[KWPeace-groups] Update from Tamara: COP 27, Tour of Russia Finland Latvia Poland and Romania + Two webinars on December 6 and 7

Tue Nov 29 19:09:21 EST 2022

Thank you Tamara for your amazing effort, courage, adventure and
commitment. I look forward to your 2 webinars. Peace, Dwyer

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 6:52 PM Tamara Lorincz <tlorincz at dal.ca> wrote:

> Dear KW Peace friends,
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> I hope you are all well.
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> I wanted to share with you that at the beginning of November, I went to
> Egypt for COP 27 and worked hard with the Women’s International League for
> Peace & Freedom (WILPF) delegation to promote the issues of peace for
> climate justice, cut military spending for climate finance, transparency
> for military emissions, and disarmament-demilitarization for
> decarbonization. We also supported the Women Gender Constituency’s calls
> for gender-responsive climate solutions and raised the demands of African
> women.
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> After Egypt, I went to Russia, Finland, Latvia, Poland and am still in
> Romania. I have had very long days every day with meetings sometimes up to
> 11 hours. I have taken hundreds of photos and several pages of notes. I
> have spoken to many people from all walks of life on how climate change,
> the war in Ukraine and NATO expansion are affecting them and what
> possibilities there are to end the conflict and build peace. I have tried
> to learn more about the politics and culture of these countries. I am
> worried about the militarization of this region, the hot war in Ukraine and
> the new Cold War that are underway and how all of this will prevent the
> achievement of the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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> *I want to let you know that I will be giving two webinar presentations
> next week about my time at COP 27 and my tour on December 6 and 7. You are
> welcome to come!
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> (1)
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> *IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL PRESENTATION: "Climate, Conflict & the Search for
> Peace: A Report Back from COP 27 in Egypt and Tour of Russia, Finland,
> Latvia, Poland and Romania"*
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> One-hour hybrid event (in-person and online)
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> Tuesday, December 6, 2022
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> 9h PST/ 12h ET / 18h CET / 10pm MSK
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> Balsillie School of International Affairs, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, ON
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> Lunch will be provided, please register in advance.
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> Featuring Tamara Lorincz, PhD Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier University.
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> Hosted by the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Environment and
> Resources Cluster.
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> Register:
> https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/climate-conflict-the-search-for-peace-a-report-back-from-cop-27-in-egypt-and-tour-of-russia-finland-latvia-poland-and-romania/
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> (2)
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> *WEBINAR: “Climate, Conflict & the Search for Peace: First-Hand
> Observations from COP 27, Russia and Eastern Europe”  *
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> Speaker: Tamara Lorincz, PhD candidate and member of the Canadian Voice of
> Women for Peace and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
> (WILPF-Canada). Moderated by Maya Garfinkel of World Beyond War Canada.
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> Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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> 4:30 p.m. PST / 7:30 p.m. ET
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> Register:
> https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-climate-conflict-the-search-for-peace-first-hand-observations-from-cop27-russia-and-eastern-europe/
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> Tamara will share her insights as an observer delegate at the 27th
> Conference of the Parties (COP) climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
> She was on the delegation of the Women’s International League for Peace &
> Freedom (WILPF), which is a member of the Climate Action Network
> International and the Women Gender Constituency of the United Nations
> Framework Convention on Climate Change. After Egypt, Tamara went on a tour
> of Russia, Finland, Latvia, Poland and Romania to learn more about these
> countries and to meet people to talk about their perspectives on the war in
> Ukraine, NATO expansion and climate change. She spoke at the Moscow State
> Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and at a public event in
> Helsinki. Her tour was motivated by citizen diplomacy, strategic empathy
> and peacebuilding.
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> The webinar is organized by World Beyond War Canada and the Canadian
> Foreign Policy Institute and endorsed by the Canadian Voice of Women for
> Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
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> *RESOURCES TO SHARE ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE:*
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> I highly recommend this book by Dr. Stephen Cohen “War with Russia? From
> Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate”:
> https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/War-With-Russia/Stephen-F-Cohen/9781510755468
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> It is extremely important and prescient. It is crucial context to
> understand what is going on today.
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> I also greatly recommend the recent articles by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, world
> renowned economist, UN senior advisor and head of the Sustainable
> Development Solutions Network at Columbia University. Dr. Sachs has
> published several crucial articles on the war in Ukraine, ending the war
> and the West’s conflict with China:
> https://www.commondreams.org/author/jeffrey-d-sachs
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> If you haven’t already, watch Dr. John Mearsheimer's speech "The Causes
> and Consequences of the Ukraine War" June 2022:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qciVozNtCDM
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> *NATO: *
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> Watch the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting live stream for November 30
> here: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_67375.htm
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> Read NATO’s Foreign Ministers’ Bucharest Summit Statement; it’s very
> irresponsible:
> https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_209531.htm
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> Check out the recording of the recent webinar by the Asia Network: “Global
> NATO and The Economic Wars Against Russia and China”:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FSSmWdXtHM&t=33s
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> Join the No to War, No to NATO Network: https://www.no-to-nato.org/
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> *CLIMATE CHANGE:*
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> Read: Women Gender Constituency’s final press release “Collective Power
> Shines Amid a Process That Fails on Urgent Climate Action,”
> https://womengenderclimate.org/press-release-collective-power-shines-amid-a-process-that-fails-on-urgent-climate-action/
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> Read: “COP27 will be remembered as a failure – here’s what went wrong” The
> Conversation:
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> https://theconversation.com/cop27-will-be-remembered-as-a-failure-heres-what-went-wrong-194982
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> Must watch: 'Under Poisoned Skies', this powerful film about the adverse
> impacts of fossil fuel development in Iraq was screened at COP and can be
> viewed here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d34rr7
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> SIPRI’s “Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk”:
> https://www.sipri.org/research/peace-and-development/environment-peace
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> TNI’s “Climate Collateral: How military spending accelerates climate
> breakdown”:
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> https://www.tni.org/en/publication/climate-collateral
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> At COP 27, the Egyptian president announced an important new UNFCCC
> initiative "Climate Responses for Sustaining Peace":
> https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1257/479868/AlAhram-Weekly/COP/CRSP-takes-off.aspx
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> *UNITED NATIONS and CIVIL SOCIETY:*
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> *We need a new architecture for common security that brings in Russia and
> China.
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> United Nations "Our Common Agenda" report and initiative:
> https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda
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> UN Secretary General calls for a new “Agenda for Peace”:
> https://dppa.un.org/en/new-agenda-for-peace
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> International Peace Bureau's new report and initiative "Common Security:
> Our Shared Future": https://www.ipb.org/common-security/
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> *TAKE ACTION: CHRISTMAS APPEAL FOR CEASEFIRE & PEACE IN UKRAINE:*
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> The International Peace Bureau’s Christmas Peace Appeal, an international
> appeal for a ceasefire and peace in Ukraine. IPB is calling for a ceasefire
> in Ukraine for Christmas 2022/2023, from the 25 December to the 7 January,
> as a sign of our shared humanity, reconciliation and peace. Sign the
> petition here: https://www.christmasappeal.ipb.org/sign-the-petition/
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> ***
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> Finally, in solidarity for the “16 Days to End Violence against Women”
> Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF):
> https://www.wilpf.org/16-days-to-end-violence-against-women-and-girls/
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> With peace and climate justice,
>
> Tamara
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