{"id":37905,"date":"2023-07-18T20:31:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=37905"},"modified":"2023-07-27T19:52:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T19:52:36","slug":"what-is-the-role-of-human-rights-organizations-in-climate-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/what-is-the-role-of-human-rights-organizations-in-climate-negotiations\/","title":"What is the role of human rights organizations in climate negotiations","content":"

To contrast the term \u201cdevelopment\u201d, the <\/span>quilombola thinker Nego Bispo<\/span><\/a> uses the word \u201cinvolvement\u201d. \u201cHumanity is against involvement, it is against us living involved with the trees, with the land, with the forests. Development is synonymous with disconnection, taking from the cosmos, breaking originality,\u201d he wrote in <\/span>\u201cThe earth gives, the earth wants\u201d (published by Ubu)<\/a><\/span>. \u201cHaving a relation in the original way, for the Euro-Christians, is a sin. They try to humanize and make synthetic everything that is original.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Were he present at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB58)<\/a>, which took place in June, in Germany, and at other world meetings that address the subject, Nego Bispo would see his concepts taking shape. The event \u2013 attended by 196 countries and held to analyze the progress of climate negotiations before COP28, which will take place in the United Arab Emirates in December \u2013 was marked by the triumph of \u201cdevelopment\u201d over \u201cinvolvement\u201d, in a clear lack of connection between the topic of human rights and climate issues. <\/span><\/p>\n

As pointed out by Claudio Angelo, coordinator of Communication and Climate Policy at the Climate Observatory, political conflicts came in through the front door in Bonn. \u201cThey are in place here like I haven\u2019t seen at intersessional meetings since pre-Copenhagen,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat should have been a technical and very low-profile meeting was hijacked by the usual conflict between emerging countries that don\u2019t want to cut emissions and developed countries that don\u2019t want to pay their historic climate debt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Angelo, the climate of distrust between the parties present at the conference raises a very negative signal for COP28, which, according to him, \u201cno longer inspires confidence due to its president, who is highly questioned internationally\u201d. \u201cA success in Dubai would be surprising to me,\u201d he said. This is because, in addition to taking place in the United Arab Emirates, one of the world\u2019s largest oil producers, the event will be chaired by the CEO of the national oil company, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fossil fuel convention?<\/b><\/h2>\n

On the first day of the Bonn Conference, a group of some 20 female politicians and climate activists published an open letter calling for the appointment of a co-chair for COP28. The idea is to provide a balance of power and guarantee a presence in the talks, considering that since the very first COP, in 1995, the event has only been chaired by a woman on five occasions. <\/span><\/p>\n

This asymmetry is troubling because, as pointed out by a <\/span>UN report<\/span><\/a> published in 2022, women are 14 times more likely to die in climate disasters than men. \u201cWomen are the first victims of climate deregulation. Nevertheless, they are completely absent from the negotiating table,\u201d Elise Buckle, a French environmentalist who oversaw the drafting of the letter, told RFI<\/a>. \u201cIf we want to fight climate change together and not turn the climate negotiations into a convention on fossil fuels, let\u2019s start by giving priority to the people most affected, not those who take advantage of a status quo and a lack of courage on fossil energies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Emanuelle G\u00f3es, SB58 observer, epidemiologist, researcher and leader of the line of research on \u201cGender Equity and Justice\u201d at the Iyaleta Research Association, the discussions on the subject were tentative. \u201cLocal initiatives were presented with measures taken by some countries and United Nations agencies, such as the UNDP, UNFPA and UN Women,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat was reflected in the discussions was governance (participation of women at the center of decisions) and inclusive planning with financing and integrated policies. This draws attention to the need for expertise on climate change and gender, and on climate change and reproductive health, for example.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the participation of women, indigenous contributions to climate discussions are becoming increasingly inevitable when facing a global collapse. In this regard, the participation of the delegation from Brazil, which included <\/span>important leaders<\/span><\/a>, was notable. \u201cAfter years of work and engagement to make the participation of Brazilians accessible and inclusive, mainly at SB56 and COP27 this year, the delegation made specific technical contributions to the platform\u2019s work in the areas of adaptation, Global Balance, the activities planned for COP28 in Dubai and the new 2025-2027 work plan,\u201d explained Andreia Fanzeres, of the local organization Native Amazon Operation (OPAN). <\/span><\/p>\n

According to Gabriel Mantelli, advisor for the Defense of Socioenvironmental Rights program at Conectas, \u201cinternational forums that discuss climate and environment and decision-makers need to emphasize that excluding from discussions the people most affected by environmental and climate catastrophes only helps to intensify the climate emergency problem.\u201d For this reason, human rights organizations <\/span>such as Conectas<\/span><\/a> have defended the application of a language of human rights in climate decisions. Mantelli said that \u201cclashes over language not only cannot be treated as minor points, but they also need to be resolved using the international human rights system in dialogue with the demands of populations most vulnerable to the climate crisis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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