November 2015
We come together, recognizing the rights of nature and our interdependent and spiritual relationship with Mother Earth.
We honor Indigenous peoples’ spiritual and sacred understanding of Mother Earth and their relationship with her. We respect their leadership in restoring humanity’s sacred and healthy relationship with the natural world.
We recognize that the extraction, transportation, and consumption of fossil fuels has caused serious harm to the land, air, water, atmosphere and all forms of life, and is a major contributor to our climate crisis and mass extinction. These harms are disproportionately borne by those who do not profit from the economic and political systems that have caused them, bear no responsibility for the crisis, and lack adequate resources to adapt to our changing climate. This includes communities directly injured by the extraction and use of fossil fuels and those on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
We recognize that to avoid exacerbating the climate crisis and to return to a healthy relationship with Mother Earth, the vast majority of the world’s fossil fuels must remain in the ground. Governments must put the needs of people and communities above corporate profits by taking bold and immediate action to end fossil fuel extraction because the natural world can no longer wait. International forums such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 21st Conference of the Parties in Paris provide important opportunities for world leaders to strengthen community energy by making ambitious progress towards keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
We strive for a world in which all people and our governments and institutions:\
- Respect the rights of nature, Indigenous peoples, immigrated communities and communities forced to migrate, women, frontline communities and future generations, including the internationally recognized rights of Indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed consent and their right to say “no” to extractive activities on their traditional lands;
- Repair the damage caused by centuries of colonialism, racism, environmental genocide, and extractive economies;
- Promote an economy that is based on interdependence with and responsibility towards Mother Earth, remains within ecological limits, and redefines wealth away from financial accumulation and towards sufficiency and well-being; and
- Make a just transition to democratized, equitable, clean and 100% renewable energy for all.
To achieve this vision we demand:
- Full recognition and support – including adequate and direct funding – of the rights of Indigenous, impacted and frontline communities, and their informed and effective leadership and participation in developing and implementing this vision;
- Fossil fuels be kept in the ground by ending exploration and new extraction to protect Mother Earth and remain well in line with Indigenous knowledge and scientifically based climate limits;
- An immediate end to public funding and other subsidization of fossil fuel exploration, extraction and infrastructure, and investment of the resources necessary to enact a just transition to a clean and renewable energy economy for all, prioritizing frontline communities;
- An end to the fossil fuel industry’s stranglehold on our political and governance systems at all levels to ensure that energy policies follow climate policies based on equity and science, so that the real interests of all are protected. To start, the undue influence of the fossil fuel industry in international and domestic policymaking must end, and industry must not be permitted to participate in international climate negotiations;
- Rejection of false solutions that perpetuate or justify the extraction and use of fossil fuels, or that continue or create new harms to our air, water, lands, communities and climate;
- Rejection of all market based mechanisms that increase inequality, violate human rights, expedite the destruction of ecosystems or allow polluters to avoid cutting pollution at the source;
- Provision of adequate financial and other support to ensure that those individuals and communities most vulnerable to Mother Earth’s changing climate are able to adapt;
- Divestment from activities that support the continued extraction of fossil fuels and the oppression of Indigenous and frontline communities, and investment in activities that empower communities to take control of their energy future; and
- An immediate transition to a decentralized and democratized clean energy future powered 100 percent by renewable and sustainable energy sources.
