Subject: [cwj 126] Climate Justice Summit, The Hague, Nov 19 and 20
From: Amit Srivastava <amit@corpwatch.org>
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 21:26:18 -0800
Seq: 126
Dear Friends: Please join us for the Climate Justice Summit being held in the Hague on Sunday, November 19 and Monday, November 20. The Summit will highlight the human impacts of climate change and provide a platform for communities engaged in struggles against the major climate culprits- the fossil fuel industry. The Climate Justice Summit will also feature speakers that expose the role of corporations and globalization in promoting climate change and false solutions. And finally we will hear about moving beyond fossil fuels and towards Climate Justice. Dr. Owens Wiwa will be delivering a keynote address. In addition to speakers, workshops will be offered on both days. For updated information on Climate Justice Summit, check out http://www.corpwatch.org/climate or you can email Adam Ma'anit at ashman@xs.4all.nl or Amit Srivastava at amit@corpwatch.org The Summit is a joint effort of Corporate Europe Observatory (Netherlands), Environmental Rights Action (Nigeria), Oilwatch International (Ecuador), People and the Planet (UK), Sustainable Energy and Economic Network (USA), TRAC/Corporate Watch (US) and World Rainforest Movement, Uruguay Climate Justice Summit DRAFT PROGRAM (November 8) Concordia Theater, Den Haag Sunday, November 19 12:45 pm Welcome from Organizing Committee Setting the context for alternative COP6 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PANEL: Human Face of Climate Change MODERATOR Hurricane Mitch- Magda Lanuza, Nicaragua (confirmed) Fiji- Patrina Dumaru, Pacific Concerns Resource Centre (invited) Alaska- Sarah James-Gwich'in Steering Committee (confirmed) Small Island States- Yumie Crisostomo, Marshall Islands (invited) Europe- Dr. Mick Kelly, Centre for Social and Economic research on the global environment, University of East Anglia,UK (invited) Mozambique Orissa, India 3:15 pm - 5:15 pm WORKSHOPS 1 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PANEL: Grassroots movements against fossil fuel industry MODERATOR: Amit Srivastava Ecuador- Moi Enomenga (confirmed) Colombia- U'wa representative (confirmed) Niger Delta- Isaac Osuoka, Environmental Rights Action (confirmed) Thailand- Penchom Tang, Campaign for Alternative Industry Network, (CAIN) (invited) USA- Margie Richard, Concerned Citizen's of Norco, USA (confirmed) South Africa- Bobby Peek, groundWork (invited) 7:30 pm Keynote: Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network, Malaysia Monday, November 20 10 am- 12 pm WORKSHOPS 2 1:00 pm -3:30 pm PANEL: Globalization, Equity and False Promises MODERATOR- Ivonne Yanez, Ecuador Ecological Debt- Ricardo Buitron, Accion Ecologica, Ecuador (confirmed) Role of World Bank- Kate Hampton, SEEN, US (confirmed) WTO and Climate Change- Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network, Malaysia (confirmed) Corporations and Climate Change - Paul Horsman, Greenpeace, UK (confirmed) Forests and Plantations: Globalization, Inequity and New Problems-Ricardo Carrere, World Rainforest Movement, Uruguay (confirmed) Corporate influence in the Climate Negotiations- CEO, Netherlands (confirmed) Emissions Trading- Larry Lohmann, Cornerhouse, UK (invited) 4:00 pm -6:30 pm PANEL: Beyond Fossil Fuels and Toward Climate Justice MODERATOR- Bobby Peek, South Africa Moratorium and real CDM- Ivonne Yanez, Oilwatch, Ecuador (confirmed) Ensuring a Just Transition for Labor- Keith Romig, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) (invited) Regulating TNC's- Lim Li Lin, Third World Network, Malaysia (invited) Toward Climate Justice- Amit Srivastava, TRAC/Corporate Watch, US (confirmed) Indigenous perspectives- (from Indigenous Peoples delegation) (invited) The Politics of Alternative Technology 6:30 pm Keynote: Dr. Owens Wiwa, Nigeria (confirmed) ================================== Amit Srivastava Climate Justice Coordinator Transnational Resource and Action Center (TRAC)/ Corporate Watch P.O. Box 29344, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA Tel: 1 415 561 6472 Fax: 1 415 561 6493 Email: amit@corpwatch.org Web: http://www.corpwatch.org ================================== ______________________ The Corporate Watch in Japanese http://www.corpwatch.org/japan (CWJ) mailing list is a moderated email list in English designed to connect activists campaigning against Japanese corporations and investments around the world. * To unsubscribe from the CWJ mailing list, send an email to majordomo@jca.apc.org with text "unsubscribe cwj". To subscribe to the CWJ mailing list, send a message to majordomo@jca.apc.org with the text "subscribe cwj" * The CWJ mailing list is NOT intended for wide distribution. If you would like to post messages from this list somewhere else, we ask that you first contact us at cwj@corpwatch.org ______________________