The Civil Society Committee for COP17 (C17) includes representatives of 16 organisations including social movements, labour, environmental justice organisations, international environmental NGOs and faith-based organisations. It is a facilitatory body that will coordinate the participation of international and national movements and organisations of civil society in the common process but will not seek to represent them or to enter into negotiations with, or lobbying of, governments on their behalf.
Rather, the C17 seeks to create opportunities for:
Civil society engagement with climate change solutions and in the climate change negotiations during 2011
Civil society engagement with the South African government around climate change negotiations and positions
A platform for the expression of diversity in civil society
Environmental movement building in South Africa and the region
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