Seventy members of different social movements, including twenty foreigners, participated in the training school on climate change organized by CARES last week. This event forms part of the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), held in Paris from November 30. It is a way to create a coalition and synchronize discourse of civil society in the framework of the conference.
Getting the views of civil society on climate change. For this, it is also necessary that the social actors have the necessary information to become aware of the situation and to act better. It is in this context that the Centre for Alternative Research and Studies (CARES) organized the conference "Crisis of civilization: Climate Crime" on Thursday. A training school has subsequently held the following two days at the Native Lodge, Mahebourg. Of the 70 participants from different social movements, we also found 22 foreigners, including "contacts" of international organizations and delegates from countries in the region. Include among the first Aguiton Christophe, member of the Scientific Council of ATTAC (France) and leader of the Coalition 21, Jonathan Neale, Stop Global Warming Book author and Million Climate Jobs, and Professor Alexander A. Costa (Brazil) exercising at the State University Ceara, climatologist and who also participated in the development of the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change.
For Stephan Gua, CARES, this event aims to raise social actors on climate change. "It is not a matter reserved only for scientists. We are all concerned. When there are "flash floods", when the activities of a fisherman are affected when farmers are experiencing difficulties due to drought ... This is everyone's business.
"Twenty participants from African countries - such as Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia - as well as the South American delegates from Brazil and Uruguay, among others, not to mention our neighbors Reunion shared experiences with Mauritians during these training days. "Mauritius is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change. We must be aware and act. We do not just denounce or claim: We want to act in "grassroot level" to impress Mauritians they can also act at their level.
"As part of the Paris conference, it is also necessary to synchronize the speeches and actions of civil society. It is in this context that Christophe Aguiton, ATTAC and host of the coalition 21, made the trip to Mauritius. "The COP21 is crucial because it is a decision that must be taken to keep global warming below 2 ° C. But governments who are committed to this themselves polluters. So it is important that civil society also raise its path. My arrival in Mauritius represents just the France-Indian Ocean coalition.
"At the COP21, adds Christophe Aguiton, it will draw attention to the need to create green fund to help vulnerable countries cope with climate change, such as Mauritius. These actions, he added, must go beyond promoting investment initiatives, such as using solar panels. As will be the case everywhere in the world, 21 coalition will organize an event on the weekend of 28 and 29 November, just before the opening of the conference. Civil society will be mobilized as part of the COP21 will also feature the voice of Mauritian Aichah Soogree, designated to represent the Mauritian coalition. The latter considers it important to create "a force for the duration," recalling that "it is the future of our children."
She said climate change implies "a change in our way of living." She continued: "We are losing our beaches, our forests ... Today, as an island nation, we are vulnerable. Think of changes in depth."Aichah Soogree considers it important that citizens are aware and regroup. "Nowadays, everything is taxed. The government decides something and civil society does not have a say. "
JONATHAN Neale (ONE MILLION JOBS CLIMATE): "The creation of" green jobs "will help the planet"
Activist of the One Million Climate Jobs campaign and author of a book on the subject, Jonathan Neale said he was pleased to be in Mauritius share experience but also to learn from others. Its movement is an initiative by environmental activists and trade unionists English which aims to push the government to create a million green jobs in response to climate change. "Everywhere when there are environmental problems and climate, governments say it is climate change and they dédouanent from liability. Our action aims precisely to take action to reverse the situation, creating green jobs. We have an international network, we campaign everywhere, especially for big polluters respond.
"In this context, Jonathan Neale says surprised to learn during the conference in Mauritius, how Africa suffers already the serious consequences of climate change. "I heard a dozen African delegates and they all said the same thing in their countries, farmers are experiencing great difficulties because of the drought. Livestock dies ... The worst is that these poor countries suffer the effects of pollution also made by the rich countries.
"Jonathan Neale and regrets that these effects on Africa are not sufficiently publicized and that large countries n 't speak. "In England, for example, we are not a warm country, our economy is based on agriculture, so we do not have the same effects. This is why it is important to make networking so that everyone becomes aware of the seriousness of the situation. "
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