In Peru, peasants and students want to change the system, not the climate Under the slogan Change the system, not the climate, several thousand people demonstrated in defense of Mother Earth (Madre Tierra) in downtown Lima, Wednesday, December 10. A festive and colorful event which sought to put pressure on the political leaders of 195 countries gathered in the southeast of the Peruvian capital as part of the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP20). Indigenous and peasant movements, environmental organizations, students and workers unions have responded to the call of the people of Summit organizers to climate change, which brings together until December 11, dozens of associations and movements of civil society in the margin the COP20. It is the manifestation of all the voices of resistance, says Ibis Fernandez, a member of the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP) and the organization. Besides the Peruvians, representatives of NGOs in Latin America and Africa took part in the procession, which did not, however, part of the UN representative or head of state, as was the case in New York during the World March in September. All came to require countries gathered at the COP20 they approve of adaptation policies and mitigation of climate change, says Ibis Fernandez who regrets that negotiations take place in Lima in the back of the people without any transparency . The Monde.fr | By Chrystelle Barbier (Lima, correspondence)
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:56:14 +0000
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