NEW YORK (May 2, 2014)-– Prior to the upcoming meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund, WEDO joined representatives of international, regional, national and local CSOs on a statement demanding the “GCF funds will not be used directly or indirectly for financing fossil fuel and other harmful energy projects or programs.” See below for the full letter.
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May 2, 2014
Dear Members and Alternate Members of the Board of the Green Climate Fund,
We are organizations, movements and communities from developing countries whose citizens bear the brunt of the most harmful consequences of climate change. The Green Climate Fund is of vital concern for us as the mobilization of unprecedented levels of finance is urgently needed as part of an immediate and strategic response to the climate crisis.
All efforts must be made to ensure that climate finance is provided adequately, allocated equitably and used effectively to enable all people (irrespective of gender, class, religion or age), communities and nations to deal with present and future impacts of climate change and to make the systemic transformation necessary to prevent worst-case catastrophes, halt global warming and heal the planet.
We urge you to make it an explicit policy – as part of the Investment Framework and Results Management Framework — that GCF funds will not be used directly or indirectly for financing fossil fuel and other harmful energy projects or programs. We note with grave concern and alarm how other international financial institutions include these types of projects in their climate and energy financing, under the logic of “lower carbon” energy and switching to “lower emissions” fuels.
Financing any fossil fuels and harmful energy through the Green Climate Fund is unacceptable. It is fundamentally in conflict with the mandate provided by the Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund and the principles of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. For the Green Climate Fund to have transformational impact, it should not promote “business-as-usual” energy solutions in the name of providing energy access for all – an important goal that can and must be met through clean energy solutions.
Further, we urge you to adopt an “exclusion list” as part of the Green Climate Fund policies on environmental, social, gender and financial safeguards and protection – a practice of several international financial institutions and national development finance institutions. We stand ready to engage and contribute to the development of such a policy.
Our calls are also strongly endorsed and supported by colleagues and organizations based in developed countries listed in the annex to this letter.
(Initial List of Signatories and Endorsers)
**AS OF 9:30 pm MAY 7**
SIGNATORIES Organizations from Developing Countries and Global South Networks
REGIONAL and GLOBAL SOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
Jubilee South – Asia/Pacific Movement on Debt and Development
LDC Watch
Migrant Forum in Asia
South Asia Peasants Coalition
Third World Network
South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication
NGO Forum on the ADB
Asian Indigenous Women’s Network (AIWN )
Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education)
No REDD in Africa Network (NRAN)
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA)
African Biodiversity Network (ABN)
350.org <http://350.org> (Africa and Middle East)
CAN South Asia
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense AIDA
Global Indigenous Peoples Partnership on Climate Change, Forests and Sustainable Development
IBON International
GAIA – Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Global Forest Coalition
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS in ASIA and the PACIFIC
BANGLADESH
Bangladesher Jatiyo Sromik Jote-BJSJ
EquityBD Bangladesh
Nabodhara Bangladesh
Unnayan Onneshan Bangladesh
Bangladesh Krishok Federation
Bangladesh Kishani Sabha
Bangladesh Adivasi Samity
Bangladesh Floating Labor Union
Bangladesh Floating Women Labor Union
Bangladesh Rural Intellectuals’ Front
Biplobi Jubo Sabha, Bangladesh
Ganochchaya Sanskritic Kendro, Bangladesh
Swadhin Bangla Garments Sramik o Karmochari Federation, Bangladesh
Nabodhara, Bangladesh
VOICE, Bangladesh
Online Knowledge Society, Bangladesh
EAST TIMOR
Haburas Foundation/Friends of the Earth East Timor
INDIA
Indian Social Action Forum
Kerala Independent Fishworkers Federation, India
Environics Trust
Mines Minerals & People, India
Himalaya Niti Abhiyan (NHA)
Keystone Foundation, India
PAIRVI (Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India)
Beyond Copenhagen Collective, India
Public Advocacy Initiative for Rights and Values in India (PAIRVI), India
INDONESIA
AKSI Indonesia
Koalisi Anti-Utang Indonesia
KRUHA Peoples Coalition for the Right to Water Indonesia
Solidaritas Perempuan Indonesia
Indonesia Civil Society Forum for Climate Justice
debtWATCH Indonesia
Gema Alam West Nusa Tenggara – Indonesia
Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR)
WALHI/FoE Indonesia
MALAYSIA
Friends of the Earth Malaysia
NEPAL
All Nepal Peasant Federation
All Nepal Women Association
Campaign for Climate Justice Network, Nepal
Jagaran Nepal
Rural Reconstruction Nepal
Campaign for Climate Justice (CCJN), Nepal
KIN (kitanglad integrated ngos)
Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environment Nepal (JVE-NEPAL)
Garjan.Org <http://garjannepal.blogspot.com/>, Nepal
PAKISTAN
Pakistan Fisherfolk Federation
Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, Pakistan
PHILIPPINES
Freedom from Debt Coalition
Philippine Movement for Climate Justice
Aksyon Klima Pilipinas,
Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities
Sanlakas
Kalayaan
WomanHealth Philippines
Partnership for Clean Air (PCA) Inc.,
Ateneo School of Government
Ecological Society of the Philippines
Alyansa Tigil Mina, Philippines
Partido ng Manggagawa (Labour Party of the Philippines)
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (Solidarity of Filipino Workers)
PhilNet-RDI at PRDCI
Green Convergence for Safe Food, Healthy Environment and Sustainable Economy
COASTAL CORE, INC., Sorsogon City, Philippines.
