Fossil fuel financiers at investors, pinadalhan ng memorandum ng isang activist climate group
Pinadalhan ng isang memorandum ng activist climate group ang top fossil fuel financiers at investors na dumadalo sa UN Global Compact conference na tigilan na ang pagpopondo at pagtataguyod sa false climate solutions.
Ayon kay Lidy Nacpil, coordinator ng Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), tuluyang masisira ang kalikasan kung patuloy na gagamit ng fossil fuel.
“We call on companies participating in the global compact: Stop all forms of financing of all fossil fuel projects. Stop selling us the false narrative that we need fossil gas projects to transition out of coal and stop promoting false climate solutions technologies,” pahayag ni Nacpil.
“Climate change related extreme weather events – unprecedented monsoon rains, super typhoons and heat waves – are destroying lives, homes and livelihoods, and deepening hunger, poverty, and inequalities in our countries. And worse is still to come. You have the responsibility to act now. You must do your full share in bringing a rapid end to fossil fuel energy systems, which account for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet and escalating the climate crisis, ” dagdag ni Nacpil.
Isang kilos-protesta rin ang Isinagawa ng grupo sa Ninoy Aquino statue sa Makati City sa tapat ng Philippines Stock Exchange tower.
Sabayan ding nagsagawa ang kilos-protesta ang grupo sa Bangladesh, Indonesia, at India.
“Despite their avowed commitments to the Paris agreement, and stark warnings from scientists, private corporations have not done anything significant let alone adequate enough to end fossil fuel energy systems at the speed needed to stop the climate crisis before it reaches world wide catastrophic. There is only a small window of time to do this,” pahayag ni Nacpil.
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