At times, ECO feels like a broken record. Perhaps our tune isn\u2019t catchy enough. Or perhaps you haven\u2019t heard it because observers have rarely been given the floor. So, we\u2019ll say it one more time: public participation and the ability of people to freely participate, including in UNFCCC meetings, is a human right and essential to effective climate outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ECO worries that when delegates enter the World Conference Center you forget about those with yellow badges. Unlike the double lines on a rapid antigen test, the yellow line on badges isn\u2019t going to hurt you. People don\u2019t threaten the party-driven process. We are here to help. But over the course of the last two weeks, we have faced appalling hurdles to our participation \u2013 from platform issues to not being able to intervene in sessions focused on enhancing our participation and on developing an ACE workplan (here\u2019s a hint: that\u2019s about the right to participate too).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of this has ECO very worried as we head into COP27. ECO knows about the shrinking civic space and situation of environmental and human rights defenders in Egypt. And we remember the participation issues at COP26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And there\u2019s more — it\u2019s not just about allowing participation, it\u2019s about enabling and promoting it. So, as we head into COP27, the UNFCCC Secretariat, the COP Presidency, and Parties need to think about how to enable and promote the free participation of observers, including Indigenous Peoples, women and people of diverse gender identities and sexual orientations, persons of color, persons with disabilities, and young people. This means reflecting on accessibility and how to decrease barriers, including those associated with travel (visas, costs), access (language, building design), and safety (speech, assembly).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When people participate, climate actions are more effective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ll say it here, we\u2019ll say it in Sharm el-Sheikh, and we\u2019ll keep repeating it until you hear it: People power, climate justice! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SPANISH<\/em> \/ ESPA\u0143OL<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Aclare las cosas, \u00a1estamos aqu\u00ed para participar! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A veces, ECO parece un disco rayado. Quiz\u00e1 nuestra melod\u00eda no sea lo suficientemente pegadiza. O tal vez no la han escuchado porque rara vez se ha dado la palabra a los observadores. As\u00ed que lo diremos una vez m\u00e1s: la participaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica y la capacidad de las personas de participar libremente, incluso en las reuniones de la CMNUCC, es un derecho humano y es esencial para obtener resultados efectivos en materia de clima. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A ECO le preocupa que cuando los delegados oficiales entren en el Centro Mundial de Conferencias se olviden de los que tienen distintivos amarillos. A diferencia de las l\u00edneas dobles de un test de ant\u00edgeno r\u00e1pido, la l\u00ednea amarilla de las insignias no va a perjudicarles. La gente no amenaza el proceso impulsado por las Partes. Estamos aqu\u00ed para ayudar. Pero en el transcurso de las dos \u00faltimas semanas, nos hemos enfrentado a terribles obst\u00e1culos para nuestra participaci\u00f3n: desde problemas con la plataforma hasta no poder intervenir en las sesiones centradas en la mejora de nuestra participaci\u00f3n y en el desarrollo de un plan de trabajo de la ACE (he aqu\u00ed una pista: eso tambi\u00e9n tiene que ver con el derecho a participar). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Todo esto tiene a ECO muy preocupado de cara a la COP27. ECO conoce la reducci\u00f3n del espacio c\u00edvico y la situaci\u00f3n de los defensores del medio ambiente y los derechos humanos en Egipto. Y recordamos los problemas de participaci\u00f3n en la COP26. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Y hay m\u00e1s… no se trata s\u00f3lo de permitir la participaci\u00f3n, sino de permitirla y promoverla. As\u00ed que, de cara a la COP27, la Secretar\u00eda de la CMNUCC, la Presidencia de la COP y las Partes deben pensar en c\u00f3mo permitir y promover la libre participaci\u00f3n de los observadores, incluidos los pueblos ind\u00edgenas, las mujeres y las personas de diversas identidades de g\u00e9nero y orientaciones sexuales, las personas de color, las personas con discapacidad y los j\u00f3venes. Esto significa reflexionar sobre la accesibilidad y c\u00f3mo reducir las barreras, incluidas las asociadas a los viajes (visados, costes), el acceso (idioma, dise\u00f1o del edificio) y la seguridad (discurso, reuni\u00f3n). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cuando la gente participa, las acciones clim\u00e1ticas son m\u00e1s eficaces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lo diremos aqu\u00ed, lo diremos en Sharm el-Sheikh, y lo seguiremos repitiendo hasta que lo escuchen: \u00a1Poder popular, justicia clim\u00e1tica!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At times, ECO feels like a broken record. Perhaps our tune isn\u2019t catchy enough. Or perhaps you haven\u2019t heard it because observers have rarely been given the floor. So, we\u2019ll say it one more time: public participation and the ability of people to freely participate, including in UNFCCC meetings, is a human right and essential […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,120],"tags":[1068,234],"can_campaign_tax":[226],"can_region_tax":[],"can_topic_tax":[],"can_body_tax":[86],"can_event_tax":[1061],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n