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The Escazú Agreement is a landmark environmental agreement in Latin America and Caribbean nations (information below). Currently, 9 countries have ratified it, but there needs to be 2 more countries to ratify it before September 26 for the agreement to go into effect, which is in less than two months. This group is focusing on the Caribbean nations that are closest to ratification. St. Lucia, Grenada, Jamaica, and Haiti have signed but not ratified. Right now, we’re outreaching to local groups and other NGOs that know more about how close these four nations are, and we’ll focus on those closest to ratification. We’re also doing research on nations in the Caribbean for the Defend the Defenders campaign
Chart a path to determine countries closest to ratifying by Wednesday so we can start helping the digital campaignUpdate on countries researched so far and assign people to researchUpdate on groups we’ve talked with so far
Getting pressure to President and ministers internationally is not viableThe campaign should be focused on CEPAL, which coordinates the agreement internationally, targeted to them, it will be difficult to get the nations to sign itThe research has already been done, Mangabay???? news report about how escazú in every country because every country is differentAsk CEPAL: don’t relax the ratification because of the pandemic, we can’t have it in the way of Escazú, ask CEPAL to coordinate it quickly so that countries that haven’t signed Escazú can do it in a coordinated way. They have the power to write to the foreign minister in Latin America and ask them to hurry up in the ratification, and as well with the Congress. Strategically, move like this, ask for government, president, foreign minister, and Congress of latin america to hurry up their signing and ratifying the Escazú We have the contact of Laura (Colombia), Nicky Becker (Argentina) and Colombian Escazú Champion, Nafesha (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
Met with group of Caribbean youth groups in Escazú in March, came up with an action plan to implmeent the signing adn ratificaiton of Escazú in teh Caribbean. Lead to coalition of local groups to give updates and also strengthen the power of the group. Across region demand Escazú, awaken in the mind it’s a regional approach, Caracomb? Caribbean community organization, something wanted across the region, Wednesday webinar, Escazú, trying to get in contact with champions from DR and Cuba, meeting on Saturday, to see what the local situation is likeNafesha: already have signed, because of COVID?? St. Vincent said they would ratify, but they wouldn’t see the public demand, if the public demand doesn’t demand it, it doesn’t make sense. Why does it take so long? Regional governmental structureIn comparison to LATAM countries, it doesn’t take as long, for them they have to debate it, it doesn’t take as long for Caribbean states, its’ for the administration, environmental ministry of climate change would work to implement the bill, usually doesn’t go through any significant debate, the process isn’t as long, but it varies from state to stateCan’t say how close each govenrmnet is, each government is pretty silent about it, conversation is silence, OECS (organization of eastern caribbean states??) they were going to reinforce a push in the Eastern Caribbean, Antigua, Barbuda??, greatest chance. Jamaica Discussion topicsIntrosName, age, preferred pronouns, country, ice-breaker: what’s your favorite food?Updates on research & how close they are to ratifyingJamaica GrenadaHaitiSaint LuciaDominican RepublicShould we research any more countries?Updates on outreach & what’s still neededMore outreach!!Anything else?
Caribbean Rolling Notes
FIRST MEETING
Facilitator: Jett
Notetaker: Lili
Attendees: Jett, Lili, Alli, Dib, Nafesha, Emiliana, Leila
Background info:
Important documents
Objectives
Escazú is so complex, hard to explain: how to pressure it
Nafesha:
Action items
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