Citizens' Global Platform

Citizens' Global Platform (CGP) brings together civil society actors from Brazil, India, Tanzania and Finland. The goal is to empower marginalised groups and to create new mechanisms for citizen participation in international political processes. The project focuses on combating the climate change and strengthening the appreciation of sustainable lifestyles.

The work of CGP is rooted in the Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy, which was jointly co-ordinated by Finland and Tanzania.

The project has produced a video that illustrates the negative effects of climate change on the marginalized people in Brazil, India and Tanzania. Watch the videos here:

Part one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSTiHA1fzS8
Part two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faon6Ndkksc

A reserch process documenting the actors working on climate change, their assets and challenges, as well as the impacts of climate change to the marginal groups in each country, is under way. Workshops are being held in all the four project countries to enhance the effectiveness of citizen participation on climate policy. The results of the research and the recommendations from the workshops will be published at COP15 side event in Copenhagen on the 9th of December 2009 and on this page.

A report on Influencing environmental decision-making produced by the project is available for those NGO and CSO representatives, who are preparing to attend the COP15 or are interested in following other international meetings e.g. under UNEP.