Political positioning of social organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean towards the COP 21
The undersigned organizations and social movements in Latin America and the Caribbean:
WE BELIEVE That the current crisis is not just global warming…This crisis is rooted in the capitalist system…created according to favor the interests of large transnational corporations…[W]e see an increase in discrimination and violence against women in particular, forced migrations…and the inability to continue to exist as indigenous communities…To address this crisis, we believe that it´s necessary a system change that radically change our patterns of production and consumption…WE DENOUNCE AND REJECT…The large companies…in complicity with many governments that promote institutional frameworks to further advance the commercialization and land grabbing…WE DEMAND…That developed countries are committed to drastic emissions reductions…to transfer funds for adaptation and mitigation of climate change in the global South and technology transfer…To put an end to the processes of persecution, disappearance, torture and murder of social activists and defenders of the peoples´ rights
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