Signatories as of December 2, 2015 :
(Links to full declaration in English and Spanish)
May Boeve
Executive Director
350.org
United States
John Fish Kurmann
Lead Coordinator
350KC
United States
Laura Greco
Presidente
A Sud – Ecologia e Cooperazione
Italia
Esperanza Martinez
Directora Ejecutiva
Acción Ecológica
Ecuador
Hanns Moshammer
Vorsitzende
AerztInnen fuer eine gesunde Umwelt
Austria
Oscar Nascimento
Presidente
La Asociación Internacional por la Paz en Colombia y el Mundo (AIPAZCOMUN) Suiza
Suiza
Aroa de la Fuente López
Alianza Mexicana contra el Fracking
México
Edgardo Benítez Maclin
Dirigente y Ecologista Indígena
AlianzaVerde
Honduras
Leila Salazar-López
Executive Director
Amazon Watch
United States
Natalia Salvatico
Coordinadora de la campaña de Agua y Sostenibilidad
Amigos de la Tierra Argentina
Argentina
Elenor Hodges
Executive Director
Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment
United States
Asociación por la Justicia Ambiental
Argentina
Bladimir Moreno
Presidente
ASOU’WA
Colombia
Wilson Suárez
Activista Ecologista, Social
ASPCAPD
Ecuador
Lídia Lucaski
Vice-presidente
Associação de Defesa do Meio Ambiente de Araucária (AMAR)
Brasil
Jihan Gearon
Executive Director
Black Mesa Water Coalition
United States
Kiki Wood
National Director
Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
Canada
Marica Di Pierri
Director
Centro Documentazione Conflitti Ambientali (CDCA)
Italia
Tatiana Roa
Coordinadora
CENSAT Agua Vida
Colombia
Kieran Suckling
Executive Director
Center for Biological Diversity
United States
Carroll Muffett
President and CEO
Center for International Environmental Law
United States
Caroline Farrell
Executive Director
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
United States
Sofía Medellín Urquiaga
Coordinadora General
Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular/ Programa por la Paz (CINEP/PPP)
Colombia
Silvia Quiroa
Directora Ejecutiva
El Centro Salvadoreño de Tecnología apropiada (CESTA)
El Salvador
Sanjeev Kumar
Founding Director and CEO
Change Partnership
Belgium
Nicodemus Siayi Soko
CEO
Christian Spiritual Youth Ministry (CSYM Hudama Mtandao
Tanzania
Miriam Jimenez Perez
Directora
Corporación para la Investigación y el Ecodesarrollo Regional (CIER)
Colombia
Eréndira Cano
Presidenta
Centro de investigaciones interdisciplinarias para el patrimonio biocultural y la equidad A.C. (CIIPBIOCE A.C)
México
Tom VanHammen
Executive Director
Circle Pines Center
United States
Paul V. Ferrazzi
Executive Director
Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community
United States
Vera Scroggins
Director
Citizens for Clean Water
United States
Max Tukano
Coordinador General
Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COAIB)
Brasil
Comision Nacional en Defensa del Agua y la Vida
Uruguay
José Martin Velázquez Pérez
Coordinación Operativa
Comunidades Campesinas y Urbanas Solidarias (COMCAUSA)
México
Franco Viteri
Presidente
Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana (CONFENIAE)
Ecuador
Pilar Trujilo Uribe
Directora Ejecutiva
Consejería en Proyectos
Colombia
Javier Marquez Valderrama
Antropólogo
Corporación ECOFONDO
Colombia
Amalia Cuervo Tafur
Directora General
Corporación Ecológica y Cultural Penca de Sábila
Colombia
Juan Carlos Alemán Mógenes
Director Ejecutivo
Corporación ITZEA
Colombia
Hernando Mejía Diez
Ingeniero Agrónomo
Corporación La Ceiba
Colombia
Laura Becerra Pozos
Directora Ejecutiva
DECA Equipo Pueblo, A.C.
