{"id":4253,"date":"2021-11-06T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T06:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panap.net\/?p=4253"},"modified":"2021-11-06T14:34:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T06:34:11","slug":"over-560-groups-worldwide-endorse-peoples-declaration-for-radical-food-systems-transformation-amid-cop-26-climate-talks","status":"publish","type":"panap_updates","link":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/updates\/over-560-groups-worldwide-endorse-peoples-declaration-for-radical-food-systems-transformation-amid-cop-26-climate-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 560 groups worldwide endorse \u2018people\u2019s declaration\u2019 for radical food systems transformation amid COP 26 climate talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amid the ongoing COP 26 in Glasgow, the Global People\u2019s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems<\/a> announced that 566 groups from 78 countries<\/a> have endorsed its resulting Declaration that calls for people\u2019s rights to just, equitable, healthy, and sustainable food systems and the end of corporate monopoly control.<\/p>\n

The GPS, the Global South-led counter-summit to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), gathered 45 global formations, 25 regional groups, and 496 national and local organizations from all over the world in support of the Declaration.<\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Declaration<\/a> asserts the urgent need to radically transform food systems in confronting global hunger and the climate crisis worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe worsening climate crisis \u2013 highlighted in the 2021 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) \u2013 has been pushing hundreds of millions to famine and deprivation. Like many other environmental crises, the climate crisis is deeply rooted in the inherently destructive monopoly capitalist mode of production, including in food and agriculture,\u201d the Declaration said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It also criticizes the recently concluded UNFSS for promoting the corporate-led transformation of food systems.<\/p>\n

According to the People\u2019s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS)<\/a>, one of the initiating organizations of the GPS, the UNFSS and COP 26 share the same thrust to invest\/fund the greenwashed techno-fixes and \u201csolutions\u201d of corporations toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by the 2030 target.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is no coincidence. Both the UNFSS and COP 26 carry the same narrative: that we cannot survive the many crises we currently face without corporations, despite their blatant and pervasive damages to the people and our planet,\u201d said PCFS global co-chairperson Sylvia Mallari.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Malcolm Guy of the International League of Peoples\u2019 Struggle (ILPS)<\/a>, which is also part of the GPS organizing committee, said the push for the financing of neoliberal reforms in the pretense of climate emergency proves that imperialist actors are exploiting the concerning global situation to preserve their power and profit.<\/p>\n

The Vice Chair External of the ILPS also pointed out that grassroots and marginalized groups have been sidelined in the corporate-dominated COP 26. \u201cThe \u2018inclusivity\u2019 touted by COP 26 and UNFSS is in essence a meaningless buzzword. That is why they are out in the streets and involved in grassroots struggles where their voice can truly be heard and real change fought for,\u201d Guy said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe will not rely on intergovernmental platforms and proceedings to end our hunger for change. People-led actions can effectively deal with the global hunger situation and climate crisis, and we have our Action Plans from the GPS to make it happen,\u201d said Mallari.<\/p>\n

These Action Plans \u201crepresent [the people\u2019s] concrete and particular demands and campaigns along the \u2018four pillars\u2019 of food systems transformation,\u201d as described by the Declaration. The pillars are (1) Food sovereignty and democracy at the core of food and agricultural policies; (2) Agroecology and sustainability in production, distribution, and consumption; (3) People\u2019s right to land, production, and resources; and (4) People\u2019s right to adequate, safe, nutritious, and culturally-appropriate food.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall continue our struggle for just, equitable, healthy, sustainable, and diverse food systems as we mobilize for COP 26. PCFS invites everyone to take part in today\u2019s Global Day of Action for Climate Justice<\/a>,\u201d Mallari said.<\/p>\n

The global action is led by the ILPS and the Southern Peoples\u2019 Action on COP 26<\/a>, of which PCFS is a member.<\/p>\n

Aside from COP 26, the organizers of the GPS will be submitting the Declaration to relevant international bodies and intergovernmental platforms including the UN through secretary-general Ant\u00f3nio Guterres and its special rapporteurs including UNSR on the right to food Michael Fakhri.<\/p>\n

The GPS is co-organized by 22 regional and international organizations:<\/p>\n