Civil Disobedience and Non-Violent Resistance in the Fight for more Climate Action

This episode explores the role of civil disobedience and
non-violent resistance in the struggle for more ambitious climate
action. With our guests Rosa Marina Flores Cruz and Dr. Samira
Akbarian, we discuss the different meanings and forms that civil
disobedience and non-violent resistance can take, looking at
concrete examples from different contexts and the democratic
functions of these forms of protest.
[Who is behind this Podcast] 

Speaker: Rosa Marina Flores
Cruz, member of the "Assembly of Indigenous Peoples of
the Isthmus in Defense of Land and Territory" and of the
"Indigenous Futures" Network, and Dr. Samira
Akbarian, Research Associate at the Chair of Public Law
and Legal Philosophy at the Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main.


Facilitation: Andrea-Vicky Amankwaa-Birago 


Sound: Mattef Kuhlmey   


Music by: Brass Riot, Latest Album "The Never
Acting Story" 


This episode was recorded in September 2023.


Host organisations: 


BUND – Friends of the Earth Germany –BUND stands for Bund für
Umwelt- und Naturschutz Deutschland, German Federation for the
Environment and Nature Conservation. It is an independent federal
NGO that has been dedicated to protecting nature, and the
environment since the mid 1970s. With over 674.000 members and
supporters, 16 state organizations and 2,300 local and regional
groups, BUND is one of the largest environmental associations in
Germany today. http://www.bund.net; Contact:
klimaschutz@bund.net 


UfU - Independent Institute for Environmental Issues – is a
scientific institute and registered non-profit association from
Berlin. The main focus of the institutes work is to promote
democracy and education in climate, environmental and resource
protection. https://www.ufu.de/; Contact:
franziska.sperfeld@ufu.de 


The project “Strengthening civil society in the implementation of
national climate policies” is funded by the International Climate
Initiative (IKI). The initiative is promoted by the German
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
on the basis of a resolution of the German Federal Parliament.
The analysis, opinions, and content in the Podcast represent the
opinion of the speakers and are neither necessarily
representative of the position of BUND, UfU, IKI, or the Federal
Republic of Germany.