Post by Admin on Nov 30, 2014 8:30:26 GMT -5
COY Declaration on Intergenerational Equity
We as youth recognise that the atmosphere is held in trust for future generations, and demand that Parties to the UNFCCC take actions in accordance with the principle of Intergenerational Equity (Inteq) and ensure that the functional integrity of Earth’s climate is not compromised for the benefit of future generations, whose fundamental rights and interests deserve to be treated with equivalent value to those of people today.
All generations are partners in using and caring for the Earth. Every generation must pass the Earth and our natural and cultural resources on to future generations in at least as good a condition as it received. This obligation requires us to effectively address urgent environmental problems and institutionalise the voices, rights and interests of future generations. Inteq will unite Parties and help drive ambition.
This principle has deep roots in diverse cultural and religious traditions. It also has roots in Islamic law, the common law, civil law, and African customary law, among others. Many indigenous civilizations have recognised the need for Inteq and have implemented it through such measures as making decisions with the next seven generations in mind. Countries individually, and the COP as a whole, need to learnt from these practices of these peoples.
Inteq as a practice must be both recognised, but also implemented in future agreements to ensure that our actions do not violate the rights and interests of future generations. One way of doing so is making sure that Parties do not apply the use of a social discount rate in analysing and presenting the macroeconomic costs and benefits of their commitments. The social discount rate ultimately discounts the lives of future generations and cannot be part of any fair future climate agreement.
(Insert Court idea here, driven by above and rules and principles).
The use of an agreed decarbonisation goal by 2050 is one way of making a carbon budget can be fairly distributed across generations and ensure that the most dangerous impacts of anthropogenic climate change to current and future generations are avoided. As youth, we are the inheritors of this Earth, should be given a clear voice in both the 2015 agreement and all processes beyond it. This shall include a role in the COP as a Party that can review others and take part in the decision making process.
We recognise ourselves as the last generation to be able to generate a significant change in the climate change battle and we accept and will fulfil our intergenerational responsibility.
We as youth are not passive subjects to the dictates of our elders. We must be partners in ensuring Inteq. The process of creating the Colombo Declaration gave youth a voice and vote at the tables of power, and worked effectively.
Inteq is the central pillar upon which we can address the fundamental problem of climate change. It must be recognised and it must be implemented. Inteq can make better lives across all generations and ensure that we have a future.
Suggested text- The ICC will adopt a protocol to expand their mandate to cover the violations of rights to a functional and sustainable environment. Individuals and organisations that endanger the rights of future generations must be held accountable under the institution of international law. The ICJ will adopt a future generation’s protocol which will expand their mandate to cover violations of future human rights.
We as youth recognise that the atmosphere is held in trust for future generations, and demand that Parties to the UNFCCC take actions in accordance with the principle of Intergenerational Equity (Inteq) and ensure that the functional integrity of Earth’s climate is not compromised for the benefit of future generations, whose fundamental rights and interests deserve to be treated with equivalent value to those of people today.
All generations are partners in using and caring for the Earth. Every generation must pass the Earth and our natural and cultural resources on to future generations in at least as good a condition as it received. This obligation requires us to effectively address urgent environmental problems and institutionalise the voices, rights and interests of future generations. Inteq will unite Parties and help drive ambition.
This principle has deep roots in diverse cultural and religious traditions. It also has roots in Islamic law, the common law, civil law, and African customary law, among others. Many indigenous civilizations have recognised the need for Inteq and have implemented it through such measures as making decisions with the next seven generations in mind. Countries individually, and the COP as a whole, need to learnt from these practices of these peoples.
Inteq as a practice must be both recognised, but also implemented in future agreements to ensure that our actions do not violate the rights and interests of future generations. One way of doing so is making sure that Parties do not apply the use of a social discount rate in analysing and presenting the macroeconomic costs and benefits of their commitments. The social discount rate ultimately discounts the lives of future generations and cannot be part of any fair future climate agreement.
(Insert Court idea here, driven by above and rules and principles).
The use of an agreed decarbonisation goal by 2050 is one way of making a carbon budget can be fairly distributed across generations and ensure that the most dangerous impacts of anthropogenic climate change to current and future generations are avoided. As youth, we are the inheritors of this Earth, should be given a clear voice in both the 2015 agreement and all processes beyond it. This shall include a role in the COP as a Party that can review others and take part in the decision making process.
We recognise ourselves as the last generation to be able to generate a significant change in the climate change battle and we accept and will fulfil our intergenerational responsibility.
We as youth are not passive subjects to the dictates of our elders. We must be partners in ensuring Inteq. The process of creating the Colombo Declaration gave youth a voice and vote at the tables of power, and worked effectively.
Inteq is the central pillar upon which we can address the fundamental problem of climate change. It must be recognised and it must be implemented. Inteq can make better lives across all generations and ensure that we have a future.
Suggested text- The ICC will adopt a protocol to expand their mandate to cover the violations of rights to a functional and sustainable environment. Individuals and organisations that endanger the rights of future generations must be held accountable under the institution of international law. The ICJ will adopt a future generation’s protocol which will expand their mandate to cover violations of future human rights.