Bolivia: Evo calls world people's climate summit

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In a January 5 statement, Bolivian President Evo Morales called on "the peoples of the world, social movements and Mother Earth's defenders … scientists, academics, lawyers and governments that want to work with their citizens to the Peoples' World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth's Rights".

The conference will be held over April 20-22 in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Morales said that "climate change is a product of the capitalist system". He noted "the failure of the Copenhagen Conference caused by countries called 'developed', that fail to recognize the climate debt they have with developing countries, future generations and Mother Earth".

As well as analysing the structural causes of climate change and developing concrete measures to tackle it, Morales said the conference would help organise his proposal for a "Peoples' World Referendum on Climate Change" and develop a plan for a Climate Justice Tribunal.

Read Morales's full call at Bolivia Rising.]

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