Henry Saragih, the general coordinator of Grassroots partner, La Via Campesina, reiterated to me what he said in his speech in Copenhagen last December at the UN climate conference (COP15): “We, as social movements, have to bring our own agenda to the table, because we are the first climate victims and climate refugees and therefore climate justice is in our hands. . . . ”And unlike in Copenhagen, people’s voices were certainly heard; and if they felt omitted from the schedule, they organized to make sure their issues received attention.
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[1] http://www.grassrootsonline.org/news/blog/%E2%80%9Csystem-change-not-climate-change%E2%80%9D