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Friends of the Earth in private meeting at UN17 May 2010
Bolivian President, Evo Morales, invited Friends of the Earth to join him to brief the UN on the latest in international climate talks.
President Morales was joined by:
- Asad Rehman, Head of International Climate at Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Meena Raman, Secretary General of Friends of the Earth Malaysia
- Nnimmo Bassey, Chair of Friends of the Earth International
They met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at an unprecedented private meeting in New York.
Global voice
At the meeting our New York delegation spoke on behalf of a network of thousands of organisations, including:
- Climate scientists
- Campaign groups
- Governments
- People affected by climate change
The UN meeting came after the People's Summit on Climate Change in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
People's Summit on Climate Change
The summit was a direct challenge to the failure of the Copenhagen conference last December.
Specifically it challenged the adoption of the Copenhagen Accord.
It was designed to work out how to win real progress on climate change, including at the next major conference in Cancun, Mexico, in November.
Our New York delegation also joined President Morales when he briefed UN ambassadors from the G77 on the outcome of the Bolivia summit.
The G77 represents 132 developing countries, many of which are already suffering the consequences of climate change.
The conclusions of the People's summit are now part of the formal negotiations on international climate change.
