Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Saludos Chair de la 60th DPU/NGO Conference a evento en Lima.

Saludos de Richard Jordan ,
Chair de la 60th DPU/NGO Conference
durante la sesion de apertura en la Asamblea General de NNUU
el 5 de Septiembre del 2007
al evento en Lima-Peru
Richard Jordan, Chair, 60th DPI/NGO Conference
Opening Session: Introductory Remarks
5 September 2007

Madam President of the General Assembly, Madam Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Public Information, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, and everyone viewing on the internet,

On behalf of all the members of the Planning Committee, and please raise your hands Planning Committee so we can acknowledge you, allow me to welcome you to my hometown, New York City and to the 60th Annual Dpi/NGO Conference.

My name is Richard Jordan, and I grew up just across the East River in Flushing, New York, which hosted the UN General Assembly during the UN’s infancy.

2, 506 of you from 80 countries have registered for this conference. 400 of you are youth.

There are innumerable people to thank: our keynote speakers, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP and Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, our closing speaker; to private sector corporations such as BMW, Bayer and Nikon; to Mayors across Peru who will be having their own consultation around ours via internet, and many others. The celebratory Journal, “60 Years with the UN: The Journey Continues”, that you have was the work of three members of the Planning Committee, Sherrill Kazan, Jonina Sutton and Margo LaZaro.

Thanks to the UN Correspondents Association, to the 72 student journalists who are here, and to Mr. Gary Fowlie of the UN for his help.

Thanks to DPI staff, Mr. Akasaka, Mr. Raymond Sommereyns, Mr. Ramu Damodaran, Juan Carlos Brandt, Chief of the NGO Unit, and our colleagues from the Unit, Robin, Sol and Zen.

We have a great multigenerational film created by Jun Ren and Public Service Announcements created by the Art College of Design.

The Conference itself coincides with the 800th Anniversary of the birth of the Sufi poet, Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi. It also marks the 35th Anniversary of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, the 20th Anniversary of the Brundtland Report, the 15th Anniversary of the Rio Summit, and the 5th Anniversary of Johannesburg.

This conference will help us to disseminate information by all manner of resources – in the future that there may be ways to do this via 3 dimensional technologies. Exciting prospects!

But think in the present – rural development for billions of people in the light of climate change is an unimaginable prospect. Cross-cutting issues of gender, education, human rights, health and migration need to be articulated. Small Island Developing States do not contribute to climate change but are only paid lip service in many negotiations.

We, collectively, need to pause for these three days and consider what are the reasons for our lack of progress. Then, all too soon, it will be 9 AM, the Monday morning after the conference – what will each of us do to help combat this very serious challenge to the entire human-earth community.

This conference will produce a declaration, the draft of which you will find in Conference Rooms 1 and 4. The declaration is on one side of the page, the process is on the reverse.

Our purpose in giving this to you is that by the end of this Conference, we expect that you will have a greater understanding of climate change and its impact. We expect that by that time, we can make a consensus declaration, not a sign-on statement, but a statement we can all agree with, no matter what our NGO’s area of interest and concern. We call it a draft since we want you to have the chance to suggest refinements.

As soon as possible, I urge you to read both the Declaration and the process. Suggestions of 25 words or less can be given either in writing on the cards you will find in the conference rooms, or by giving them in person to one of the members of the three-person drafting group, and I will ask them to stand, Bill Gellermann, Moki Koikoris and Larry Roeder.

The deadline is 6 PM Thursday September 6. We also envision collaboration over the next 12 months to create a report that will be given to the Secretary-General.

This is an experiment in encouraging broad mobilization for disseminating information by our NGO community.

On Friday, at the closing session, I will read the one-page Declaration and hopefully receive your agreement. On the back of that page on Friday will be practical recommendations to help you consider solutions to climate change, as well as room for you to start considering your own action plans.

Let me leave you with one closing image, from the great film “Battleship Potemkin.” If you have seen this movie, you recall the image of the baby carriage careening down the Odessa Steps. If we can draw the analogy, the UN is here to prevent the baby carriage from ever starting on its perilous journey in the first place.

But since the baby carriage of climate change has started its journey, all of us together need to work with the UN in the run-up to the Bali Conference on Climate Change this December to prevent a calamity.

But now, we are in recess until the workshops will be held starting at 1:15 PM.

