#LetTheEarthBreath & #ClimateCrisis are trending because of the #ScientistProtest but people are saying that the answer to the climate crisis = deleting emails & unplugging electronics.
Individual change will never be enough while we're in this imperialist, profit-oriented system
Individual change will never be enough while we're in this imperialist, profit-oriented system
1. Only 100 companies are responsible for over 70% carbon emissions driving the climate crisis.
This means that multinational companies, especially the fossil fuel industry, need to be stopped. They have the biggest responsibility & need to be held accountable for their actions.
This means that multinational companies, especially the fossil fuel industry, need to be stopped. They have the biggest responsibility & need to be held accountable for their actions.
The fossil fuel industry is one of the main reasons behind the climate crisis and big banks like J.P. Morgan Chase, HSBC, Standard Chartered are funding our destruction.
2. The richest 1% twice as much as the world's poorest 50%.
This means it's individuals like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, etc. that need to be taxed and fined for the destruction they are doing to our planet. I don't care if they're *also* investing in renewable, those are
This means it's individuals like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, etc. that need to be taxed and fined for the destruction they are doing to our planet. I don't care if they're *also* investing in renewable, those are
tiny drops in the bucket of the profit they make when they're exploiting the planet.
4. The Global North rich countries are historically responsible for the climate crisis while the rest of us in the overexploited countries of the Global South have to suffer the worst impacts
4. The Global North rich countries are historically responsible for the climate crisis while the rest of us in the overexploited countries of the Global South have to suffer the worst impacts
That means Global North countries, especially the US and countries in Europe, need to drastically cut their emissions & immediately transition away from fossil fuels -- without leaving the workers behind. They have to pay reparations to the global south.
They have a climate debt to the rest of the world and this money should be taken from cancelling the climate disaster & fossil fuel related debts of Global South countries, from taxing their rich & their multinational companies, and from their huge military budgets.
The US military is one of the largest polluters in the world, even more than a lot of countries.
War is also one of the drivers of the climate crisis and is often caused by or linked to the fossil fuel industry and the squabble of the rich for oil.
War is also one of the drivers of the climate crisis and is often caused by or linked to the fossil fuel industry and the squabble of the rich for oil.
5. Almost all countries across the globe are failing in their response to the climate crisis. Global South leaders whose countries are most affected by the climate crisis need to have the political will to put a stop to imperialist plunder, demand climate justice & reparations
from the rich countries in international conferences, and regulate & put limits on private companies that continue to pollute. Global South leaders NEED to prioritize proactive, pro-people adaptation & research into minimizing loss & damages.
6. Ultimately, the problem we have is rooted in a system that prioritizes the profit of the richest (people, companies, & countries). This imperialist system wantonly exploits and steals from our planet, colonized peoples, people of color, the poor, & the 99%. This system that
overproduces for profit. The system that views development as the impossible everlasting growth of GDP and profit but leaves behind the quality of lives of the majority of people across the world.
What we need is system change, and for that, we need collective action.
What we need is system change, and for that, we need collective action.
*another thing about individual lifestyle change, not only is it not enough, a lot of it is also not accessible to a lot of people, especially the marginalized. BUT if you have the privilege to do it, please do, but please don't stop there.
This is already in the first tweet, but I need to say it again. If deleting emails and planting trees and changing our diet isn't the main answer, what can we do?
Join the movement. Do not give up hope.
Join the movement. Do not give up hope.
Realize that the climate crisis is tied to other socioeconomic crises, especially class inequality, and that we cannot solve climate injustice without getting rid of all injustices. To fight for climate justice is to fight for a better world for all people.
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." - Arundhati Roy
Join the fight for climate justice! Join the revolution for the liberation of all people!
Join the fight for climate justice! Join the revolution for the liberation of all people!
*the link in the screenshot should be systems-change.net and not org hehe
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