México
Carol Davis
Coordinator
Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment
United States
Biana Sopoci-Belknap
Executive Director
Earth Care
United States
Trip Van Noppen
President
Earthjustice
United States
Jennifer Krill
Executive Director
Earthworks
United States
Luis Tuninetti
Presidente
Eco Sitio
Argentina
Esperanza Cerón Villaquirán
Directora
Educar Consumidores
Colombia
Paul Severance
Chair
Elders Climate Action
United States
Sandy Kaptain
Chair
Elgin Green Groups 350
United States
Lydia Avila
Executive Director
Energy Action Coalition
United States
Rees Shearer
Chair
eNGR – Energizing Renewable Growth in Holston Valley
United States
Drew Hudson
Executive Director
Environmental Action
United States
Joy Bergey
Director
Environmental Justice Center at Chestnut Hill United Church
United States
Eric Goplerud
Executive Director
Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions
United States
Marcelo Calazans
Coordenador do Programa Regional
Federação de Órgãos para Assistência Social e Educacional (FASE)
Brasil
Luis Isarra Delgado
Secretario General
Federación Nacional de Trabajadores del Agua Potable (FENTAP)
Perú
Wenonah Hauter
Executive Director and Founder
Food & Water Watch
United States
Liz Kirkwood
Executive Director
For Love of Water (FLOW)
United States
Jim Roberts and Jesse Crow
Coordinators
Forest City 350 Climate Coalition
United States
Todd Paglia
Executive Director
ForestEthics
United States
Randy Hayes
Executive Director and Founder
Foundation Earth
United States
Mary Shesgreen
Chair
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice
United States
Nathalie Seguin
Directora Ejecutiva
Freshwater Action Network Mexico
Mexico
Susu Jeffrey
Founder
Friends of Coldwater
United States
Erich Pica
President
Friends of the Earth – U.S.
United States
Jean Carlos Jimenez
Director Ejecutivo
Fundación Red Colombiana Para la Defensa de los DD.HH., el Medio Ambiente y la Paz
Colombia
Haydé Pérez
Directora Ejecutiva
Fundar, Centro de Análisis e Investigación
México
Executive Committee
Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
Global
Genie C. Stevens
Executive Director
Global Warming Express
United States
Joanna Kerr
Executive Director
Greenpeace Canada
Canada
Annie Leonard
Executive Director
Greenpeace USA
United States
Edgar Jaimes
Presidente
Grupo de Investigación de Suelo y Agua (GISA)
Venezuela
Mario Bolaños Méndez
Presidente del Consejo Directivo
Grupo Mesófilo A.C.
México
Colette Pichon Battle
Executive Director
Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy
United States
Génon Jensen
Executive Director and Founder
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
Belgium
Gary Cohen
President and Founder
Heath Care Without Harm
United States
Anuradha Vittachi
Founding Trustee
Hedgerley Wood Trust
United Kingdom
Mark Prain
Executive Director
Hillary Institute of International Leadership
New Zealand
Winona Laduke
Executive Director
Honor the Earth
United States
Valentin Bartra
Presidente
Instituto Andino y Amazónico de Derecho Ambiental (IAADA)
Perú
Tom Goldtooth
Executive Director
Indigenous Environmental Network
United States
Janet Redman
Climate Policy Program Director
Institute for Policy Studies, Climate Policy Program
United States
Heather Rosmarin
Executive Director
InterAmerican Clean Energy Institute
United States
Victor Menotti
Executive Director
International Forum on Globalization
United States
Terisa E. Turner
Director
International Oil Working Group
United States
Cathey Falvo
Immediate Past President
International Society of Doctors for the Environment
Switzerland
Jesse Cardinal
Coordinator
Keepers of the Athabasca
Canada
Caleb Behn
Executive Director
Keepers of the Water
Canada
Felix Santi
Presidente
Kichwa community of Sarayaku
Ecuador
Kaganga John
Director
Kikandwa Environmental Association
Uganda
Manari Ushigua
President
Kiriniata Sapara (Sapara Peoples Organization)
Ecuador
Joe Uehlein
Executive Director and Founding President
Labor Network for Sustainability
United States
Kjell Kühne
Founder
Leave it in the Ground Initiative (LINGO)
Mexico
Julie Ann Edgar
Organizer
Lehigh Valley Gas Truth
United States
Jeremy Lent
Liology Institute
United States
Shannon Biggs
Director
Movement Rights
United States
Jim Warren
Executive Director
NC WARN
United States
Mariel Nanasi
Executive Director
New Energy Economy
United States
Diego di Risio
Coordinador Regional
Observatorio Petrolero Sur
Argentina
Dick Sellán B.
