Dear Fabian,
Great work as usual!
Please, keep in mind the mega projects in Mexico (Airport & annex in the
lake of Texcoco) and mega-mining &
extractivism in Perú, in the context of the electoral lanscape threatening
the return of the fujimori clan and enhanced narco-government.
The murder of Carmen in Honduras could also be denounced by your
TV-program, right amigo?
Abrazos
Azril
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From: Fabian Scheidler <fabian.scheidler@...>
Date: Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:34 AM
Subject: "Climate Justice: A Fight between Rich and Poor" - New Kontext TV
broadcast
To: Fabian Scheidler <fabian.scheidler@...>


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Dear friends and colleagues,


Three months after the Paris summit, the climate issue has almost
disappeared from the agenda. But there are enormous challenges and dangers
ahead, the agreement in Paris has not solved the crisis at all. Kontext TV
dedicates an extended one-hour broadcast to the issue with leading climate
scientists and activists from four continents:



*"Climate Justice: A Fight between Rich and Poor" *



The* broadcast *is online at: http://www.kontext-tv.de/node/525

German version: http://www.kontext-tv.de/node/520



with:

*Kayah George*, Lummi Nation, USA

*Aile Javo*, President of the Saami Council, Norway

*Themba Austin Chauke*, La Via Campesina, South Africa

*Mariama Williams,* The South Centre, Geneva / Jamaica

*Pablo Solón*, former chief climate negotiator for Bolivia

*Alice Bows-Larkin*, climate scientist, Tyndall Centre (UK)

*Kevin Anderson*, climate scientist, co-dIrector Tyndall Centre

*Tim Gore*, Oxfam International, author of the study "Extreme Carbon
Inequality"

*Janet Redman*, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington D.C.

*Lyda Fernanda Forero*, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam / Columbia

*Tadzio Müller*, Rosa Luxemburg Foudation, Germany



The *ten richest per cent* of the world population produce almost *half of
all global greenhouse gas emissions* whereas the poorest half is
responsible for only ten per cent. Unless we can tackle inequality and
climate change together, we won't solve either of them, says Tim Gore of
Oxfam. The carbon footprint of the richest 10 per cent must shrink
dramatically, confirms the renowned climate scientist Kevin Anderson.
According to the World Health Association, droughts, floods, hurricanes and
diseases related to climate change are already killing at least 150.000
people each year. With global warming proceeding there are risks to
overstep *tipping points* in the climate system, for instance the
*permafrost* which could melt and set free huge amounts of the greenhouse
gas methane. To have a chance to stay below 2 degrees Celsius temperature
rise, developed nations have to reduce their emissions by *80 per cent
until 2030*. The EU has pledged only 40 per cent, the U.S. even less.

Most of the remaining coal, oil and gas reserves have to stay in the soil,
according to Pablo Solón from Bolivia. But instead of limiting the
extraction, corporations and governments favor mechanisms like *carbon
trading* and risk technologies like *carbon capture and storage* (CCS) and
*geo-engineering*. In contrast, climate scientists and representatives of
the climate justice movement demand a fast reorganization of
infrastructures like transport and energy, a massive decrease of the
consumption of the high emitters and the expansion of small scale*
ecological farming*. If governments are not implementing the necessary
zero-carbon transition, the people have to act on their own, in their
communities and by actions of *civil disobedience* like the blockade of
coal mines and oil pipelines.



The broadcast has four parts:

*1. Climate Chaos has Begun: *Droughts, Floods, Melting Permafrost, and
Tipping Points: http://www.kontext-tv.de/node/526

*2. Extreme Carbon Inequality: *Richest 10 % Emit Half of Global Emissions
/ Rich Countries Must Reduce Emissions by 80 % until 2030:
http://www.kontext-tv.de/node/527

*3. False Solutions: *Emissions Trading / Risks of Carbon Capture and
Storage (CCS) and Geo-Engineering:  http://www.kontext-tv.de/node/528

*4. Exit the Carbon Economy: *Fair Rebuilding of Infrastructure, the Role
of Peasants and Civil Disobedience: http://www.kontext-tv.de/node/529



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under Creative Commons (CC-NC-BY).

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Fabian Scheidler


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