WNAM Monitoring: Standing in solidarity with the people of Palestine, a global network of climate justice and human rights organisations, has called for a permanent ceasefire and scaling up of humanitarian aid in Gaza, on day 1 of the UN Climate Summit that opened in Dubai on Thursday.
COP28 Coalition, an alliance of various civil society organisations from 75 countries, said “the struggle of the Palestinian people is part and parcel of our collective struggle for climate, racial, economic and political justice. We also fight for a world, where everyone has the right to live with dignity and free from oppression”.
Youth stands with Palestine
Dylan Hamilton, policy coordinator for the Alliance of Non-Governmental Radical Youth, said: “Climate justice is inseparable from human rights and justice for the Palestinians. There can be no climate justice in an occupied land.”
Inalienable human rights
Palestinian activist Tariq Luthun said access to water, food, and the other essentials of life are supposedly inalienable human rights. “And yet, Israel’s blockade on food, fuel, water and medical aid to 2.2 million people in the Gaza strip is a clear violation of international law and violation of international humanitarian norms under UN conventions.”
