{"id":3975,"date":"2019-12-11T03:42:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T07:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2019-12-11T03:42:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T07:42:22","slug":"climate-activists-at-madrid-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/climate-activists-at-madrid-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate activists at Madrid summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Lisa Vives <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the 25th <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\">United Nations<\/a> climate conference moved into its second week, environmental activists from around the world denounced the influence of corporate power plainly visible at the Madrid summit and took to the streets in a massive climate protest led by indigenous leaders and youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit \u2014 known as COP25, or conference of parties \u2014 has so far focused on meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise to \u201cwell below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit.\u201d But climate scientists say the talks are failing to produce the drastic measures necessary to address the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5506089157017573\" data-ad-slot=\"1517254432\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters from India, Africa, the U.S., the UK, Europe and Latin America linked arms to march through Madrid\u2019s city center. Nigerian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlestonchronicle.net\/2019\/12\/10\/climate-activists-at-madrid-summit-denounce-inaction-by-world-leaders\/\">environmental organizer<\/a>, Godwin Ojo, explained the purpose of his participation. \u201cWe are here to stop corporate power. We are here to stop corporate capture of the state, corporate capture of the U.N., corporate capture of resources.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to put an end to climate change. All over the south, there is flooding. A lot of people are dying from climate change. And now the farmers are unable to plant because there are rainfall problems in Nigeria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5506089157017573\" data-ad-slot=\"1517254432\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMultinationals have totally grabbed the reins of government,\u201d he observed. \u201cEconomic concerns overrule all other interests. Industry continues to degrade the environment, overexploit crude oil resources, destroy people&#8217;s livelihoods, pollute the waterways &#8211; they can&#8217; t even be brought to acknowledge the damage they are doing, let alone clean it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat is their driving force? Profit, profit and more profit. Human rights violations, climate change, none of it matters. Climate change even to the point of disaster is business.\u201d &#8220;Africa needs to receive means of implementation,&#8221; added Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, a lead negotiator from the Africa Group. &#8220;We need to receive financial resources, technology transfer, and capacity building. 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