Director Ejecutivo
Observatorio Sociolaboral y del Diálogo Social en el Ecuador
Ecuador
Steve Kretzmann
Executive Director and Founder
Oil Change International
United States
Hernán Scandizzo
Coordinador Regional
OilWatch Latinoamérica
Latinoamérica
Gustavo Castro Soto
Director
Otros Mundos, A.C.
México
Arul Rathinam
Pasumai Thaayagam Foundation
India
Javier Dalmas
Paysandu Libre de Fracking
Uruguay
Jenny Lisak
Co-director
Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air
United States
Catherine Thomasson
Executive Director
Physicians for Social Responsibility
United States
Sara Larrain
Directora Ejecutiva
Programa Chile Sustentable
Chile
Luis Lafferriere
Director
Programa extensión Por una nueva economía Carrera Comunicación Social Univ. Nac. Entre Ríos Argentina
Argentina
Pedro Pozas Terrados
Director Ejecutivo
Proyecto Gran Simio
España
Bob Musil
President
Rachel Carson Council
United States
José Ignacio López Vigil
Radialistas Apasionadas y Apasionados
Ecuador
Lindsey Allen
Executive Director
Rainforest Action Network
United States
Marcela Olivera
Coordinadora
Red Vigilancia Interamericana para la Defensa y Derecho al Agua (Red VIDA)
Las Américas
George Matthis
President
River Guardian Foundation
United States
Dan Becker
Director
Safe Climate Campaign
United States
Carolyn Raffensperger
Executive Director
Science & Environmental Health Network
United States
Deborah Thomas
Executive Director
Shale Test
United States
Michael Brune
Executive Director
Sierra Club
United States
Bob Peart
Executive Director
Sierra Club British Columbia
Canada
Diane Beckett
Interim Executive Director
Sierra Club Canada Foundation
Canada
Rick Keller
Chair
Sierra Club, VA Chapter, Mt. Vernon Group
United States
Elías Diaz Peña
Coordinador General
SOBREVIVENCIA, Amigos de la Tierra Paraguay
Paraguay
Alan Journet
Co-facilitator
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now
United States
Stop the Frack Attack Advisory Council
Stop the Frack Attack Network
United States
Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Executive Director
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
Pakistan
Daphne Wysham
Director
Sustainable Energy and Economy Network
United States
Adam Hasz
Executive Coordinator
SustainUS
United States
Belen Paez
Directora
Terra Mater – Pachamama Alliance
Ecuador
Juan Parras
Director
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (T.e.j.a.s.)
United States
Peggy Salazar
The Southeast Environmental Task Force
United States
Zuleica Nycz
Diretora Geral
TOXISPHERA Associação de Saúde Ambiental
Brasil
María Espinosa
Directora
Trópico Verde
Guatemala
Evan Weber
Executive Director
U.S. Climate Plan
United States
Jesus A. Garay Vega
Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors
U.S. Green Building Council – U.S. Caribbean Chapter
Puerto Rico
Rafael Colmenares Faccini
Coordinador
Unión Libre Ambiental
Colombia
Allison Akootchook Warden
Executive Director
Uyalunaq
United States
Yolima Salazar Higuera
Directora Ejecutiva
Vicaría del sur – Diócesis de Florencia
Colombia
Ogechi Obibi
Founding Executive Director
Western African Forum for Environmental Education (WaFfEE)
United Kingdom
Aldo Seoane
Co-founder
Wica agli
United States
John Horning
Executive Director
WildEarth Guardians
United States
Donna Hall
President and CEO
Women Donors Network
United States
Osprey Orielle Lake
Executive Director and Co-founder
Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN International)
United States
Suzanne Maxx
President and Founder
World Team Now
United States