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Climate Change Fight-Back

by Gia Gaspard-Taylor
June 25, 2020
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As we continue to advocate for the philosophy that world environment day should be everyday, it is important to be aware of the challenges faced by women who suffer disproportionately from social and environmental effects of the extractive industries while often being excluded from decision-making. It is therefore necessary to approach “a world where all citizens benefit from their natural resources” with a mission to build a national, regional, and global movement of civil society organizations making oil, gas, water and mineral governance open and accountable, sustainable, equitable and responsive to all people. And why?  Because we as citizens have a right to participate in the governance of our country’s natural resources. As citizens we need to have the necessary information to champion and defend our right to participate for the benefit of current and future generations.

    ‘Don’t come with a speech; come with a plan.’

This is of extreme importance not only to us as women in Trinidad and Tobago but to the region as a whole. Legal and illegal mining impact on our livelihood, water, food crops, land, forest and fisheries through landslides, flooding and coastal erosion. All of these are made worse by the effects of climate change which is fuelling environmental degradation, desertification, destructive hurricanes and other natural disasters which are pauperizing entire communities and countries resulting in largescale migration and displacement. These, in turn, put pressure on the natural resource base of the countries to which they migrate resulting in a vicious cycle that we must find the will to  break if human civilisation is to save itself.

Therefore, we must follow the advice by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to world leaders preparing for the September climate action summit: “Don’t come with a speech; come with a plan.” 

To tackle climate change and counter its impact on the environment, we need more than talk; we need an effective plan. There are no boundaries in the environment. Young and old, rich or poor, men and women, boys and girls, we all live at the same address: Planet Earth. Let us act now.

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Gia Gaspard-Taylor

Gia Gaspard-Taylor

President, Network of Rural Women Producers

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