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World Summit for Climate Change

by Barry Saunders — last modified Apr 30, 2010 11:12 PM
Bolivian city of Cochabamba will be the venue for the World Summit for Climate Change. The summit, organized as a world conference of social movements, will operate as a response to the failure of the 15th Summit on Climate Change, recently held in Copenhagen.
When Apr 20, 2010 12:25 AM to
Apr 23, 2010 12:25 AM
Where Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Bolivian city of Cochabamba will be the venue for the World Summit for Climate Change from April 19th to April 22nd 2010, announced Bolivian President Evo Morales. The summit, organized as a world conference of social movements, will operate as a response to the failure of the 15th Summit on Climate Change, recently held in Copenhagen.

"Cochabamba will be the scenario for diverse social movements to discuss about the consequences global warming brings about, how we harm our environment and every single hazard jeopardizing planet Earth," explained Morales when addressing the press.

If you are interested in attending and reporting for EngageMedia, please get in contact with Barry (barry at engagemedia.org)
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James Coughlin Romero
James Coughlin Romero says:
Mar 22, 2010 12:22 PM
I have an increasing interest to attend the Summit, as the days go by. Being a close follower of world events that have led to an ever-increasing protests against the 'real culprits' of the advent of world eco crisis's. Bolivia, might well be the IDEAL place to hold such a summit. The circumstances couldn't be more appropriate. Having an Indigenous President being himself an environmental activist, (as most Indians have been), Bolivia and Morales could well lead a planetary movement that proclaims and sets into fusion the plights of the poor and the future planetary plight of all peoples in this world ecological crises, and that will ultimately affect about every single human on Earth. It's about time that the selfishness of "hoarding" countries, that require huge amounts of natural resources to mainatin their "outdated luxurious styles of life, to change". To let through the feeling of a "New World", such as a "Brave New World" that will ultimately demand for all humans to be braver and more human, and have the audacity to give up materialism. Materialism, has proven to be the harbinger of most of the world's ills, such as obesity, crime, corruption, injustice, diseases, and plagues. And can you believe it? Great portions of Earth's peoples still defend this disease.
I was born and raised in Bolivia, and it is my desire to be present and collaborate with the translation's and interpretations of the transcripts of subject's covered and which will be needed to be forwarded to English speaking nations. I work as a Spanish Translator/Interpreter in the Greater Washingon DC area (No. Virginia and MD).
Thanks,
James P Coughlin Romero
801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Ph/6
Washington, DC 20004
Cell phone 571-991-9212
Ricky Ward
Ricky Ward says:
Mar 21, 2010 05:05 AM
Nice to find your site Barry and I will put a link to it on the site we have in Chiang Mai, Thailand
 http://www.ourchiangmai.com . It is a long and expensive trip from here to Cochabamba but we wish to encourage our Mayor here to go. Could you let us know who is going from Moreland, Melbourne, Australia etc please?
So far there is very little email or blog discussion being generated on the Cochabamba website and we wonder why? Any ideas? Australians are usually pretty forthcoming with opinions.
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