nyc nyc, November 24, 2014

CLIMATE JUSTICE IS A HUMAN RIGHT: RALLY FOR A GLOBAL CLIMATE TREATY

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 – 4-6pm

Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, E. 47th Street, NYC (between 1st & 2nd Aves.)

Climate change is the greatest threat to basic human rights: food security, access to water, employment, housing, public health and the right to live in dignity.

On Wednesday, December 10th, International Human Rights Day, New Yorkers will gather to demand that world governments address the serious threat global warming poses to human rights, especially to people living in vulnerable communities throughout the world.

This event coincides with a UN meeting in Lima, Peru, a part of the 2014-15 negotiations for a global climate treaty that will stress the urgency of the climate crisis and highlight the human rights dimension of the struggle for climate justice.

  • We call on the US government to take decisive action to address the climate crisis in the US and to fully commit to a legally binding global climate treaty.
  • We support the call for a new Global Climate Treaty to be negotiated in Paris in December 2015 to explicitly require world governments to protect the human rights of citizens affected by climate change.
  • We call for developed nations to fully fund the UN Green Climate Fund to support developing nations in climate mitigation and a just transition to a green economy.

Join us on December 10th in NYC as we stand in solidarity with frontline communities and nations throughout the world.

Speakers at the event will address the local, national and international impact of climate change. Speakers will include Christine Halvorson of Rainforest Foundation, who will attend the meetings in Peru; Kevin Murungi of Global Kids; Xiuhtexcatl Roske-Martinez, a 13 year old indigenous environmental activist who has organized a 30 day silent strike; Jennifer Viechweg of Oxfam; Ray Figueroa of the NYC Community Garden Coalition; and others.

Organized by 350NYC

Co-sponsors include: American Ethical Union; Authors for Causes; Bronx Climate Justice North; Campaign for Peace and Democracy; Earth Guardians; Food and Water Watch; Fossil Free & Green NY; Global Kids; Green Faith; Green Party of NYS; Left Labor Project; Lynns Kids Inc; Responsible Endowments Coalition; Sane Energy Project; Saving Souls Corporation; Show Up! America; Sierra Club NYC Group; Social Action Committee of Park Slope UMC; System Change Not Climate Change NYC; The Black Institute; The Mother’s Project; United Confederation of Taino People; WESPAC Foundation; Widening Circles

To co-sponsor please email 350nyc@gmail.com

Please help promote this event.

RSVP on our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1517842085122273/

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