{"id":51356,"date":"2023-11-30T22:13:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T22:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/climate-groups-slam-empty-speeches-fruitless-summits-want-cop28-boycott"},"modified":"2023-11-30T23:00:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T23:00:29","slug":"climate-groups-slam-empty-speeches-fruitless-summits-want-cop28-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/climate-groups-slam-empty-speeches-fruitless-summits-want-cop28-boycott","title":{"rendered":"Climate groups slam \u2019empty speeches\u2019, fruitless summits, want COP28 boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambican environmental associations are criticising \u201cempty speeches\u201d and fruitless summits on climate change, calling for a \u201ccomplete boycott\u201d of the UN summit (COP28) taking place from Thursday in Dubai, and suggesting an environmental tribunal.<\/p>\n

\u201cYears and years of empty speeches at the various COPs, where governments and fossil fuel companies come together to pretend that they are doing something to deal with the climate crisis, while in fact they only promote false solutions that allow them to continue exploiting fossil fuels,\u201d said Anabela Lemos, director of Environmental Justice (JA), in statements to Lusa.<\/p>\n

With just two days to go until the start of the United Nations (UN) climate summit (COP28) in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, the Mozambican association considers that it has reached \u201can all-time high\u201d that the event on climate change is being held by a \u201cpetro-state\u201d and chaired by an oil tycoon.<\/p>\n

Justic\u0327a Ambiental has announced that it will join several other movements, associations and climate activists in boycotting COP28, arguing that the debates should take place in legitimate spaces, \u201cwhere the interests of the communities most affected by the climate crisis set the agenda, and not the big corporations\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot in any way contribute to whitewashing or legitimising this space. On the contrary, we are articulating with movements from all over the world to continue working for climate justice in Mozambique and around the world,\u201d said Anabela Lemos.<\/p>\n

The national platform of civil society organisations for climate change in Mozambique (PNOSCMC) also expressed concern about the lack of implementation of the commitments signed by governments during previous climate debates, calling for COP28 \u201cnot to be just another summit\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting a bit tired of many conferences of the parties that go there, discuss, debate, but then in terms of concrete actions we haven\u2019t seen [anything] on the ground,\u201d Zine\u0301rsio Sitoe, head of advocacy and coordination at PNOSCMC, a platform made up of more than 22 Mozambican associations dealing with climate change, told Lusa.<\/p>\n

He advocates rapid and urgent responses to climate change, saying that the fulfilment of some commitments is still \u201cquite slow\u201d and that the objectives set out in the various climate agreements, including the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact, are still not being achieved.<\/p>\n

Zine\u0301rsio Sitoe also called for greater accountability for the most polluting countries, suggesting the creation of an environmental court.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not enough to talk about climate justice frivolously, it has to be real and effective. This is where the principle of accountability must come together, which means imposing legal consequences on organisations that, through their acts and omissions, cause serious dysfunction in our climate system,\u201d said Bruno Gomes, a Mozambican lawyer and climate activist.<\/p>\n

Given Mozambique\u2019s vulnerability, Bruno Gomes suggested that the country discuss the action plan for adapting to climate change at the summit, bearing in mind the \u201cfalse environmental solutions\u201d presented that in some situations threaten communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge, for example, which incorporates projects or financial incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation is a clear false environmental solution since it threatens local communities by displacing them or restricting their access to and use of the same forests,\u201d said the environmental activist.<\/p>\n

Mozambique is considered one of the countries most severely affected by climate change in the world, facing cyclical floods and tropical cyclones during the rainy season, which runs from October to April.<\/p>\n

The United Nations has been insisting on the need to immediately adopt \u201cspectacular measures\u201d to prevent further global warming, when the planet is heading towards 2.9oC of warming.<\/p>\n

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