Thank you and see you this afternoon.
Efectos del Cambio Climatico en el Peru
Sumario
En las costas , rios , represas , Amazonia .
Eventos anteriores
Pasividad peruana sobre los efectos climaticos

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Grabacion de los paneles
en Lima
Todos los programas del 10 al 13 de Sept. estan siendo grabados y
se colgaran en una pagina web.
Los videos podran ser bajados y vistos posteriormente visitando la pagina web
que posteriormente se anunciara.
Se agradecera comentarios y sugerencias a esta pagina.
(Ver al final de cada pagina del blog)
ORGANIZA : MUNICIPALIDAD DE Lima,
Consejo Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAM).
Colabora : Red Democratica
HORARIOS

CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS SOBRE CAMBIO CLIMATICO PERU
Hacia una Agenda Municipal para el Peru
Una perspectiva desde el Sur
(10-13 Sept.2007)
(Lunes a jueves)
WEBCASTING
DE LA 60 CONFERENCIA ANUAL DE NACIONES UNIDAS

(1) POR INTERNET
WEBCAST
DE 3:30 A 4:30 PM (Lima)
4:30 -5:30 PM (NY)
9:00PM-10:00PM(Lima)
10:00-11PM(NY)
En ambos portales, en simultaneo :
Canal 41 (UHF)
Radio Television Pacifico
DE 9:00-10:00 PM(Lima)
PROGRAMA
JUEVES 13
(Ultimo día)
TEMA
SEGURIDAD INTERNACIONAL Y El PROBLEMA DEL AGUA
Conducción General:
Sr. Jorge Márquez (Regidor Metropolitano de Lima)
Sr. Jorge Alvarez Lam (CONAM)
Comentarios:
Sr. Embj. Oswaldo de Rivero desde NY
Ex-Representante del Peru
ante las Naciones Unidas
EXPOSICIONES DE LOS
REPRESENTANTES DE :
SUNASS
SEDAPAL
DIGESA
CONAM
MIERCOLES 12
TEMA
¿CUALES SON LAS RESPONSABILIDADES SOBRE EL CAMBIO CLIMATICO EN EL PERÚ?

Conducción General:
Sr. Jorge Márquez (Regidor Metropolitano de Lima)
Sr. Jorge Alvarez Lam (CONAM)
Saludos desde NNUU del
Sr. Juan Carlos Brandt ,
Jefe de la Secccion de ONGS de NNUU
Richard Jordan ,
Chair de la Conferencia sobre Cambio Climatico

EXPOSICIONES DE
LOS REPRESENTANTES DE:
Maria Luisa del Rio
CONAM
Carmen Tazza Mari
MINISTERIO DE TRANSPORTES
Cesar Albarracin C.
MINISTERIO DE LA PRODUCCION

Ruth San Miguel
INRENA

MARTES 11
TEMA:
¿CUALES SON LAS EVIDENCIAS DEL CAMBIO CLIMATICO EN EL PERÚ?

Conducción General:
Sr. Jorge Márquez (Regidor Metropolitano de Lima)
Sr. Jorge Alvarez Lam(CONAM)
Sr. Ing. Castañeda Lossio
SALUDO DEL ALCALDE LIMA
SALUDO DEL PRESIDENTE DEL CONAM
(CONSEJO NACIONAL DEL AMBIENTE)

EXPOSICIONES
DE LOS REPRESENTANTES DE:
SENAMI
CONCYTEC
INRENA
Presentaciones de la 60va Conferencia Anual DPI/NGO de Naciones Unidas
Todos las presentaciones de los expositores durante la conferencia de NNUU
pueden ser encontradas en:
Conference Schedule
Conference Opening Session

Roundtables

Conference participants can attend four of the following seven multi-stakeholder roundtables, featuring representatives of the United Nations, governments, civil society and the private sector. Each roundtable will have a proactive moderator and four to six speakers, who will engage in a dialogue with each other and with the audience. The roundtables will address the following themes:
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al ingresar en la siguiente pagina , hacer otro click en el nombre del
expositor de la ponencia que se desea leer.

Monday, September 10, 2007

DPI-NGO
United Nations
CONFERENCE
DECLARATION

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS
AN NGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
(NY, Sept. 3-5 2007)
We, over 2500 participants representing over 500 Non-Governmental Organizations from more than 80 countries,
q recognizing that we share one planet and its environment, as well as a responsibility to protect future generations,
q recognizing the special vulnerabilities of the indigenous, poor, coastal and rural populations,
q having met at the 60th Annual UN Department of Public Information Conference for NGOs at UN Headquarters from 5-7 September, 2007, with representatives of Member States, UN agencies and programs, the scientific community, the private sector, media and civil society, and
q having reviewed the latest scientific evidence from a wide variety of experts as well as hearing about the experiences of indigenous peoples to better understand climate change, its threats and how NGOs can broaden the base for knowledge and action to reduce those threats;
make the following declaration:

