Declaración de Lima

The Lima Declaration is a statement issued by the People's Summit against Climate Change in December 2014. It denounces the capitalist system and 'green economy' initiatives as false solutions to the climate crisis, demanding instead a transition based on social justice, the recognition of indigenous territorial rights, and the historical responsibility of developed nations toward the Global South.

• The People's Summit rejects market-based mechanisms and 'green economy' principles as false solutions to the climate crisis. Specifically, it identifies Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM), REDD projects, GMOs, biofuels, geoengineering, large hydroelectric projects, nuclear plants, fracking, and 'climate-smart agriculture' as part of a strategy of capital to privatize and financialize nature.
• The document demands that developed countries acknowledge their historical and ecological debt to the Global South. It calls for the accountability of private transnational corporations for global practices and specifically demands justice for contamination caused by Newmont, Doeran in Peru, and Chevron-Texaco in the Amazon.
• The declaration advocates for a transition to a just social model that includes the recognition of indigenous and peasant territorial property, the protection of ancestral ways of life, and the promotion of family farming. It notes that family farming contributes more than 70% of the world's food and calls for an end to biofuel expansion due to its role in deforestation and territorial recolonization.
• The summit proposes specific financial and policy measures to address the climate crisis, including a global tax on international financial transactions to fund a just transition and a debate on 'avoided net emissions' to compensate non-industrialized countries for not exploiting fossil fuels.
• The document criticizes the Peruvian government's role as president of COP 20, citing inconsistencies between its leadership and domestic policies that favor private investment over collective, environmental, and cultural rights, as well as the repression of indigenous and environmental activists.

APA

admin (2014). Declaración de Lima. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/declaracion-de-lima/

Chicago

admin. Declaración de Lima. Friends of the Earth International, 2014. https://www.foei.org/es/declaracion-de-lima/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=Declaración de Lima |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=11 December 2014 |url=https://www.foei.org/es/declaracion-de-lima/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2014declaracin, author = {admin}, title = {{Declaración de Lima}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2014}, month = dec, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/declaracion-de-lima/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }