Tiempos de Justicia Climática

The report 'Tiempos de Justicia Climática' by Friends of the Earth International argues that climate change is a matter of global injustice, where wealthy nations are primarily responsible for emissions while poor communities in the Global South suffer the most. It critiques 'false solutions' such as carbon credits, biofuels, and carbon capture, calling instead for drastic domestic emission reductions in industrialized countries, the abandonment of fossil fuels, and the payment of a 'climate debt' to developing nations through public funding and technology transfer.

• There is a profound environmental and economic imbalance where the US and EU are responsible for more than half of global atmospheric carbon emissions despite representing only 10% of the world's population, while the poorest 10% of the global population contributed less than 1% of these emissions.
• In Nigeria, the oil industry causes severe environmental damage and human rights abuses in the Niger Delta, including approximately 300 oil spills annually and the use of gas flares in over 100 locations that emit toxic gases and greenhouse gases.
• A study by the Stockholm Environment Institute and Friends of the Earth Europe indicates that Europe could reduce internal greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2020 and 90% by 2050 (relative to 1990 levels) without relying on nuclear energy, biofuels, carbon credits, or carbon capture and storage.
• Low-lying Pacific nations, specifically Kiribati, are facing existential threats from rising sea levels and changing rain patterns, leading to the contamination of drinking water with salt and the evacuation of the Carteret Islands.
• The 'Great Melt' in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau is occurring at a rate two to four times the global average, threatening the water and food security of over one billion people who depend on the eight major Asian river systems originating there.
• Corporate lobbying by groups such as EUROPIA (including BP, ExxonMobil, and Shell) and the International Emissions Trading Association (including Rio Tinto, Total, Shell, Mitsubishi, and Barclays) is accused of undermining fair climate agreements to protect profit margins and promote 'false solutions' like carbon capture and storage (CCS).
• Biofuels are characterized as a 'false solution' that leads to land grabbing, deforestation, and food insecurity, as seen in Indonesia and Colombia where food crops are replaced by palm oil monocultures.
• Carbon credit schemes, including REDD in Costa Rica and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), are criticized as deceptive tools that allow developed nations to avoid domestic emission reductions while potentially subsidizing high-carbon industries in developing countries.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). Tiempos de Justicia Climática. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Tiempos_de_Justicia_Climatica2.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Tiempos de Justicia Climática. n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Tiempos_de_Justicia_Climatica2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternationalndtiempos, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Tiempos de Justicia Climática}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Tiempos_de_Justicia_Climatica2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }