We, over 500 representatives of the Community Forest Network,  Land Reform Network, Network of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of Thailand, Thai Fisher-folk Federation, Network Against Fossil Power and Heavy Industries, Renewable Energy Network, Alternative Agricultural Network, Assembly of the Poor,  Women’s Network, and Small Scale Fisher-folk Youth Network of the South,  joined in solidarity during the two-day forum held on 3-4 October 2009, to exchange our experiences of sufferings and the problems caused by global warming and share our views towards how to solve these problems.  We finally agree to declare our statement to struggle for justice under the climate crisis:

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Recommendations of Thai Civil Society[i]
on the Thai Government’s Positions
Towards the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (COP 15), Copenhagen, Denmark,
and Related National Policy Formulation

This document represents comments and recommendations of the Thai civil society (TCS) towards the forthcoming negotiations in the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15).  It reflects our concerns on the dangerous climate change which is increasing in its frequency and severity especially to developing countries, especially among local communities, indigenous peoples and the poor.  The main cause of climate change is an ever increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) concentration in the atmosphere from the historical emissions under the conventional development paradigm that has been focusing upon economic growth, while disregarding the security of humankinds and social justice in a number of areas.  Furthermore, attempts to deal with the dangerous climate change, as seen for more than a decade, have not yielded any progress or promise to slow down the climate catastrophes.  On a contrary, governments of developed countries have remained ignorant to take urgent and immediate actions to cope with the dangerous climate change.

 

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For your information, here is the statement of the ASEAN Peoples Forum which includes some mention of climate issues under the Economic Cluster.

Summary report of the Climate Justice Conference, Bangkok 12-14 July 2008


From 12 to 14 July 2008, over 170 activists including fishers and farmers, forest and indigenous peoples, women, youth, workers, researchers and campaigners from 31 countries gathered at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand for a conference on climate justice. This summary report provides a brief and non-exhaustive summary of the issues discussed, agreements reached, and strategies proposed during the conference. For more information, see the conference website .