We spearheaded the largest climate march in history – nearly 700,000 strong and a game-changer for political momentum. |
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Just last year climate change seemed to many of us like a behemoth that was dooming our species to a significant probability of extinction due to our own stupidity and corruption.
But with hope, and good strategy, (the Avaaz effect:)), and the efforts of many leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Pope Francis, and organisations like our friends at 350 and the Guardian newspaper’s work on fossil fuel divestment, as well as killer research from groups like the World Resources Institute, most experts now believe the tide is turning, and momentum is building to get a global deal in Paris this year that will set the world on course to a solution. It will be a long fight, we cannot afford to drop our guard, but today, we celebrate a battle won!!!
With gratitude and joy,
Ricken, Alice, Emma, Iain, and the whole Avaaz team
PS: the G7 declaration is just a commitment, and we need to hold them accountable, but commitments matter – sending an immediate signal to dirty and clean energy investors that will help accelerate the clean-energy boom we desperately need. There’s more info on the summit and how we helped win this on our celebration page:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/paris_here_we_come/?bwuNZcb&v=61209
Sources:
Merkel convinces Canada and Japan on CO2 (Politico)
http://www.politico.eu/article/germany-canada-japan-emissions-pledge/
G7 leaders bid ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to carbon fuels (Reuters)
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/06/08/g7-summit-idINKBN0OO25120150608
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