1. We affirm that climate change is mainly anthropogenic and is one of the most serious
threats humanity and our environment have ever faced which if not addressed will
cause:
(a) catastrophic effects to Earth’s ecosystems, biodiversity and infrastructure;
(b) significantly reduced availability of food, water, energy and transport;
(c) massive migration of populations and the possible destruction of entire cultures and small island nations,
(d) significant damage to our economic, political, cultural, social and spiritual structures,
(e) increased local, national and international violence,
(f) significant psychological and emotional distress to individuals and communities
(g) irreversible harm to the lifestyles of indigenous peoples,
(h) increased spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, and
(i) negative impacts on human health and life expectancy.

2. We commit ourselves over the next 12 months to a Framework for Action that will
propose NGO solutions to these threats before they become irreversible:
(a) unify behind a common vision of collaboration – even if we disagree on tactics -- to develop and implement plans for adaptation and mitigation[1] taking into account the full range of consequences;
(b) act as vocal, active partners for change with the UN, governments at all levels, NGOs and other members of our global community;
(c) develop, implement and publicize individual and collaborative action plans for personal, economic and political change.

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 emphasize 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, and to promote capacity building to monitor compliance and report effective practices.

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.

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, issues affecting
indigenous peoples, biodiversity, livestock and animal welfare, nuclear proliferation,
sustainable disarmament, and 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.



DECLARATION PROCESS
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS – AN NGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

The Preparatory Committee of the 60th NGO/DPI Conference (September 5-7, 2007) invites all participants to concur by consensus on September 7th with the Declaration on the reverse of this sheet.

Substantive suggestions for improvement are also invited; but they must be received by 6pm on September 6th and should foster a consensus. Recommendation forms should be placed into the boxes in Conference Rooms 1 and 4, or given to the Drafting Committee members, Mr. Larry Roeder, Dr. William Gellermann and Ms. Moki Kokoris, who will often be in the UN Cafeteria near the windows overlooking the East River. Recommended suggestions MUST BE 25 words or less.

The Drafting Committee’s work is supervised by a Senior Review Committee made up of Sister Joan Kirby (outgoing Chairperson of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee), Jeffery Huffines (incoming Chair of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee), and Richard Jordan (Chair of the 60th NGO/DPI Conference)

Members of the NGO/DPI and ECOSOC NGO communities deal with a spectrum of issues that might not normally involve collaboration; but networking will be crucial to dealing with Climate Change, especially as it challenges all of us. The purpose of the Declaration is to provide a framework for action and collaborative networking, a tool to enable us to work together on the threats of climate change, which is essential to serving all of our particular mandates.

The Declaration envisages that over the next 12 months, we will collaborate and report our efforts to the Secretary-General, while continuing our collaboration in coping with the threats. The process by which this is to be done will be facilitated by the NGO/DPI Executive Committee. The recommendations that come out of the process do not need to have full consensus support across the entire NGO community; but they do need to be developed in the spirit of collaboration with and among all NGOs.


[1] Adaptation implies making lifestyle adjustments. Mitigation implies alleviating the problem.
Una Perspectiva desde el Sur
In Memorian
de
Don Isaias Gomez Linares
WEBCASTING
CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO: UNA AGENDA MUNICIPAL
PARA EL PERU
Lugar :
Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima
Fecha : 10, 11, 12 y 13 de Septiembre 2007
Participantes : Alcaldes provinciales y Distritales y Público
en General

Objetivo General :
Conscientizar las autoridades locales sobre la necesidad de establecer una agenda ambiental municipal con enfoque vinculado a la gestión de riesgos y adaptación al Cambio Climático; teniendo, como base las disertaciones efectuadas sobre dicho tema en la 60 Conferencia Anual DPI/NGO de las Naciones Unidas.

Metodología:
1. Se proyectarán las intervenciones realizadas en la Conferencia Anual en Nueva York, las cuales serán trasmitidas a través del webcasting a las provincias del interior del país.
2. Se organizarán mesas de opinión de autoridades locales y especialistas inmediatamente después de espectar la Conferencia en Nueva York. desde las posibilidades de acción y de interés de los gobiernos locales.
3. En dichas trasmisiones los participantes en provincias podrán enviar preguntas a los comentaristas en el auditorio de la Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima las cuales serán absueltas en tiempo real a través del correo: cambioclimaticoperu@yahoo.com.

Temas de Trabajo
Cambio Climático: La Evidencia Científica.
La Economía y Política de Energía y Cambio Climático.
Desarrollo Sostenible, Responsabilidad y Normas Éticas.
Seguridad del Agua.

