Fairtrade, climate justice and social justice are interconnected
This was the message from representatives from the Co-operative Union (UCA) SOPPEXCCA at a webinar co-hosted by NSC and the Bristol Link with Nicaragua to mark Fairtrade Fortnight. We are very grateful to SOPPEXCCA general managerĀ Fatima IsmaelĀ and producer Erika Lanzas Rodas for Ā their inspiring presentations and to Roy Kareem,...
Webinar: Fairtrade, Hurricanes and Climate Justice
Thursday 4 March, 7 ā 8.15pm GMT, 1-2.15pm Nicaragua Speakers: Fatima Ismael, general manager, Agricultural Co-operative Union (UCA) SOPPEXCCA Erika Lanzas Rodas, Fairtrade coffee grower, UCA SOPPEXCCA Facilitator: Bristol Black and Green Ambassador (TBC) Description: The UCA SOPPEXCCA, based in northern Nicaragua, has 650 members producing Fairtrade coffee, and organic fruit and vegetables for their own...
Webinar summary: Nicaragua, Climate Justice and Agroecology
Summary of webinar on 10 February, co-hosted by the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign and Friends of the ATC Speakers: Guisell Morales, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the UK; Rosalina Gutierrez, small-scale farmer, general secretary of the Rural Workers Association (ATC) in Jinotega; Amaru Torrez, ATC, Central America representative to the Climate Justice Collective of...
Webinar Nicaragua, Climate Justice and Agroecology
Wednesday 10 February, 7 ā 8.30pm GMT NSC is glad to partner with Friends of the Rural Workers Association (ATC) to offer an opportunity to learn directly from those at the forefront of a global struggle for climate justice. Find out about the impact of two major hurricanes on the lives of...
Nicaragua, COP26, Climate Justice and Reparations
In the lead up to COP26 in November this year, Ā the Nicaraguan representative Dr Paul Oquist, argues that the high level of social and economic destruction caused by Covid-19 and its impact on humanity will be āsmall, transient and recoverableā compared with the potential total, irreversible destruction of the climate...
New Video: Nicaragua, Climate Justice & Agroecology
Produced by Friends of the ATC and the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign In November 2020, two catastrophic hurricanes struck Central America and left behind lost lives, lost livelihoods and destruction on an unprecedented scale. Once again, countries who bear little responsibility for the climate crisis suffer the most from intensifying climate breakdown. In this...
Climate Justice: the perspective of La Via Campesina
COP26, the last chance to avoid āclimate disasterā In November this year in Glasgow, the UK government will host COP26 with 30,000 delegates, heads of state, climate experts and campaigners. It will not only be the biggest summit the UK has ever hosted, but also the most critical to addressing the...
No to agribusiness, yes to agroecology
Our Nicaraguan partner organisation, the Rural Workers Association (ATC), is a member organisation of La Via Campesina (LVC), a global movement of millions of peasants (small scale farmers) and indigenous peoples. Transnational agribusinesses have turned food production and consumption into one of the greatest hazards for people and the planet. A...
Climate extremes, what difference can agroecology make for food sovereignty?
One of the worst ever Atlantic hurricanes struck Central America in October 1998 causing over 11,000 fatalities, 3,800 of them in Nicaragua. Ā In addition there was destruction on an immense scale of homes, livelihoods and infrastructure. In the wake of the hurricane, agroecologist and economist Eric Holt-Gimenez, wrote his doctoral dissertation...
Ending the myth of eternalism on a planet with finite resources
'We need a change of mindset, from one of transforming nature to one of transforming ourselves.ā Dr Paul Oquist, Minister-Private Secretary for National Policy,ā Ā Nicaraguan representative to UN agencies on climate change, and former co-chair of the UN Green Climate Fund. In his book Equilibra: The Philosophy and Political Economy of...