are acidifying the oceans, killing coral, shelfish, plankton and disrupting the whole marine food chain.
■Huge amounts of methane – now frozen undersea or in the Artic permafrost – could be released into the atmosphere; and methane has 25 times as much greenhouse effect potential as CO2.
■Science predicts that if nothing changes, global warming will create hundreds of millions of climate refugees by the end of the century. Where will they go?
■A larger number of extreme weather events will exacerbate food, water and energy scarcities; this will bring different groups into competition over dwindling resources and land, potentially turning fragile states into failed states.
We know that in order to curb these worrysome trends, we need radical change.



This means:

Dress Code-Warm and humid-Light cotton dresses

In consultation with the Host Country and responding to numerous queries from participants, the Climate Change Secretariat would like to propose that the dress code for participants at the upcoming Conference be adapted to take into account the warm and humid conditions in Cancun. The temperature in Cancun ranges from 18° C to 27° C in December and humidity is over 85 per cent.

The President designate, Her Excellency Ms. Patricia Espinosa and Ms. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, have exempted secretariat staff from wearing jackets and ties. The secretariat and President designate invite participants to follow suit.

Male participants are invited to wear the traditional regional shirt from Southeastern Mexico called "Guayabera". Guayaberas are easily available in Cancún. Ladies are invited to wear also traditional light cotton dresses.

INTERNATIONAL INVITATION

INTERNATIONAL CALL OF KLIMAFORUM10, CANCUN We call upon all social movements, autonomous organizations of indigenous people, nomads, peasants and fishermen, workers, women, youth, teachers, students, neighbors, social activists, environmental, ecological and animal rights activists, professionals, pensioners, thinkers, scientists, and citizens in general to participate in the Klimaforum10, to be held in Cancun – Puerto Morelos, Mexico, between the 26th of November and the 11th of December 2010, in parallel to the COP16 hosted by the United Nations.Read more…

Eco-Village: St.Mathieu Du Parc,QC.

Hello Russ,

Hoping you understand French if you prefer English, I can write in English but my message is likely to be less clear.

For nearly three years, a union worker, Residence Apex, they set up a project écocartier in the village of St - Mathieu- du- Park Québec . This cooperative, composed of 6 members , had developed an integration plan architectural that summarized the guidelines to be followed for the construction of houses. Among these, there was the requirement to build at least the framework of the cooperative . So , buying land, we had to build by the cooperative our house in accordance with a schedule of up to 8 years. Meanwhile, a solidarity cooperative , Green living, had to take care community development of the community. Projects such as a house intergenerational and a center for seniors were planned. However , after construction of the first two houses , conflict between the cooperative and citizens came forward regarding possible defects in construction. has taken out of proportion to the point that the media got involved and that legal proceedings are underway. Currently , the cooperative Apex to due declare bankruptcy and that a small group of 13 people have formed a company which is now in charge of land sales , management of community spaces and respect the development plan architectural which wants a sort of mission statement. The écocartier now has 7 single family homes , two families who have put their house up for sale / rent because of disputes over construction defects.

So here is a portrait brief of the project in St -Mathieu. Of the 60 lots originally planned , 30 are already sold and only 7 were occupied . There are nearly two dozen family is awaiting further developments. I am very concerned about the future of this project as though there is already a good glue community between residents today écocartier , the contribution of people who are not resident seems very difficult because there no place communication that can foster a sense of family non - resident. And this feeling is of course essential to their desire to get involved and eventually settle in the écocartier . So I decided to get to network and draw inspiration from other projects that work to help this project was seen as a beginning to say the least hesitation. Would you advice to reorient the project?