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CALL FOR EQUITY IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS!
We want an effective and equitable treaty!
Equity declaration to sign on!
At COP6 in The Hague, world leaders will discuss the rules for
the Kyoto Protocol. But essentially, they will only deal with the
next 10 years. And they are also only talking about a 5.2% reduction
of emissions compared to 1990 levels. Scientists have said that
up to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced to actually
halt climate change. So there is a lot to do in the future - which
Governments rather not talk about.
Also, they try to ignore the fact that the whole Kyoto Protocol
is inequitable and unjust. For example:
- It assumes that it is ok that, for example, a US citizen emits
600 times as much greenhouse gases than a person from Mozambique.
There is no mechanism for reducing ineqities in per capita emissions.
- It does not oblige industrialised countries which - in the
last century - have caused man-made climate change by burning
fossil fuels to provide for adequate disaster warning and relief
for those countries that are most vulnerable to the impacts of
climate change: developing countries in the South.
- It does not ensure that, at least in the future the Protocol
will allocate emission budgets (or targets) more equitably. In
principle, the same sustainable amount of per capita emissions
should be allowed for everyone.
That is why Friends of the Earth International, together with OXFAM
and other development and environmental groups has kicked off an
international declaration on equity.
We call on world leaders to put equity back on the agenda. We call
for a "Hague Mandate" for countries to start addressing the longer
term reduction needs and an equitable framework for international
climate change protection as soon as possible. We will deliver the
declaration to world leaders before and at COP6.
The declaration is signed by organisations, not by individuals.
If you are entitled to sign on behalf of an organisation, you can
sign on online. Otherwise - take the
declaration to whatever group you are involved in and come back
to this site and sign on then!
Declaration text in [english] [français]
[español]
Signatories so far
A SEED Europe, The Netherlands
ADEGA, Spain
Amici della Terra, Italy
Amigos de la Tierra Argentinia
Amigos da Terra - Programa Amazonia
Amigos de la Terra, Spain
Asociación Cachoeira, Spain
Asociacion Argentina de Medicos por el Medio Ambiente, AAMMA, Argentina
ATPNE / Friends of the Earth Tunisia
Biowatch, South Africa
Both ENDS, The Netherlands
Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland, BUND, Germany
CENSAT AGUA VIVA, COLOMBIA
CEE Bankwatch Network, Czech Republik
Centre for Environmental Information & Education, Sofia, Bulgaria
Centre for Science and Environment, CSE, India
Center for Transport and Energy, Czech Republic
Center for Environmental Public Advocacy, Slovac Republic
CESTA, El Salvador
CIEL, Centre for International Environmental Law, USA
Christian Aid, UK
Climate Network Africa (CNA)
COHPEDA, Haiti
COECOCEIBA - Friends of the Earth Costa Rica
David Suzuki Foundation, Canada
Earthwatch, Ireland
Ecumenical Coalition for Economic Justice, Canada
EcoEquity, USA
Energy & Development Group , South Africa
Environmentalists Journalists Association of Turkey, Turkey
Environmental Justice Network, South Africa
EURONATURA , Portugal
FORUM (Forum fuer Umwelt und Entwicklung), Germany
Germanwatch, Germany
Green Library Latvia.
Greens Movement of Georgia , Georgia
Green Federation - Warsaw Group Zielone Mazowsze, Poland
Grupo 13, Spain
Fältbiologerna, Sweden
Fern (Brussels)
Framtiden i vare hender, Norway
Friends of the Earth Australia
Friends of the Earth Cameroon
Friends of the Earth Canada
Friends of the Earth Cyprus
Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Friends of the Earth Europe
Friends of the Earth Finland
Friends of the Earth Ghana
Friends of the Earth - Grenada, West Indies
Friends of the Earth Japan
Friends of the Earth International
Friends of The Earth Middle East, Jordan
Friends of the Earth, USA
Fundación INTERMÓN, Spain
Hnuti DUHA-FoE Czech Republic
IEDS, Friends of the Earth Bangladesh
Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change (INECC), India
Institute of Ecology, Ukraine
INZET Association, The Netherlands
Khazer, Armenia
LIFE- the ecoCreActive Platform
National Environment Trust, USA
Medact, UK
Miljöförbundet Jordens Vänner
National Ecological Centre of Ukraine
Nikolaev Regional Ecological Association "Zeleny Svit", Ukraine
Nikolaev Club "Spilny Dii", Ukraine
Nea Ecologia, Greece
NOAH, Denmark
NOVIB, The Netherlands
Oxfam, UK
Pelangi, Indonesia
Polski Klub, Ekologiczny-Polish Ecological Club, FoE Poland
Tasmanian Conservation Trust
The Environmental Rights Action, Nigeria
The Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature, Norway
"Terra", Environmental Youth Club, American University, Bulgaria
Transnational Institute, TNI, The Netherlands
Sobrevivencia - Friends of the Earth Paraguay
URBAN ECOLOGY AUSTRALIA INC
Vereniging Milieudefensie, The Netherlands
Vliegtax, The Netherlands
World Development Movement, WDMUK
World Information Service on Energy, WISE
World Rainforest Movement, Uruguay
Wuppertal Institut for Climate, Environment, Energy, Germany
Roda Verheyen
Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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