The Lima Declaration

The Lima Declaration is a statement issued by the Peoples Summit on Climate Change, held in December 2014 in Lima, Peru. It expresses the demands of a diverse coalition of international and Peruvian social movements, indigenous groups, and environmental activists. The document denounces the capitalist system and its role in driving climate change and social inequality, calling for a transition toward a model of 'Good Living' in harmony with nature. It specifically rejects market-based climate solutions and the influence of transnational corporations on global climate negotiations, while demanding the recognition of territorial rights and the reparation of ecological debts owed to the global South.

• The Peoples Summit rejects market-based mechanisms and specific 'false climate solutions' that it claims are part of a strategy by capital to financialize nature. These rejected solutions include Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM), Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) projects, genetic modification, agrofuels, geoengineering, hydroelectric megaprojects, nuclear power plants, hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and climate-smart agriculture.
• The declaration demands that developed countries acknowledge their historical responsibilities and provide reparation for the 'historical ecological debt' owed to the global South. It specifically calls for legal justice in pollution cases involving corporations such as Newmont and Doe Run in Peru, and Chevron-Texaco in the Amazon.
• The document advocates for a food system based on agro-ecological and indigenous practices, noting that peasant family farming contributes more than 70% of world food production. It calls for an end to agrofuel production and expansion, asserting that such activities lead to water and air pollution, land erosion, and deforestation.
• The summit criticizes the Peruvian government for hosting COP 20 while simultaneously implementing environmental, labor, and tax policies that favor private investment and reduce regulations. It also denounces the repression of environmental activists, peasant leaders, and indigenous representatives.
• The declaration calls for a radical shift in the social division of labor to eliminate the subordination of women's work and the invisibility of care activities. It demands that all climate and social alternatives incorporate a feminist perspective and recognize reproductive work as the basis for human and community sustainability.

APA

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Chicago

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@misc{admin2014lima, author = {admin}, title = {{The Lima Declaration}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2014}, month = dec, url = {https://www.foei.org/the-lima-declaration/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }