NEW FROM THE ECOSOCIAL AND INTERCULTURAL PACT OF THE SOUTH, THE GLOBAL JUST TRANSITION PROJECT OF THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES AND THE GLOBAL TAPESTRY OF ALTERNATIVES
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
Press contact:
John Feffer, Institute for Policy Studies, +1 202 294 9128, johnfeffer@gmail.com
Additional press contacts for Germany, Belgium, and the UK listed below
NEW GLOBAL JUST TRANSITION DELEGATION TO LAUNCH ADVOCACY TOUR OF EUROPE: A delegation of Global South scholars and activists are launching a lobbying and advocacy tour of European capitals to discuss the urgent issue of an ecosocial energy transition. The seven participants are following up on a global manifesto (English/Spanish) published this year decrying a new Green colonialism and urging more equitable approaches to achieving a fossil-free future.
The delegation will hold public events, meet with policymakers and NGOs, and engage with members of the media in Berlin, Brussels, and London from 29 May to 2 June, 2023.
The mission of the delegation is to inject Global South perspectives into current European policy discussions around energy and environment.
The delegation will include Goldman Prize-winning Nigerian activist Nnimmo Bassey, widely published Argentine sociologist and philosopher Maristella Svampa, the Fijian international human rights lawyer Kavita Naidu, Indian activist-researcher Madhuresh Kumar, Brazilian-Spanish activist-scholar Breno Bringel, Venezuelan linguist and ecofeminist Liliana Buitrago, and South African-Swedish scholar-activist Vasna Ramasar.
The tour is organized by the Ecosocial and Intercultural Pact of the South, the Global Just Transition project of the Institute for Policy Studies, and the Global Tapestry of Alternatives.
Delegation members are available for press interviews.
Itinerary:
Germany
In Berlin, the delegation will meet the press in the morning of 20 May and hold a public event co-sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung at 5 PM local time (Str. der Pariser Kommune 8A). Contact: Nadja Charaby (Nadja.Charaby@rosalux.org).
Belgium
In Brussels, Maristella Svampa will participate in a public event “The Green Transition and Critical Minerals” on 30 May at 12:30 PM local time at CCND (Quai du Commerce 9). Contact: Bernard Duterme (duterme@cetri.be).
Also in Brussels, on 31 May, the delegation will meet with NGOs at Mundo-madou at noon co-sponsored by Oikos (Kunstlaan 7/8). Contacts: Elze Vermaas (elze.vermaas@oikos.be) and Dirk Holemans (dirk.holemans@oikos.be).
In the evening of 31 May in Brussels, the delegation will hold a public event at 6 PM local time co-sponsored by Broederlijk Delen (Rue des Tanneurs 165). Contact: Thomas Craenen (thomas.craenen@broederlijkdelen.be).
United Kingdom
In London, in events co-sponsored by War on Want and Tipping Point, the delegation will meet with NGOs on 1 June beginning at 1 PM local time at Kairos House (The Bookroom, Essex Hall, 1-6 Essex Street)
On 2 June, in London, there be a public event at Pelican House at 6 PM local time (144 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green).
Contacts for London events: Seb Munoz (smunoz@waronwant.org) and Tatiana Garavito (tatiana@tippingpointuk.org).
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