Call for Civil Society’s Participation
In the 2nd ASEAN Peoples’ Forum / 5th ASEAN Civil Society Conference
18-20 October 2009
Cha-am, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand
http://aseanpeoplesforum.net
Asian People's Solidarity for Climate Justice
The Gr8 Climate Sale
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The issue of climate change has come to the forefront and people both in the North and the South have been feeling the devastating effects of global warming. However, the links between the neo-liberal system and the model of over consumption to the climate crisis are not clearly stated.
This April, Focus on the Philippines
covers water and energy issues as we mark Earth month, with statements
and analysis from the Peoples’ Water Forum as well as papers regarding
the proposed nuclear option and revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power
Plant (BNPP). The issue also includes a special section on the G20 and
posts data from the National Statistical Coordination Board regarding
the poor and climate change.
This issue also takes us to
Istanbul, London and China. Here, Mary Ann Manahan talks about the
Paradox of Asia’s Water. Walden Bello, newly sworn in Philippine
Congress representative, unpacks the G-20; while Julie Delos Reyes
presents her insights on China amidst the crisis.
In the
Philippines, the energy debate is taking a dangerous turn as government
officials seriously consider nuclear energy as a “sustainable, steady,
quality, affordable source of power” followed by a bill to revive the
Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. The BNPP bill has provoked intense
opposition from social movements, church groups and other progressive
organizations. In this issue, the Network Opposed to the Bataan Nuclear
Power Plant (NOtoBNPP), a network of progressive organizations, social
movements, academics, progressive legislators, human rights advocates,
ecologists, media people, church workers, consumers movements &
activists against the rehabilitation and operation of the BNPP, shares
four articles which lay down at least seven reasons why they’re against
the revival of the BNPP. (notobnpp.wordpress.com)
Materials
on the BNPP provided by the Network Opposed to the Bataan Nuclear Power
Plant (NOtoBNPP). These articles were originally published in the
Philippine Daily Inquirer. NOtoBNPP is a network of progressive
organizations, social movements, academics, progressive legislators,
human rights advocates, ecologists, media people, church workers,
consumers movements & activists against the rehabilitation and
operation of the BNPP. (notobnpp.wordpress.com)
Water justice, like water, travels in networks: notes on reclaiming public water
An
international seminar of the Reclaiming Public Water Network brought
together participants from more than 30 countries, who shared knowledge
and experiences about how to improve water provision through the
democratization of water management.
The initiative People’s Agenda for Alternative Regionalisms, involves regional alliances such as Hemispheric Social Alliance (Latin America), Southern African People’s Solidarity Network- SAPSN (Southern Africa), Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy – SAPA (South East Asia), People’s SAARC (South Asia) as well as organisations and networks in Europe, including Transnational Institute (TNI), that struggle for “Another Europe”. These networks and the organisations part of them, share a strong commitment on the need to RECLAIM the regions, RECREATE the processes of regional integration and ADVANCE people-centered regional alternatives.
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