Resultados esperados

1. Iniciar las bases para construir una Agenda Ambiental Municipal, que incluya como uno de los ejes principales el Cambio Climático, a través de las siguientes líneas de acción:

(a) Vulnerabilidad, adaptación y mitigación, considerándose en ésta el fortalecimiento de capacidades para la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad y de medidas de adaptación y mitigación a nivel de los gobiernos locales;

(b) Desastres naturales asociados al cambio climático, en la que se considera el establecimiento de sinergias entre las iniciativas en curso de cambio climático y la prevención de desastres

2. Plan de trabajo para las próximas actividades en el 2008, la organización, los participantes (roles y responsabilidades).

Organizadores
1. Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima
2. Consejo Nacional del Ambiente

Programa

Lunes 10 de septiembre del 2007
(Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)

Primera Mesa Redonda. “La economía, la política energética y el Cambio Climático”.
Saludo del Alcalde Metropolitano de Lima.
Saludo del Presidente de CONAM.
Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.
Comentaristas en Lima:
Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)· Centro de Información de las Naciones Unidas CINU – Ines Scudellari· Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores – Embajador Sergio Kostritsky, Dirección General de Medio Ambiente.· Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas – Jorge Escurra Director General de Programación Multianual· MEM - Viceministro de Energía Pedro Gamio· Diario El Comercio.

Martes 11 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)
Segunda Mesa Redonda. “Evidencias científicas del Cambio Climático”.

Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.
Comentaristas en Lima:· SENAMHI - Wilar Gamarra Molina Presidente del SENAMHI· CONCYTEC - Juan Tarazona· INRENA – Marcos Zapata Instituto Nacional de Glaciología· IGP - Pablo Lagos.

Miércoles 12 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)
Tercera Mesa Redonda. “Desarrollo sustentable, responsabilidad y estándares éticos”.
Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.
Comentaristas en Lima:
· CONAM – César Villacorta, Secretario Ejecutivo (e)· INRENA - Roberto Ángeles Lazo Jefe del INRENA· PRODUCE - Ing. Carmen Mora Dirección de Asuntos ambientales -)· MTC - Lic. Paola Naccarato Dirección General de Asuntos Socio Ambientales· MUNILIMA: Ruth San Miguel, Sub Gerente de Medio Ambiente.

Jueves 13 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)
Cuarta Mesa Redonda. “Seguridad del agua”.
Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)Saludo del Coordinador del evento y de los invitados.
Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.
Comentaristas en Lima:· CONAM – César Cervantes, DICAREN· SEDAPAL (Gerencia de Producción – Rubén Emzian Sansuy)· DIGESA (Directora General – Sra. Fabiola Capurro Villarán)· SUNASS Presidente – Jose Salazar)

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Una perpectiva desde el Sur
In memorian de Don Isaias Gomez Linares
Panel Cambio Climatico :
Una agenda Municipal para el Peru
Organizado por
Municipalidad de Lima Y CONAM
con el apoyo de la Red Democratica

Webcast

Trasmision en Linea : (10-13 Sept.)

http://www.munlima.gob.pe/tv/
Saludos desde la Asamblea General de NNUU del Organizador del evento , Richard Jordan en NY al Panel en Lima.
Saludos de Juan Carlos Brandt , Jefe de la seccion de ONGS-DPI de NNUU en NY

Wednesday, September 5, 2007


Para participar VIA "on line" en la Conferencia de NNUU
sobre Cambio Climatico en NY.
(5-7 Sept. 2007)
(Miercoles-Viernes)

Puede :

1. Enviar un e-mail a : section1@un.org.
2. Entrando a la pagina web de UN WEBCAST , a la pagina Forum y desde alli enviar tus comentarios y/o preguntas . Lo puedes ver en la pagina web :http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/Forum.htm
Preparacion de preguntas
Preparing live questions or comments for submission by email

Sessions generally include Q&A, conducted by the chair of the session, with questions or comments invited from the floor in writing, or from sites around the world by email.

When the chair of a session says that questions or comments may be submitted by email, participating sites around the world should immediately send their questions or comments with the goal of having them selected for reading and response during Q&A in the live session and live webcast by streaming video and permanent recording as part of the official archive of the session.

Questions or comments should be prepared in advance so they're ready to send immediately, and should maximize their attractiveness to be selected for reading and response during Q&A, so among other things they should be:
Very brief

Compelling, vivid, and memorable

Relevant, responsive, and constructive

This is an opportunity for people and organizations around the world, even if they can't be physically present in a meeting or event, to participate and to go on the permanent record, and they'd be well advised to make the most of it.

