Fresh from ongoing international climate negotiations in Bangkok, the Bolivian ambassador to the UN, Pablo Solon, will attend and speak at next week-end's Montreal Conference on Climate Justice. The conference titled Cochabamba +1 : Climate Justice and Ecological Alternatives will feature no fewer than 30 speakers and nine panels, spread over three days, starting on the evening of April 15th and ending at midday April 17th.
Cochabamba
Cochabamba: What next?
A lively crowd of around 250 piled into the Steelworkers hall in downtown Toronto on May 7, in an event that brought together Latin American solidarity, first nations, and environmental activists.
Impressions from Cochabamba
They say that Cochabamba is the "corazon," the heart of Bolivia, and that Bolivia is the heart of South America. So it was appropriate that the city at the heart of the world's epicentre of social change became the focal point of solidarity by hosting the first-ever World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth last month.
The international presence and exchange were remarkable, with people and delegations from the U.S., France, Italy, Zambia, Colombia, England, Brazil, Tanzania, Venezuela, Cuba, Chile, Argentina, and even compañeros from Paraguay and Greece, to name only a few. Canadian activists also had a significant presence among the tens of thousands of participants.
Happy Earth Day from Maude Barlow in Cochabamba
From the World People's Conference on Climate Change and Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
