Bolivian city of Cochabamba will be the venue for the World Summit for Climate Change from April 19th to April 22nd 2010, announced Bolivian President Evo Morales. The summit, organized as a world conference of social movements, will operate as a response to the failure of the 15th Summit on Climate Change, recently held in Copenhagen.

"Cochabamba will be the scenario for diverse social movements to discuss about the consequences global warming brings about, how we harm our environment and every single hazard jeopardizing planet Earth," explained Morales when addressing the press.

Bolivian Foreign Ministry will be taking care of the details and the organization behind the summit. "My idea is to summon everyone on April 19th, so as to conclude the summit on International Day of Mother Earth, April 22nd," added Morales.

Bolivian President insisted on the idea of organizing a world referendum on climate change, as well as forming a Climate Justice Court in the United Nations. He justified the summit in the name on mankind, life and the planet, and also as a response to the failure of the 15th Summit on Climate Change. "The problems of climate change are directly linked to the irrational development of industry," said the president.

Within the framework of a press conference due to the celebrations for the 49th anniversary of the foundation of the Culpina municipality, in the region of Chuquisaca, Morales stated that he believes industrialized nations are obsessed with the idea of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and the aftermath of this resolution "it is not being analyzed," he pointed out. "Allowing global warming to rise up to 2 degrees Celsius is a huge threaten against mankind's survival," warned Morales. He also said that he had requested technical and scientific arguments to support a large-scale international mobilization to defend the environment, especially water.

He regretted that the summit held in Copenhagen had concluded without reaching any important agreement. However, he noted that the event was an opportunity to break the hegemony of industrialized countries attending the gathering.

The head of state assured that the summit will count on the participation of scholars, experts, social organizations and heads of state. "Our main goal is to reach a consensus so as to move forwards to the next Summit on Climate Change, to be held in Mexico on 2011," he concluded.