Comparison of the People’s Agreement and the Copenhagen Accord « World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Monday, June 21st, 2010
The Politics of Climate Change has been growing in relevancy over the past few years across the world. In December of 2009 at the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, President Obama and a few other countries including China, Brazil and South Africa came up with a two page statement known as the Copenhagen Accord. The Accord was delivered during the last day of the Conference and faced tough scrutiny from world leaders who saw it as not tough enough on reducing the worst impacts of Climate Change. The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales was so upset that he decided to host the first ever World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth (PWCCC) in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Over 20,000 people from around the world attended the free conference. Together, the people came up with the People’s Agreement on Climate Change.
At the recent climate negotiations in Bonn Germany, leaders from Bolivia, China and developing nations that make up the G77 (a group of developing nations) were outraged to find that developed nations were trying to keep the People’s Agreement out from being utilized in future UN Climate Negotiations. Instead, some developed nations like the United States would only like to see the Copenhagen Accord being used to direct negotiations.
So how do the two documents compare when it comes to saving the world and ensuring justice and equality? Check this link from the official World People’s Conference on Climate Change to find out:
