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Speaking to the plenary of the summit,
Morales said that discussing the effects of global warming and not
the causes is hypocritical.
Prensa Latina news agency reports that
the new initiative of the Bolivian leader includes five questions
that all citizens of the world should answer to determine the steps
that governments should take.
The questions suggested by Evo Morales
are the following: Should the civil society be in harmony with
nature? Should the excessive consumerist habits of today’s world be
changed? Should the emission of polluting gases be reduced to 1%?
Should today’s huge military budgets be earmarked for the fight
against climate change? And, should there be an International Court
of Justice to defend Mother Earth?
The Bolivian head of state, who said
that rich countries should pay climate change reparations, added:
“Our objective is to save humanity and not just half of humanity. We
are here to save Mother Earth.” “The real cause of climate change is
the capitalist system. If we want to save the earth then we must end
that economic model. Capitalism wants to address climate change with
carbon markets. We denounce those markets and the countries which
[promote them]. It’s time to stop making money from the disgrace
that they have perpetrated,” he continued.
“Let’s eradicate poverty and bring in
climate justice. If capitalism resists we have to do battle with it.
If we do not, then mankind, the greatest creation in the universe,
will disappear,” he concluded.
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