Asia-wide bike rides kontra climate change ikinasa

(Photo by Jimmy Domingo) Mahigit 1,000 siklista ang nakiisa sa 16-kilometer loop na Pedal for People and Planet (PPP) sa Quezon City. Ito ay para ipanawagan sa mga mayayamang bansa na makiisa sa pagtugon sa problema sa climate change. Ayon kay Lidy Nacpil, coordinator ng Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), nagsagawa rin ng sabay ang kilos protesta sa 42 na siyudad at probinsya sa  Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, at Vietnam. “We need real solutions to the climate crisis. Rich countries have to do their fair share of global climate action. This means delivering on their fair share towards reaching zero global emissions and fulfilling their  obligations to provide climate finance,” pahayag ni Nacpil. Ang bike ride ay 17 beses nang  ginawa simula noong 2021 kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng  World Environment Day sa June 5. Simula rin ito ng Intersessional Meetings ng UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sa Bonn, Germany. “It is the rich, industrialized countries that are responsible for the bulk of historical and continuing emissions that cause global warming and climate change. Their promises and action plans remain short of what they must do to arrest global warming and prevent climate catastrophe.” pahayag ni Nacpil.