PAThon COP26

 

Press Release

05/Nov/2020

 

 

 

World leaders have been meeting for 26 years at United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26.  So far they were unable to address the climate and ecological crisis, which is now upon us, including the 6th mass species extinction.

 

Climate change has already caused catastrophe for millions fighting for their lives and livelihoods across the world. They’re under attack by droughts floods, wildfires, typhoons and cyclones and global pollution. Societal collapse and mass death are seen as inevitable by scientists and other credible voices, with human extinction also a possibility, if rapid action is not taken.

 

Between 20th to 26th November XR Global Support Participative Democracy invite people all over the world to organize a peoples assembly in their own country related to Climate Justice. The Peoples Assembly Marathon - PAThon COP26 is a worldwide event:

 

We will send a message to the United Nations and world leaders: people from all walks of life can take good decisions and propose viable solutions to current problems facing humanity, avoid social and environmental catastrophe and ensure climate justice.

 

Peoples assembly (PA) is a way to generate ideas, deliberate and make decisions collectively, and through the wisdom of the crowds achieve powerful intelligence about the core issues being discussed. It is a way to bring democracy to everyday life decisions.

 

Peoples Assemblies have been successfully implemented around the world for thousands of year, from Athens to India. It is an effective instrument for system change, a recourse the population of Chile and Greece recently have chosen when they felt their government failed.

 

Due to its well-structured process, PAThon COP26 is a tool and a way for real and positive change. It will peacefully transfer the decision-making power and public support from governments that refuse to act on the existential climate crisis back to people’s hands.

 

We will collect the outcome of all Peoples assemblies happening worldwide and send a report to the United Nations, business and political leaders. We want to demonstrate that people can take good decisions and propose viable solutions to current problems facing humanity and that people can mobilize in that direction. This contrasts with the present incapability of country’s’ leaders to deal with the present crisis.

 

All the information on how to organize peoples assembly such as documents, videos and discussion chats as well as the address to send the outcome of the PAs are at the website: https://partdem-media.wixsite.com/xr-partdemocracy/patho

 

For registration to the PAthon COP26: https://xrb.link/S7z9EiY8c

 

Contact XR GS Participative Democracy at: XRInt-PartDemocracy@protonmail.com