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Final
Declaration1
Thursday, 6 September 9/24/2007
3. We commend
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s leadership in highlighting
climate change as a major priority. We urge government,
industry, and UN leaders, in partnership with the NGO
community to emphasise proactive climate change priorities
for the greater good in preparation for the UN Climate
Change Conference in Bali, December, 2007, and subsequent
negotiations.
4. We strongly recommend, for
the sake of future generations, that government and industry
leaders, the UN, other international organizations and the
whole of civil society partner behind and implement concrete
solutions, taking into account recommendations that emerge
from the Framework for Action.
5. We also
strongly recommend that:
a. all
governments and civil society foster an ethical, moral
foundation for ongoing sustainable development in our
interdependent world making the well-being of all of
humankind our priority.
b.
all
educational institutions and media organizations more
effectively educate about the issue of climate change with
special emphasis on youth,
c. governmental
authorities consider penalties for excessive consumption and
pollution as a method of financing climate change
improvements, as well as financial incentives to foster
climate-friendly technologies so that fossil fuel and
nuclear based technologies can be phased out.
d.
governments recognize that war is damaging to the climate.
e.
all
governments ratify UN conventions on climate change, the
Kyoto protocol and other relevant climate conventions
6. Finally, in
order to implement the Framework for Action – recognizing
that our views on challenges and opportunities will evolve
as this process continues – we request that:
a. the
NGO/DPI Executive Committee and the Conference of NGOs in
Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
foster a plan as soon as possible to implement the Framework
as a tool for the NGO community to participate in an open,
practical and transparent collaborative approach based on
networking;
b. the
Framework discussion culminate in an internet-based progress
report to be submitted to the Secretary-General in one year
and that a long-term dialogue for future action be fostered
thereafter;
c. the
Framework process should network NGO’s that might not
otherwise typically collaborate by bridging the spectrum of
NGO concerns interconnected by climate change, such as
sustainable development, agriculture, forestry, the specific
situation of Indigenous Peoples, biodiversity, livestock and
animal welfare, nuclear proliferation, the end of war,
justice, ethnic groups, multigenerational issues, youth,
gender equality, education, poverty, food and water
security, culture of peace, interfaith cooperation, national
global security and economic justice, as well as mental,
spiritual and physical health.
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