Information about the Conference is on the United Nations website at:
http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/annual-conf.asp
and information about the plenary sessions, which are the ones to be webcast, is on the Conference website:
http://www.unngodpiconference.org/

Click on:
Conference Programme
All the sessions described there are plenary sessions and will be webcast
The 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference website is specially designed to create a global forum for ensuring the widest possible exchange of views and experiences. It hosts live webcasts of all plenary sessions, which will be archived and available within the Webcast page.

Online participants can join the discussion by submitting questions to the speakers via the Forum page. The site also features conference programmes, special events, midday workshops, details of speakers, youth initiatives, as well as other resources for conference participants and the media. Hopefully, the website will cultivate a network of contacts to engage all. Please use it as a tool that gives you an opportunity to act.
CONFERENCE DECLARATION
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS – AN NGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
United Nations, NY 2007
DECLARATION PROCESS

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS – AN NGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

The Preparatory Committee of the 60th NGO/DPI Conference (September 5-7, 2007) invites all participants to concur by consensus on September 7th with the Declaration on the reverse of this sheet.

Substantive suggestions for improvement are also invited; but they must be received by 6pm on September 6th and should foster a consensus. Recommendation forms should be placed into the boxes in Conference Rooms 1 and 4, or given to the Drafting Committee members, Mr. Larry Roeder, Dr. William Gellermann and Ms. Moki Kokoris, who will often be in the UN Cafeteria near the windows overlooking the East River. Recommended suggestions MUST BE 25 words or less.

The Drafting Committee’s work is supervised by a Senior Review Committee made up of Sister Joan Kirby (outgoing Chairperson of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee), Jeffery Huffines (incoming Chair of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee), and Richard Jordan (Chair of the 60th NGO/DPI Conference)

Members of the NGO/DPI and ECOSOC NGO communities deal with a spectrum of issues that might not normally involve collaboration; but networking will be crucial to dealing with Climate Change, especially as it challenges all of us. The purpose of the Declaration is to provide a framework for action and collaborative networking, a tool to enable us to work together on the threats of climate change, which is essential to serving all of our particular mandates.

The Declaration envisages that over the next 12 months, we will collaborate and report our efforts to the Secretary-General, while continuing our collaboration in coping with the threats. The process by which this is to be done will be facilitated by the NGO/DPI Executive Committee. The recommendations that come out of the process do not need to have full consensus support across the entire NGO community; but they do need to be developed in the spirit of collaboration with and among all NGOs.



CONFERENCE DECLARATION
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS – AN NGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
1. We, over 2500 participants representing over 500 Non-Governmental Organizations from more than 80 countries,
having met at the 60th Annual UN Department of Public Information Conference for NGOs at UN Headquarters from 5-7 September, 2007, with representatives of Member States, UN agencies and programmes, the scientific community, the private sector, media and civil society, and
having reviewed the latest scientific evidence from a wide variety of experts to better understand climate change, its threats and how NGOs can broaden the base for knowledge and action to ameliorate those threats;
make the following Declaration.

2. We affirm that climate change is potentially the most serious threat humanity and our environment have ever faced, possibly causing:
catastrophic effects on our Earth’s eco-system and biodiversity;
significantly reduced availability of food, water, energy and transport;
massive migration of populations;
significant damage to our economic, political, cultural and social bases and
increased domestic and international violence.

3. To tackle these threats before they become irreversible, we commit ourselves over the next 12 months to:
unify behind a common vision of collaboration through a Framework for Action to develop and implement plans for adaptation and mitigation;
act as vocal, active partners for change with the UN, its Member States, NGOs and other members of our global community;
develop and implement individual and collective action plans.

We commend Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s leadership in highlighting climate change as a major priority. We urge government and UN leaders to emphasize proactive climate change priorities for the greater good in preparations for the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, December, 2007 and to partner with the NGO community.

For the sake of future generations, we urge government leaders, the UN and the whole of civil society to partner behind concrete solutions and to effectively implement them.
To that end – recognizing that our views on the challenges and opportunities needing response will evolve as this process continues – we recommend that:
the NGO/DPI Executive Committee and the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) collaborate to foster an implementation tool for the NGO community by facilitating the creation of an open, practical and transparent collaborative approach based on networking;

this process bridge the spectrum of issues of concern to the entire NGO community such as agriculture, indigenous peoples, biodiversity, livestock, nuclear proliferation, ethnic groups, multigenerational issues, poverty, food security, peacemaking, mental and physical health and sustainable development – thus networking NGOs that otherwise might not typically collaborate;
a progress report be submitted to the Secretary-General in one year and that a long-term conversation be fostered.

Monday, September 3, 2007

WEBCASTING
CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO: AGENDA MUNICIPAL

Lugar : Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima
Fecha : 10, 11, 12 y 13 de Septiembre 2007
Participantes : Alcaldes provinciales y Distritales y Público
en General

Objetivo General

Conscientizar las autoridades locales sobre la necesidad de establecer una agenda ambiental municipal con enfoque vinculado a la gestión de riesgos y adaptación al Cambio Climático; teniendo, como base las disertaciones efectuadas sobre dicho tema en la 60 Conferencia Anual DPI/NGO de las Naciones Unidas.

Metodología:

1. Se proyectarán las intervenciones realizadas en la Conferencia Anual en Nueva York, las cuales serán trasmitidas a través del webcasting a las provincias del interior del país.
2. Se organizarán mesas de opinión de autoridades locales y especialistas inmediatamente después de espectar la Conferencia en Nueva York. desde las posibilidades de acción y de interés de los gobiernos locales.
3. En dichas trasmisiones los participantes en provincias podrán enviar preguntas a los comentaristas en el auditorio de la Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima las cuales serán absueltas en tiempo real a través del correo: cambioclimaticoperu@yahoo.com.

Temas de Trabajo

Cambio Climático: La Evidencia Científica.
La Economía y Política de Energía y Cambio Climático
Desarrollo Sostenible, Responsabilidad y Normas Éticas.
Seguridad del Agua.

Resultados esperados

1. Iniciar las bases para construir una Agenda Ambiental Municipal, que incluya como uno de los ejes principales el Cambio Climático, a través de las siguientes líneas de acción:

(a) Vulnerabilidad, adaptación y mitigación, considerándose en ésta el fortalecimiento de capacidades para la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad y de medidas de adaptación y mitigación a nivel de los gobiernos locales;
(b) Desastres naturales asociados al cambio climático, en la que se considera el establecimiento de sinergias entre las iniciativas en curso de cambio climático y la prevención de desastres

2. Plan de trabajo para las próximas actividades en el 2008, la organización, los participantes (roles y responsabilidades).

Organizadores

1. Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima
2. Consejo Nacional del Ambiente



Programa

Lunes 10 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)

Primera Mesa Redonda. “La economía, la política energética y el Cambio Climático”.
Saludo del Alcalde Metropolitano de Lima.
Saludo del Presidente de CONAM.
Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.
Comentaristas en Lima:
· Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)
· Centro de Información de las Naciones Unidas CINU – Ines Scudellari
· Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores – Embajador Sergio Kostritsky, Dirección General de Medio Ambiente.
· Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas – Jorge Escurra Director General de Programación Multianual
· MEM - Viceministro de Energía Pedro Gamio
· Diario El Comercio.

Martes 11 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)

Segunda Mesa Redonda. “Evidencias científicas del Cambio Climático”.

Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)
Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.
Comentaristas en Lima:
· SENAMHI - Wilar Gamarra Molina Presidente del SENAMHI
· CONCYTEC - Juan Tarazona
· INRENA – Marcos Zapata Instituto Nacional de Glaciología
· IGP - Pablo Lagos


Miércoles 12 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)
Tercera Mesa Redonda. “Desarrollo sustentable, responsabilidad y estándares éticos”.

Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)
Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.
Comentaristas en Lima:
· CONAM – César Villacorta, Secretario Ejecutivo (e)
· INRENA - Roberto Ángeles Lazo Jefe del INRENA
· PRODUCE - Ing. Carmen Mora Dirección de Asuntos ambientales -)
· MTC - Lic. Paola Naccarato Dirección General de Asuntos Socio Ambientales
· MUNILIMA: Ruth San Miguel, Sub Gerente de Medio Ambiente


Jueves 13 de septiembre del 2007 (Evento de 3:30pm a 6:30pm)
Cuarta Mesa Redonda. “Seguridad del agua”.

