[E-rundbrief] Info 1488 - La Via Campesina: COP21 a masquerade (UN-Climate Conference 2015)

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 1488 - La Via Campesina: COP21: The curtain falls 
on a masquerade (UN-Climate Conference, Paris 2015).

Bad Ischl, 13.12.2015

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COP21: The curtain falls on a masquerade

La Via Campesina, European Coordination Via Campesina, Confédération 
Paysanne

Press release

(Paris, 12th of December 2015)

http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/actions-and-events-mainmenu-26/-climate-change-and-agrofuels-mainmenu-75/1934-cop21-the-curtain-falls-on-a-masquerade

After two weeks of heads of states taking centre stage to salve their 
consciences, COP21 has come up with an agreement that many worried in 
advance would offer nothing good for the peoples of the world. There 
is nothing binding for states, national contributions lead us towards 
a global warming of over 3°C — and multinationals are the main 
beneficiaries. It was essentially a media circus. However states know 
how to make binding commitments when it comes to signing free trade 
agreements. Those agreements threaten the democratic functioning of 
countries by merely serving the interests of multinationals. Once 
more, it is clear that money dictates the law, even taking precedence 
over the future of humanity.

“Despite multiple attempts to silence us these past few weeks, the 
social movements have made their voices heard today,” said Antolin 
Huascar, a peasant leader from Peru. “The future of the planet is in 
the hands of the people,” he added.

Peasants from across the world, from member organizations of Via 
Campesina, came together to warn others that the agricultural sector 
is being severely affected. While they are the guardians of a changing 
climate, they stressed that industrial agriculture is threatening 
their disappearance. At the same time, COP21 is further opening the 
door to financial speculation on nature, industrialisation of 
agriculture, and accelerating resource grabbing.

“We, the peasants of the world, will now return to our territories and 
farms all the more determined to continue our struggle for food 
sovereignty for all the peoples of the world,” Huascar concluded.

The masquerade may be over, but the peasant fight will only continue 
to gain momentum.

Contacts :

Elina Bouchet, media contact (French) : 00 33 6 95 29 80 78

Solenne Garin, media contact (English, Spanish) : 00 33 6 10 04 83 69

and solenne.garin at viacampesina.org

More information on that last day of mobilisation :
video, photos, cartoons.

http://tv.viacampesina.org/Movements-denounce-dangerous-deal?lang=en

http://tv.viacampesina.org/December-12-2015-Last-actions-of?lang=en

tv.viacampesina.org/COP-21-Coups-de-crayons-sur-les?lang=en

Key documants for COP21: 
http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/actions-and-events-mainmenu-26/-climate-change-and-agrofuels-mainmenu-75/1918-la-via-campesina-key-documents-for-cop-21


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