The International Treaty to Protect and Restore Mother
Article 16 We, the Members of the Human Family, commit to holding governments and corporations responsible for making genuine progress to solve the growing challenge of Climate Change. Historically, after 21 years of climate conferences, governments and corporations have accomplished nothing to address the growing global problem of climate change and have, in fact, subsidized the petroleum energy industry that increases climate change.
While we will hold governments and corporations responsible for making genuine progress, we will not rely on them to restore the harmony and balance of life. The majority of the work to protect and restore the sacredness of life remains with each and every one of us.
Signed by Indigenous Leaders from across the Americas and Indonesia, on International Mother Earth Day, April 22, 2016, in New York City, New York,