A delegation of Global South scholars and activists is embarking on a lobbying and advocacy tour of European capitals to discuss the urgent issue of an ecosocial energy transition.

The seven participants are following up on a global manifesto published this year decrying new Green colonialism and urging more equitable approaches to achieve a fossil-free future.

Kome Odhomor, spokeswoman for the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), said this in a statement on Monday in Yenagoa.

HOMEF, a Nigeria-based environmental group, is a participating member of the coalition of groups making up the delegation. The delegation will hold public events, meet with policymakers and NGOs, and engage with the media in Berlin, Brussels, and London from May 29 to June 2.

According to her, the delegation’s mission is to inject Global South perspectives into current European policy discussions around energy and the environment.

“The delegation will include the Right Livelihood award winner, a Nigerian activist Nnimmo Bassey, widely published Argentine sociologist and philosopher Maristella Svampa, the Fijian international human rights lawyer Kavita Naidu and Indian activist-researcher Madhuresh Kumar,” the statement explained.

It added, “Others are Brazilian-Spanish activist-scholar Breno Bringel, Venezuelan linguist and ecofeminist Liliana Buitrago, and South African-Swedish scholar-activist Vasna Ramasar. The tour is organised by the Ecosocial and Intercultural Pact of the South, the Global Just Transition project of the Institute for Policy Studies, and the Global Tapestry of Alternatives.”

She revealed that while in Germany, the delegation would, in Berlin, meet the press in the morning of Tuesday and hold a public event co-sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung at 5:00 p.m.

(NAN)