Miriam P.E.A.C.E.
EcoWaste Coalition, Philippines
NGOs for Fisheries Reform (NFR), Philippines
kitanglad integrated ngos (KIN)
Peoples Movement on Climate Change
Koalisyon Pabahay ng Pilipinas
SRI LANKA
National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (NAFSO) Srilanka
Center for Environmental Justice/Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka
TAIWAN
Taiwan Environmental Protection Union, Taipei, TAIWAN
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS in LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
BOLIVIA
Bolivian platform on Climate Change
BRAZIL
Vitae Civilis, de Brasil
COLOMBIA
Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad
GUYANA
Global Youth Movement – Guyana
HONDURAS
Fundacion De Iniciativas De Cambio Climatico De Honduras
Fundacion MDL De Honduras
MEXICO
Centro de Transporte Sustentable EMBARQ México
Equidad de Género: Ciudadania, Trabajo y Familia, México
Instituto de Políticas para el Transporte y el Desarrollo (ITDP), Mexico
PANAMA
Asociación Ambientalista de Chiriquí
PERU
Citizen Mouvement on Climate Change ( MOCICC) – PERU
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS in AFRICA
REPUBLIC of CHAD
Association pour le Marketing Social au Tchad
THE GAMBIA
Worldview-The Gambia
REPUBLIC of GHANA
Abibimman Foundation (Ghana)
MALAWI
Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN), Malawi
REPUBLIC of MOZAMBIQUE
JA! Justiça Ambiental/ FoE Moçambique
NIGERIA
Center for 21st Century Issues, Nigeria
NGO Coalition for Environment (NGOCE), Calabar, Nigeria
Labour,Health and Human Rights Development Centre
REPUBLIC of SENEGAL
Senegalese Social Forum
ONG Panafricaine Pour l’Education au Développement Durable (PAEDD), Senegal
ONG PanAfria Yung Man’s Organization
SOMALIA
Somali Organisation for Community Development Activities
SOUTH AFRICA
groundWork (friends of the earth South Africa)
TOGO
Jeunes Volontaire pour l’Environnement (JVE-Togo)
REPUBLIC of UGANDA
National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) – Friends of the Earth Uganda
THE ZAMBIA
Zambia Youth Climate Change Forum (ZYCCF)
Endorsers from Organizations based in Developing Countries
INTERNATIONAL and REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Action Aid
Oxfam
World Wildlife Fund International
350.org <http://350.org>
Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
Earth in Brackets
Food & Water Watch
International Rivers
HELIO International
International Forum on Globalization
Carbon Market Watch
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
Institute for Policy Studies
Heinrich Boell Foundation North America
Sierra Club
Center for Biological Diversity
Climate Wise Women
EcoEquity
Rainforest Action network
Center for International Environmental Law
U.S. Climate Plan
SustainUS
EUROPE
Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland
World Development Movement, UK
Christian Aid UK
CAFOD UK
Healthy Planet UK
Ecologistas en Accion Spain
Global Social Justice Belgium
11.11.11 Belgium
Alliance Sud Switzerland
Iceland Nature Conservation Association
PACIFIC
Jubilee Australia
Climate Justice Programme, Australia
ATTAC, Japan
