Download the Peoples’ Summit Report
Dear Team!
We are excited to share the final version of the report on the
Peoples’ Summit on Climate, Rights, and Human Survival! This report
provides an overview of the event, highlights its key outputs, and
outlines next steps and lessons learned that were guided, from all of
you, by the post-summit evaluation survey. Don’t miss out on the
links to important documents such as the concept note, summaries of
sessions, the Declaration, and collaborations that were initiated at
the summit – you will find them throughout the report!
Here are just a few highlights from the document:
- The summit brought together over 150 actors from the different strands
of the climate justice movement. The two-day gathering was a mix of
compelling panels and breakout groups where organizational commitments
to integrate human rights and climate change were discussed. These
conversations laid the foundation for numerous collaborative actions
that have great potential to move this work forward. - The event’s organizers hope to support groups working at the
frontlines to take on leadership roles and guide the direction of
these national, regional, and thematic collaborations. The intention
is that future working groups will be led and maintained by
self-designated focal points with support from the organizers if
requested. - There was strong interest after the summit to create an email list to
continue to engage with others working on climate justice. Your active
participation in this new community is essential to bring it to life. - The climaterights4all email list has a lot of potential, particularly
to support the collaborations that came out of the summit or will be
proposed through the climaterights4all network. - It is particularly important to have a follow-up team that reflects
different regions, issue-areas and includes both small and large
organizations. The intention of the follow-up team is for it to be a
part of a horizontal process whereby the direction of collaborations
rests with the self-identified persons and/or organizations that
choose to be focal points. The hope is that the follow-up team will
serve the function of supporting, where requested and along with
others, and as long as needed, groups working at the frontlines in
guiding the direction of post-summit activities. We have a growing
group of individuals interested in joining the follow-up team; if you
would like to be part of this group, please reach out to Melanie at
melanie.allen@amnesty.org by March 24th, 2020.
The organizers commit to encourage, as much as possible, conversations
between funders and the groups focusing on human rights and climate
change. Please look out for more information on this in the near
future.
Last but not least, give a read and review the evaluation survey. It
will help you to better understand how the feedback from the summit
guided the proposed next steps outlined in this summary and the
report.
Also, think about proposing a new collaboration or joining an existing
collaboration, or even being part of the follow-up team to keep the
momentum going!
Thank you for making the event such a unique call to action. We look
forward to working together with the hundreds of organizations that
engaged in the process for further collaboration towards our common
goals, and believe that we may be able to make a solid contribution to
ending the climate crisis, and the injustices that underlie it.
Organizers of the Peoples’ Summit
Wallace Global Fund, Amnesty International, Center for Human Rights
and Global Justice: NYU School of Law, CIEL, Greenpeace International,
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
MARUAH Singapore 