UN-Censored

 

11a to 12:30p - DISCUSSION GROUP: Indigenous Youth and Climate Justice

Observations of the Declaration of the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change and the Road to Copenhagen

 

12:30p to 1p - Film Screening: "Indigenous Peoples' 2nd May Revolt at the PFII" (30min)

a documentary by Rebecca Sommer, featuring the protest of Indigenous Peoples at the conclusion of the 7th Session of the UNPFII. They were angered by the final report of the Experts of the PFII, which ignored their concerns about forest carbon offsets (REDD) and other mechanisms for addressing climater change.

 

1p to 3p - Discussion Group: False Solutions to Climate Change

Governments, UN agencies, businesses and corporations are supporting a number of measures that are seen as "cost effective" methods of fighting climate change. These include an international market for carbon trading, forest carbon offsets (REDD and CDM), clean coal technology and alternative fuels including nuclear energy and agrofuels. But many of these measures do not reduce carbon emissions now - or even guarantee carbon cuts in the future.

 

3p to 4:30p - Film Screening: "H2Oil" (75min)

a documentary of the stories of those attempting to defend water in Alberta, Canada against tar sands expansion - the largest industrial project in human history. Shannon Walsh, director of the film will introduce the film and be present after for questions.

 

4:35p to 5:50p - PRESENTATION: Privatization of the Sacred: Access and Benefit Sharing

Seeds, medicine, traditional knowledge - all tie in with the plans of the World Bank, the UN and multinational corporations to commodify the sacred.

 

6:00p to 6:45p - Film Screening: " A Silent Forest" (45min)

a documentary by Ed Schehl. The growing threat of genetically engineered trees.