Coordina la mesa: Munic. de Lima (Regidor Sr. Jorge Márquez) y CONAM (Sr. Luis Geng)
Saludo del Coordinador del evento y de los invitados.
Expositores de la 60 Conferencia de Naciones Unidas desde Nueva York.
Comentaristas en Lima:
· CONAM – César Cervantes, DICAREN
· SEDAPAL (Gerencia de Producción – Rubén Emzian Sansuy)
· DIGESA (Directora General – Sra. Fabiola Capurro Villarán)
· SUNASS Presidente – Jose Salazar)
Panel Cambio Climatico
Lima,10-12 septiembre 2007
Proxima trasmision via video Internet sobre la Conferencia Cambio Climatico desde el local de Naciones Unidas , ubicado en Nueva York , conectada con Lima a ser retransmitida desde el Portal electronico de la Municipalidad de Lima, Peru . http://www.munlima.gob.pe/,
ud, se puede registrar para participar en la siguiente direccion :
La retransmision se realizara con la participacion de un Panel de especialistas en el Auditorio principal de la Municipaliad de Lima los dias 10 al 12 de septiembre del 2007 , contando con la presencia de especialistas y el Alcalde Lima. En ella se analizara las distintas propuestas y paneles que se presentaran en Nueva York vinculados a la Agenda municipal de Lima.

El Panel se encuentra dirigido a todos los alcaldes del Peru y publico en general a que se puedan conectar , a fin de participar de esta conferencia via Internet y analizar el tema , enviando sus preguntas telefonicamente o via e-mail al panel en Lima.

Las conclusiones y el video del Panel de Lima formaran parte del reporte final de la Conferencia de NNUU en Nueva York.

El evento es organizado por la Municipalidad de Lima y el Consejo Nacional del Ambiente (CONAM) Http://www.conam.gob.pe
y cuenta con el apoyo de los organizadores del evento en Nueva York. y la colaboracion de la Red Democratica.
Mayor informacion comunicarse con el Coordinador General Sr. Regidor Jorge Marquez
Immediate Release: September 2, 2007
The Light Millenniumhttp://www.lightmillennium.org
THE WILD CARDS IN CLIMATE CHANGE: WEATHER WARFARE, GEOENGINEERING AND ENMOD Department of Public Information, United Nations, Non-Governmental Organizations – 60th Annual Conference –
New York Midday Workshop - Conference Room#1
Date: September 5, 2007 Time: 1:15-2:45 PM

As part of the UN/DPI-NGO 60th Annual Conference’s Midday Workshop programs (September 5-7, 2007), Light Millennium is leading a program entitled, “The Wild Cards in Climate Change: Weather Warfare, Geoengineering and ENMOD” in the context of “Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All” on Wednesday, at the Conference Room#1 on September 5, 2007.

The co-sponsoring organizations are: Peace Action, Peace Caucus; The Turkish Cultural Center, NY; Campaign for the Earth; and The Ribbon International.The speakers on the program are:Professor Zafer AYVAZ, Ege University, Editor, Ecology (Ekoloji) Magazine, and President of the Environmental Research and Protection Agency, Turkey; Allan BUCKMANN, California State Fish and Game Department, Retired; Pauline CANTWELL, Peace Action, Convener of Peace;Caucus Rosalind PETERSON, President, Agriculture Defense Coalition.

The Midday Workshop will be moderated by Joanne Fleming VALIN, Campaign for the Earth, Canada. This workshop will discuss military weapons designed to intentionally modify the climate and weather, earth systems, and/or trigger seismic events as part of a strategic or tactical war.

Environmental warfare is almost always a violation of the 1978 UN Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD). Geoengineering projects, such as dumping iron filings in the oceans to stimulate plankton growth and sequester carbon or creating clouds with persistent jet contrails to increase the albedo (reflectivity) of the planet, could have far-reaching impacts on humans, animals, and plants. One wild card not factored into mainstream climate change analysis is the failure to address deliberate weather modification and weather control, including weather warfare. Superpower militaries have quietly made advances to control weather, perfecting ways to exploit the powerful energies for tactical advantages in war.

The same labs that brought us nuclear weapons have been working on these projects in secret.Professor Zafer Ayvaz will speak on what international law mechanisms exist to govern the conduct of nations during wartime. He will explore how these mechanisms can be applied to determine whether or not the military actions of a nation that result in environmental destruction are lawful. He will focus on adapting the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) to create a framework for civil compensation for environmental damage caused by war. Pauline Cantwell will speak on weather warfare and ENMOD. Since environmental warfare, however carried out, is almost always a violation the 1977 United Nations Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD), this conference should call for a review and strengthening.

Another wild card is the harmful effects of geoengineering projects being promoted as a solution to climate change.

Rosalind Peterson will speak on climate change associated with persistent jet contrails and the man-made clouds they produce, exploring how jet contrails exacerbate global warming and change our climate. Allan Buckmann will address the harmful effects of geoengineering programs on plant and animal life. He will speak on restoration of the ecosystem using accelerated organic processes. He will discuss the priorities of water restoration, soil restoration and plant protection and funding for such bioremediation projects.

