People
worldwide have launched a global coordinated delivery
of the recently released IPCC report to
decision makers across the globe.
The
actions demand that all institutions withdraw their support from the fossil
fuel industry and stand up to them before it’s too late.
Actions
will take place in over 100 different locations and include banner drops, hand
deliveries and other forms of creative action.
The
scientific report confirms the need to keep fossil fuels in the ground to
achieve 1.5ยบC and demonstrates that it is feasible, if the world takes
urgent action. Greenhouse gas emissions need to drop to half their current
level by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.
At
the same time, renewable energy needs to progressively provide most of the
energy, reaching 70-85% by mid-century.
While
the urgency to kickstart a global systemic transition should be now clear,
national climate plans are currently setting us on a path to over 3°C of
warming by the end of the century.
Climate
activists, scientists and communities worldwide are advocating for these plans
to be dramatically improved at the next UN climate change conference, COP24.
“The
fossil fuel industry is knowingly causing the climate crisis. The scientific
and economic case for a global transition away from fossil fuels is stronger
than ever, yet national governments, financial institutions and other centers
of economic and political power keep propping up this polluting industry,” said
Payal Parekh, 350.org Programme Director.
“The
IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C makes it clear that you’re either on the side of
science or on the side of the fossil fuel lobby. We’re delivering copies of it
worldwide to remind decision-makers that it’s high time they made a choice”.
Communities
worldwide are already resisting fossil fuel development and calling for a deep
transformation of our energy systems and economies.
Some
of these stories of resistance can be found in the newly released People’s Dossier on 1.5°C
authored by 350.org . The Dossier puts faces and voices onto the facts and data
provided by the IPCC special report.
It
contains the stories of 13 communities fighting on the frontlines of climate
change: from young Pacific Islanders trying to stop the Adani mega-mine to
fishermen communities in Africa battling against new coal plants; from the
struggle to stop a gigantic gas pipeline among the olive groves of Southern
Italy to the landowners and Native Americans putting solar panels on the route
of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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