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Klimaforum09 – ''People's Climate Summit'', an open and alternative climate conference in December 2009, was attended by about 50,000 people.
Environmental activists from regions of the world most affected by climate change convened in Copenhagen at Klimaforum09 with leaders such as
Klimaforum09 – ''People's Climate Summit'', an open and alternative climate conference in December 2009, was attended by about 50,000 people.
Environmental activists from regions of the world most affected by climate change convened in Copenhagen at Klimaforum09 with leaders such as Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Ga ...
, founder of Navdanya
Navdhānya or Navadhaniyam refers to nine food grains namely wheat, paddy, pigeon pea, hyacinth bean, chickpea, mung bean, sesame, black gram and horse gram. Navdhānya means "nine grains" in several Indian languages and form an essential part ...
, Nnimmo Bassey
Nnimmo Bassey (born 11 June 1958) is a Nigerian architect, environmental activist, author and poet, who chaired Friends of the Earth International from 2008 through 2012 and was executive director of Environmental Rights Action for two decades. He ...
, chair of Friends of the Earth International
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of grassroots environmental organizations in 73 countries. About half of the member groups call themselves "Friends of the Earth" in their own languages; the others use other n ...
, and author Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses; support of ecofeminism, organized labour, and criticism of corporate globalization, fascism and Criticism of capitalism, ca ...
.
A People's Declaration from Klimaforum09 was formulated before and during the People's Climate Summit calling for "''System change – not climate change''" and handed over to the 15th Conference of the Parties of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change. It is an international treaty among countries to combat "dangerous human interference with th ...
at 18 December.
Klimaforum09 took place from 7 to 18 December 2009 in the DGI-byen
DGI-byen is a facility that houses various spa facilities, restaurants, hotels, conference facilities, a bowling alley, flexible multi-centres, sports clubs, a superellipse shaped swimming pool and Vandkulturhuset, (Danish for "Water Cultur ...
conference center, near the Copenhagen Central Station, as open and alternative event during UNFCCC COP15. The summit with over 300 debates, exhibitions, films, concerts and plays was organised by the Klimaforum network, a broad network of civil society
Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere.volunteers
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.Foreningen Civilsamfundets Klimaforum (3 March 2010). "Klimaforum09 – Evaluation Report". Foreningen Civilsamfundets Klimaforum. http://klimaforum.org/Evaluation_Report_Klimaforum09_090310.pdf . Retrieved 3 March 2010.
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