EU's offer of 20% emission cut to kill planet: Asian climate justice activists
Dhaka, Sept 2 (UNB) – Asian climate justice activists on Sunday said the latest offer of the European Union to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent is “too low an ambition” and “will help kill the planet.”
In a protest action outside the venue of climate talks in Bangkok, advocates from various parts of Asia expressed dismay over the EU's proposal and demanded that “real solutions” to the climate crisis begin with deep, drastic and domestic emission cuts by rich industrial countries, especially the European countries and the United States.
The protest, led by Jubilee South - Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JS-APMDD), coincided with the workshop on quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets by developed country parties at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), according to a message received here on Sunday.
JS-APMDD coordinator Lidy Nacpil said EU's emission cut proposal is contrary to its claim to being a champion of ambitious emission cuts.
”The 20 percent emission cut offer by the EU means 'no cuts' and 'business as usual' for countries that are historically responsible for the over-accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This proposed low ambition emission cut will help kill the planet," Nacpil said.
Rezaul Karim Chowdhury from EquityBD, Bangladesh, said: “No deep cut now means mass carbon genocide to the least developed countries (LDCs), especially possible extinction of small island countries."
Manjette Lopez, vice president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition in the Philippines, said the goal needed is to limit the temperature rise to well below 1.5 degree Celsius and bring it down to one degree Celsius as fast as possible.
”The United States, the European Union and other Annex I countries have already accepted their responsibility to the climate crisis. The next logical and imperative thing to do is to fulfill their existing legally binding commitments and undertake drastic emission cuts without offsets. No more skirting the issue. No more excuses. They need to act now," said Lopez.
Stephanie Fried from ULU Foundation, USA; Asad Rehman, Freinds of the Earth, UK; Sharmila Karki from Jagoron Nepal, Sayeed Balooch from FisherFolk Association, Pakistan; Michele Maynard from Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, South Africa; and Willy D Costa from INSAF, India also spoke at the rally.
In a protest action outside the venue of climate talks in Bangkok, advocates from various parts of Asia expressed dismay over the EU's proposal and demanded that “real solutions” to the climate crisis begin with deep, drastic and domestic emission cuts by rich industrial countries, especially the European countries and the United States.
The protest, led by Jubilee South - Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JS-APMDD), coincided with the workshop on quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets by developed country parties at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), according to a message received here on Sunday.
JS-APMDD coordinator Lidy Nacpil said EU's emission cut proposal is contrary to its claim to being a champion of ambitious emission cuts.
”The 20 percent emission cut offer by the EU means 'no cuts' and 'business as usual' for countries that are historically responsible for the over-accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This proposed low ambition emission cut will help kill the planet," Nacpil said.
Rezaul Karim Chowdhury from EquityBD, Bangladesh, said: “No deep cut now means mass carbon genocide to the least developed countries (LDCs), especially possible extinction of small island countries."
Manjette Lopez, vice president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition in the Philippines, said the goal needed is to limit the temperature rise to well below 1.5 degree Celsius and bring it down to one degree Celsius as fast as possible.
”The United States, the European Union and other Annex I countries have already accepted their responsibility to the climate crisis. The next logical and imperative thing to do is to fulfill their existing legally binding commitments and undertake drastic emission cuts without offsets. No more skirting the issue. No more excuses. They need to act now," said Lopez.
Stephanie Fried from ULU Foundation, USA; Asad Rehman, Freinds of the Earth, UK; Sharmila Karki from Jagoron Nepal, Sayeed Balooch from FisherFolk Association, Pakistan; Michele Maynard from Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, South Africa; and Willy D Costa from INSAF, India also spoke at the rally.
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