The Light Millennium, as the sponsoring organization of the program to the UN/DPI during the Conference, associated with the DPI/UN on December 12, 2005, which is a 501 (c) (3) charitable public benefit organization whose mission is to provide an international platform for the free expression of ideas and experiences in order to foster a global connection among all people.

The organization is based in Queens, New York. For more information, see: http://www.lightmillennium.org.The Department of Public Information/ NGO section (UN DPI/NGO) seeks to reach people around the world to help them better understand the work and aims of the United Nations. Acting as a liaison between the United Nations and over 1,500 NGOs around the world, and other civil society organizations, it provides information services and oversees the annual conference of NGOs. See: http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/index.asp. Or http://www.undpingoconference.org

The speeches of the program will be e-published in the Fall-2007 issue of the Light Millennium.

Contact: Bircan Unver
The Light MillenniumWeb site: http://www.lightmillennium.org
E-mail: bircanunver@lightmillennium.org /orcontact@lightmillennium.org
Or Pauline Cantwell Peace ActionWeb: http://www.peaceaction.org
E-mail: KCantw9473@aol.com"

The Light Millennium, is a 501 (c) (3) Tax Exempt and Public Benefit Organization & Associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations effective on December 12, 2005.
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TV proudly presents...

****UN/NGO Profiles # 8: Sir Joan KIRBY & Sherrill KAZAN****

On the Upcoming UN/DPI-NGO 60th Annual Conference:"CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW IT IMPACTS US ALL"http://www.undpingoconference.org/
Cablecasting schedule of the LMTV/UNNGO Profiles at QPTV - September 2007:****

UN-NGO Profile 8: Sir Joan KIRBY & Sherrill KAZAN
On Monday, September 3, 2007, Ch 356 8:30 pm.
On Sunday, September, 16, 2007, Ch #56, 7:30 pm
On Wednesday. September. 19, 2007, Ch. 56, 11:30 am.

**** UN-NGO Profiles 7: Juan Carlos BRANDT & Richard JORDAN
On Tuesday, Septe,ber 4, Ch#57 @ 9:30PM. (re-run)http://www.lightmillennium.org/unngo_profiles/brandt_jordan.html

(For the transcription of the UNNGO Profiles 7)

Light Millennium TV (LMTV) proudly presents UN/NGO Profiles 8: Sir JoanKIRBY & Sherrill KAZAN on the United Nations DPI/NGO 60th AnnualConference: "Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All".

In conjunction to the upcoming the UN/DPI-NGO Annual 60th Conference entitled, "CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW IT IMPACTS US ALL", at the United Nationson September 5-7, 2007.

A series of television profiles are scheduled aspart of the Light Millennium TV Series on Queens Public Television. The series, entitled "LMTV/UN-NGO Profiles," features key figures from the UNstaff and local members of NGOs working with the UN, discussing how climate change affects every individual and what citizens can do about theproblem.

The second of this season's series features the chair of the ExecutiveCommittee of the UN/DPI NGO and the representative of the Temple of Understanding to the United Nations, Sir Joan KIRBY, and Sherrill KAZAN, co-chair of the Events and Fundrasing Committee of the Annual 60th Conference, and representative of the World Council of the Peoples andthe Mexican Acedemia of the International Law to the United Nations.

The LMTV UN-NGO Profiles series was launched by the Light Millennium TV Series at Queens Public TV in July 2006. The producer of the series is Bircan ÜNVER and the host is Dr. Judy KURIANSKY.

The Light Millenniumassociated with the DPI/UN on December 12, 2005. If you have any queries about the Light Millennium TV/UNNGO Profiles, produced by Bircan Unverplease contact LMTV at LMTV@lightmillennium.org. Light Millennium TV Series (monthly "LMTV") has been airing on Queens Public TV (http://www.qptv.org/) since January 2000.

Based in New YorkCity, LMTV is under the umbrella of the Light Millennium organization, a501 (c) (3) charitable public benefit organization whose mission is toprovide an international platform for the free expression of ideas andexperiences in order to foster a global connection among all people.

For more information, see: http://www.lightmillennium.org/.
The Department of Public Information/ NGO section (UN DPI/NGO) seeks toreach people around the world to help them better understand the work andaims of the United Nations.

Acting as a liaison between the UnitedNations and over 1,500 NGOs around the world, and other civil society organizations, it provides information services and oversees the annualconference of NGOs.See: http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/index.asp.Or http://www.undpingoconference.org/

Contact: Bircan UnverThe Light Millennium TV Series http://www.lightmillennium.org/
E-mail: LMTV@lightmillennium.org

Date: September 1, 2007