A SKELETON, AN ARMORED NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE G20
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Last October 29 we landed in Rome at the camp set up for activists in the Acrovax social center, to participate in the social response actions of the G20 Summit that was held from October 30 to 31 in the Italian capital. The G20 Summit, which was held behind closed doors, once again brought together the leaders of the world’s main economic powers to discuss economic and political issues in an armored Rome that made it difficult for us to … Read more

WORLD CONFERENCE ON PEOPLE’S CLIMATE STRATEGY
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From June 26 to 28, we participated in a world climate conference through the internet focused on preparing new strategies and actions for the imminent COP26 that brought together several dozen organizations from different continents. Firmly agreeing on the idea that we are going through a Climate Emergency situation, the organizations that participated in this event in which several days of plenary sessions took place as well as other training and debate events, put the accent on the articulation of … Read more

REPSOL SIGNALED FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
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On the 21st day, called by Rebelión por el Clima, we met with a hundred activists at the Repsol research center in Móstoles to participate in a blockade action against the transnational, leader in GHG emissions in the Spanish state, to denounce the responsibility of the company in the climate crisis and request the cessation of its fossil activities as soon as possible, and no later than 2040. We chose this research center because Repsol likes to wash its face … Read more

COP25: A NEW MISSED OPPORTUNITY
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On December 15, after a 2-day extension, the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) closed, which turned out to be, once again, a missed opportunity to tackle the current climate problem. After a hard negotiation, a minimum agreement was reached to save the Paris Agreement, which does not respond to the demands made by civil society and the scientific community. The document, approved in extremis with the name “Chile-Madrid, time to act”, saves COP25 from … Read more

COP25: THE MARCH FOR THE CLIMATE STARTS THE SOCIAL SUMMIT
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Last December 6 the March for the Climate started. Alongside thousands of people from all parts of the world, we toured the streets of Madrid to demand climate justice, thus giving the starting signal to the Social Summit for the Climate, an event in which more than 300 acts of various kinds are scheduled by the various organizations that participate in the so-called People’s Summit. The march convened by Fridays for Future, Alliance for Climate, Alliance for Climate Emergency, 2020 … Read more

COP25: SAVING THE PARIS AGREEMENT
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On December 2, the Climate Summit (COP25) began. With the aim of achieving a global mitigation scenario, world leaders meet at an essential summit to keep the planet’s temperature rise below 1.5º C. It is the last meeting to save the Paris Agreement planned to be implemented in 2020. The summit finally takes place in Madrid from December 2 to 13, since Chile resigned, due to the social protests faced by the Piñera executive throughout the country. IFEMA will bring … Read more

COP25: PROTECT BIODIVERSITY BEFORE CLIMATE CATASTROPHY
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From December 2 to 13, the Climate Summit (COP25) will take place at the IFEMA in Madrid, where more than 25,000 representatives from 200 countries will meet with the objective of reaching agreements and commitments between nations to mitigate the effects of climate change. ECOAR))) will participate together with dozens of diverse organizations in the Social Summit for Climate that will take place in parallel and aims to build pressure to protect biodiversity and Human Rights in the face of … Read more

THE REBELLION FOR CLIMATE BEGINS: STORMING OF THE BRIDGE
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Last October 7 more than 300 activists from various groups, integrated within Rebellion for Climate and Extinction Rebellion platform, we took the ‘Nuevos Ministerios’ Bridge in the city of Madrid with the aim of demanding real and effective policies in the fight against climate change, in an action of what would be the start of a day of civil disobedience that takes place in different parts of the globe. The 2020 platform: Rebellion For Climate is integrated by groups of … Read more

CAMP IN GÁS: A NEW STEP TOWARDS THE ESCALATION OF ACTION
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This Saturday, July 20, we successfully completed a new civil disobedience action together with activists from different parts of Europe, who are deeply convinced of the need to face all those fossil energy projects, whatever the situation, and to move towards realization of a fast and just energy transition. The framework, on this occasion, was the land that the company Australis Oil & Gas has in Bajouca (Portugal) to make a gas exploitation. The struggle has its origin in the … Read more

ECOAR))) WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE NEXT CAMP IN GAS
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Camp in Gas is a camground that will take place in Bajouca (Leiria, Portugal), from July 17 to 21, 2019, in which ECOAR))) will participate. The goal is to do a massive action in the land where the beginning of future prospections in the search for gas is foreseen. With this action, we will say NO to gas prospection and exploration and we will shout out with a single voice for a planet free of fossil fuel extraction. Science tells … Read more

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