{"id":22560,"date":"2022-11-21T21:38:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T21:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/?p=22560"},"modified":"2023-12-16T13:34:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:34:45","slug":"edinburgh-marches-against-cop27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/21\/edinburgh-marches-against-cop27\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh marches against COP27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0The following article on the COP27 Coalition march, organised to coincide withe world wide protest against the COP27 leaders and corporate capitals&#8217;s continued attempts to greenwash their activities, was written by Stephen Topple and \u00a0first posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/global\/2022\/11\/14\/edinburgh-marches-against-cop27-as-the-world-joins-in-too\/\">The Canary<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0EDINBURGH MARCHES AGAINST COP27<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22561\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/System-change-not-Climate-change-fb-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22561\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/System-change-not-Climate-change-fb-3-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/System-change-not-Climate-change-fb-3-200x300.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/System-change-not-Climate-change-fb-3-682x1024.jpeg 682w, http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/System-change-not-Climate-change-fb-3-768x1152.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/System-change-not-Climate-change-fb-3-800x1200.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/System-change-not-Climate-change-fb-3.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Radical Independence Campaign banner at the St. Andrews Square Cop27 Coalition assembly point. Image by Criag Maclean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several thousand people marched through Edinburgh on Saturday 12 November. This was part of the Global Day of Action for climate justice during\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/topics\/cop27\/\">COP27<\/a>\u00a0in Egypt. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cop27coalition.org\/events\/newly-launched-cop27-coalition-calls-for-global-mass-action-for-climate-justice-reset-of-climate-talks-ahead-of-egypt-cop\">international event<\/a>\u00a0was originally organised by a collective of groups from the Global South, and saw demonstrations all over the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The COP27 Coalition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several groups from Africa and the Middle East launched the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cop27coalition.org\/events\/newly-launched-cop27-coalition-calls-for-global-mass-action-for-climate-justice-reset-of-climate-talks-ahead-of-egypt-cop\">COP27 Coalition<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year. It called on civil society groups around the world to join it. The COP27 Coalition have some clear demands:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Decolonise the economy and development.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>[The Global South] must reframe and implement alternative models of development that move away from Northern models of economic growth\u2026<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Enable a just transition to 100% renewable energy through an equitable phase out of fossil fuels.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Prioritise public health, food sovereignty, agroecology and decent living conditions.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Restore nature and defend the rights of Mother Earth.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Have rich countries repay climate debts\u2026<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cop27coalition.org\/events\/newly-launched-cop27-coalition-calls-for-global-mass-action-for-climate-justice-reset-of-climate-talks-ahead-of-egypt-cop\">coalition also said<\/a>\u00a0it wants:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Stop false solutions \u2013 Africa and other developing countries are fast becoming the dumping grounds for false solutions, many of which are driven by corporations who see the climate crisis as a way of profiteering, and which have devastating consequences for frontline communities and must be stopped.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, the COP27 Coalition called its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cop27coalition.org\/events\/newly-launched-cop27-coalition-calls-for-global-mass-action-for-climate-justice-reset-of-climate-talks-ahead-of-egypt-cop\">Global Day of Action<\/a>\u00a0for 12 November. It said it wanted to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>mobilise millions of people under a call for climate justice and bring movements together to build real power for systems change.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Edinburgh mobilises<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 12 November,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cop27coalition.org\/events\/day-of-action\">events took place around the world<\/a>. In Edinburgh, various groups came together for a protest:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The march was organised by the Edinburgh Climate, and Climate Justice coalitions, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Global Justice Now, Extinction Rebellion Scotland, Tipping Point and others. The groups were demanding action on:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">warmer homes, better public transport and a speedy transition away from oil and gas<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The groups said this transition \u201cwill help address the cost of living crisis as well as cut climate pollution\u201d. The route through Scotland\u2019s capital took protesters past different stops. They highlighted the banks, polluters and governments who are driving climate breakdown:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event also drew attention to the importance of upholding human rights in the response to the climate crisis:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The march was one of over 40 events across the UK and Ireland, highlighting the numerous impacts the climate crisis is having:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>No justice, no peace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary Church, head of campaigns for Friends of the Earth Scotland, said in a press release:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>As world leaders gather once again to negotiate the future of humanity, thousands of people are marching to demand solutions to the climate crisis that put people and the planet first.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The solutions to climate change are within grasp and only require the political will to deliver them urgently. Governments need to stop prioritising the demands of big polluters and start listening to the people instead. Putting an end date on oil and gas well within the decade, with a just transition to reliable, affordable renewables will help tackle the cost of living crisis as well as slashing emissions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>There can be no climate justice without human rights, yet governments around the world including here in the UK are clamping down on civic space. We stand in solidarity with those already experiencing the impacts of climate breakdown and with the people of Egypt who are being denied their human rights by a brutal regime. We support the call of the Egyptian human rights movement for the release of all those who are being unjustly detained including British citizen and human rights defender Alaa Abd El Fattah who is on hunger strike in prison.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, as COP27 continues in Egypt, it\u2019s clear that the mobilisation against government and corporate inaction \u2013 even regression \u2013 in the face of the climate catastrophe is as strong as ever. Now, the movement must broaden out and reach more people, so as to become truly global and inclusive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>14.11.22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">__________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">also see:-<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/23\/environmental-degradation-and-sustainable-development-elsd-coverage\/\">Environmental degradation and sustainable development \u2013 EL&amp;SD coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The following article on the COP27 Coalition march, organised to coincide withe world wide protest against the COP27 leaders and corporate capitals&#8217;s continued attempts to greenwash their activities, was written by Stephen Topple and \u00a0first posted by The Canary.\u00a0 \u00a0EDINBURGH MARCHES AGAINST COP27 Several thousand people marched through Edinburgh on Saturday 12 November. 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