La verà novità rappresentata da questo evento sono le energie che i movimenti in tutto il pianeta stanno sprigionando in partenza per la città della sirenetta. Per affermare che l'unica inversione di rotta possibile è quella che in basso i movimenti sociali stanno cercando di costruire giorno dopo giorno.
Decine di migliaia sono gli attivisti in marcia in queste ore per partecipare alla settimana di contestazioni, mobilitazioni e azioni dirette che si terranno dall'11 al 18 Dicembre. Diverse centinaia gli attivisti dei centri sociali italiani con gli zaini ormai pronti.
Intanto ieri si è svolta anche l'inaugurazione del Klima Forum, uno spazio di discussione e analisi costruito dal basso, con l'intervento di Naomi Klein.
Riportiamo l'articolo dal sito del Klima forum:
Last chance to save the world says Naomi Klein
Speaking at Klimaforum’s opening ceremony in Copenhagen Naomi Klein expressed her doubt whether an ambitious deal would be made at the Bella Centre. “The Bella Center is the biggest case of disaster capitalism. The deal we really need is not even on the table,” she said.
The Canadian author emphasized the importance of civil society to come together to take action on the climate crisis. “There is a difference between a deal and success and Klimaforum09 needs to be the lie detector when the politicians come out with a deal,” she added.
Naomi also had critical words to say about Hopenhagen and its branding extravaganza. “The globe has Siemens logo on the bottom and the whole event is sponsored by Coke. That is a capitalization of hope but Klimaforum09 is where the real hope lies,” she said.
“Klimaforum is not about giving charity to the developing world its about taking responsibility and the industrialized countries cleaning up our own mess,” she concluded.
Klimaforum09 the peoples conference is open from Tuesday 8th till Friday 18th December. The programme features close to 200 workshops, 70 exhibitions and a comprehensive film, theatre and musical events.
The Danish organizers expect up to 10,000 daily visitors and guest speakers include Vandana Shiva, George Monbiot, Bill McKibben, Tim Jackson and Wangari Maathai.
“We would like to tell you that climate change is already seriously impacting us. It brings floods, droughts and the outbreak of pests that are all causing harvest failures,” said Henry Saragih, general coordinator of the global peseants movement Via Campesina, also speaking at the opening cermony.
Nnimmo Bassy, Head of Friends of Earth International, stressed the importance of people getting together to take action.
"At Klimaforum09 we find the real people taking real action. Poluters must be hold accountable and policy makers must start listening to the people," he said.
