Bangkok--7 Oct--UNISBKK
Guilty or not guilty? What the ruling of the Tcktcktck Climate Tribunal means for the UN climate negotiations
A trial in front of the Asian People’s Climate Tribunal has examined the culpability of G8 countries for global warming and hardships inflicted on the people of Asia. A panel of legal experts and adaptation policy experts will present the verdict to journalists and discuss its implications for the adaptation and finance debate in the UN climate negotiations.
Antonio Oposa, a leading environmental lawyer from the Philippines and recipient of the 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Award — Asian equivalent of the Nobel prize — will outline how the mock trial showed that there is a legal basis for climate related compensation charges. Antonio Hill, Oxfam International, will discuss the Tribunal’s verdict in the light of the Bangkok negotiations, with a special focus on the adaptation finance language in the draft UN climate treaty.
Who: Dinah Funetesfina, Asia Coordinator, Tcktcktck Campaign
Antonio Oposa, Attorney, Global Legal Action on Climate Change (GLACC)
Antonio Hill, Senior Climate Change Advisor, Oxfam International
When: Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 12:30 AM local time in Bangkok
Where: Press Conference Room, Ground Floor
United Nations Conference Centre
UNESCAP, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok
Access: Please note that attendance to the press conference is limited to accredited media registered for the UNFCCC Bangkok Climate Change Talks. For information: http://unfccc.int/press
Contact: Laurelle Keough, Oxfam, Mob: +66 86 530 8394, Email: [email protected]
Uamdao Noikorn, Oxfam, Mob: +66 81 855 3196, Email: [email protected]
Aarti Khosla, WWF, Mob: +66-80-5987688, Email: [email protected]
Notes to Editors:
Interviews are available with participants in the Asian People’s Climate Tribunal, including IPCC scientist Dr Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, Human Rights Commission of Thailand Chair Amara Pongsapich, Permament People’s Tribunal Member Francesco Martone, and Climate Witnesses from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal and Philippines.
About Tcktcktck:
The Tcktcktck campaign brings together an unprecedented alliance of faith groups, NGOs, trade unions and individuals at this crucial time to call for a new international treaty that will save the planet from the dangerous effects caused by climate change. As world leaders prepare to strike a climate deal in Copenhagen in December, tcktcktck will harness the voices of the people to demand an ambitious, fair and binding new international agreement that reflects the latest science. Time is running out. You can show your support by going to tcktcktck.org and joining the campaign.