Bolivia COP16 Update: "That is not a climate negotiation, it’s an imposition. We will not be bought.”

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PRESS RELEASE
December 6, 2010
Plurinational State of Bolivia

Bolivia: New Text by LCA Chair is Imbalanced, All Voices Must Be Heard

In a press conference this morning at the COP16 climate negotiations in Cancun, Ambassador Pablo Solon of the Plurinational State of Bolivia said that a new text released yesterday by the Chair of the working group on Long-Term Cooperative Action is imbalanced, and excludes the proposals of Bolivia and many other developing nations. The main differences, Solon indicated, must be ironed out in negotiations among countries rather than unilaterally decided by a Chair.

“Debates should continue on the negotiating text that includes the proposals of all parties,” Solon said.

Start with Love for Mother Earth / Empieza con Amor para la Madre Tierra

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Thousands are converging in Cancún on the Caribbean Coast in the land of the Maya to conspire solutions for surviving climate change. It is no longer a question of prevention, as changes are no longer avoidable or deniable, although they may be minimized or mitigated. And it is not a question for the elite, as the UN must admit that there are more representatives gathering outside of their gated conversation than inside. This metaphors the crux of the dilemma: leaving global decisions to the world’s wealthy and powerful has abandoned millions to the devastating aftermath, so we are banding together to creatively rescue ourselves and our Mother Earth.