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DESCRIPTION:Global Climate Strike for Intersectional Climate Justice\n\nEmbarcadero 
 Plaza, Market St &, Steuart St, San Francisco, CA 94105\n\nSept. 24 @ 10:00 
 AM - 2:00 PM\n\nInfo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTvk94UlMlX/\n\nWebsite: 
 https://fridaysforfuture.org/september24/\n\nThe climate crisis does not 
 exist in a vacuum. Other socio-economic crises such as racism, sexism, 
 ableism, class inequality, and more amplify the climate crisis and vice 
 versa. It is not just a single issue, our different struggles and 
 liberations are connected and tied to each other. We are united in our 
 fight for climate justice, but we must also acknowledge that we do not 
 experience the same problems; nor do we experience them to the same 
 extent.\n\nMAPA (Most Affected Peoples and Areas) are experiencing the 
 worst impacts of the climate crisis and are unable to adapt to it. This is 
 because of the elite of the Global North who have caused the destruction of 
 the lands of MAPA through colonialism, imperialism, systemic injustices, 
 and their wanton greed which ultimately caused the warming of the planet. 
 With both the COVID, climate, and every crisis in history, overexploited 
 countries and marginalized sectors of society are systematically left 
 behind to fend for themselves.\n\nThe time to join the masses and follow 
 the lead of the environmental defenders and workers has been long overdue. 
 Reparations to MAPA must be paid for the historic injustices of the richest 
 elite, drastic emission cuts in the Global North, vaccine equity, 
 cancellation of debt, and climate finance are only the beginning of these. 
 Together we will fight for a just future where no one is left behind. The 
 historical victories of collective action have proven the need for the 
 youth to stand united with the multisectoral, intergenerational struggle 
 for a better future for all; a future where people and planet are 
 prioritized.\n\n\nOUR MESSAGE TO WORLD LEADERS\n\n1.   The Global North 
 needs to cut emissions drastically by divesting from fossil fuels and 
 ending its extraction, burning, and use. We need concrete plans and 
 detailed annual carbon budgets with roadmaps and milestones to ensure we 
 get to net-zero with justice and equity in the time needed to address 
 climate change.\n \n2. The colonizers of the north have a climate debt to 
 pay for their disproportionate amount of historic emissions and that starts 
 with the increase of climate finance to implement anti-racist climate 
 reparations, the cancellation of debts especially for damage caused by 
 extreme weather events, and providing adaptation funds that serve the 
 communities.\n    \n3.  Work towards a genuinely global recovery from 
 COVID-19 by ensuring equitable vaccine distribution worldwide and 
 suspending intellectual property restrictions on COVID-19 technologies. 
 This is an essential step towards a global, green, and just recovery.\n    
 \n4.  Recognize the tangibility of the climate crisis as a risk to human 
 safety and secure the rights of climate refugees in international law.\n    
 \n5.  Recognize the invaluable impact of biodiversity on indigenous 
 communities’ lives and culture, and commit to make ecocide an 
 international punishable crime.\n\n6. Stop the violence and criminalization 
 against indigenous peoples, small farmers, small fisherfolk, and other 
 environmental and land defenders. Support the work they do.  Respect and 
 listen to our defenders. \n\n\n OUR MESSAGE TO EVERYONE\n\n1. MAPA (Most 
 Affected Peoples and Areas) are unheard, not voiceless. They’ve been 
 fighting for their present, not just their future. No one should be a 
 prisoner of injustice. Don’t fight FOR MAPA, fight ALONGSIDE MAPA. MAPA 
 are not just sad experiences, we must highlight their rich stories of 
 resistance.\n    \n2.  MAPA countries are not “poor,” they are rich 
 with resources but have been historically and systematically oppressed and 
 kept from developing.  The Global North leaders have a climate debt to pay 
 to humanity. Urgent climate action and assisting with adaptation is not an 
 “honorable duty” or “solidarity” it’s reparations for the 
 injustices high income nations and sectors have caused through their 
 exploitation.\n    \n3.  MAPA voices must be amplified and centered in our 
 fight for climate justice, otherwise even if we succeeded in limiting 
 global warming to safe levels for life on Earth, marginalized communities 
 would still be sacrificed and left behind, thus only part of the problem 
 would be solved.\n    \n4.  Now more than ever, we have to join the masses 
 and follow the lead of environmental defenders, workers, and those most 
 ignored. Join in their struggle for decolonization, justice and autonomy. 
 We must remember that our liberations are tied together.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/09/17/18844920.php
SUMMARY:San Francisco: Global Climate Strike for Intersectional Climate Justice
LOCATION:Embarcadero Plaza, Market St and Steuart St, San Francisco, CA 
 94105\nPlease wear a mask.  Follow COVID safety guidelines: 
 https://covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/09/17/18844920.php
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