🧵 for info... including how this could impact a #FossilFuelTreaty resolution being considered by the State of California this week.
@SierraClub is the latest to endorse the proposal, joining:
🇻🇺 Vanuatu
🇹🇻 Tuvalu
🇪🇺 European Parliament
🌉 80 cities & subnational governments
🏥 @WHO & hundreds of health institutions
🌍 2,100+ civil society orgs
🪧 Thousands of youth activists
🕊️ 101 Nobel Laureates
Sierra Club’s endorsement of the #FossilFuelTreaty comes just 48 hours ahead of a Senate Hearing in the State of California on a resolution that would see the world's largest subnational government also formally endorse the proposal.
For more detail on the push for a fossil fuel phase-out in California, read this excellent piece from @SierraClubCA Director Brandon Dawson published last week: latimes.com/opinion/story/…
If the resolution passes, California will join 80 subnational & city govts that have formally endorsed the #FossilFuelTreaty including
Hawai'i State Legislature
🇦🇺 Capital Territory
LA
London
Kolkata
Lima
Amsterdam
Paris
Ottawa
Barcelona
Vancouver
Brussels
Warsaw
Sydney
& more
The @SierraClub endorsement & momentum building in California comes just weeks after a bloc of Pacific island countries committed to
"call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and lead the creation of a global alliance to negotiate a new Treaty" fossilfueltreaty.org/fossil-free-pa…
Senior Director, International Climate & Policy Campaign at @SierraClub, @EcoBlaze made it clear that this was a call on California and the United States to join Pacific Island states in developing the #FossilFuelTreaty proposal.
❌ Non-Proliferation: end expansion of coal, oil & gas
📉 A Fair Phase Out: equitably wind down existing production in line with 1.5°C
☀️ A Global Just Transition to make sure no worker, community or country is left behind
You can also join the global campaign for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty today:
✍️ Endorse at fossilfueltreaty.org
📣 Amplify the #FossilFuelTreaty demand online & in the streets
🙏 Ask groups in your network to support
👨⚖️ Call on your government to back the proposal
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The @UN #SummitOfTheFuture2024 is our chance to take decisive action against climate change. 🌍🤝
In a powerful letter, global figures like @DalaiLama, @Yunus_Centre, and @MaryRobinson01 are calling out the dangerous omission of fossil fuels from the @UN #SummitOfTheFuture2024 draft. 🌡️🔥
A bloc of Pacific nation-states is calling for the negotiation of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
They have called for support to manage a just transition to a "Fossil Fuel Free Pacific"
Instead, Australia just approved a new coal mine 😡 #auspol
Last year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said “One of the ways that we increase our standing in the region, and in particular in the Pacific, is by taking climate change seriously."
Yet in the past 6 weeks, his government has approved 2 new coal mines.
Fossil fuels are the primary cause of the climate crisis, responsible for 86% of emissions in the past decade.
The International Energy Agency & the latest IPCC report have made it clear — to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, no new fossil fuel projects can be opened.
⚠️💀While the #Amazon urgently needs to be considered as a #FossilFuel Free Zone, the Peruvian government 🇵🇪 is giving #oil a new boost by promoting internationally a series of reserves that are home to 435 #indigenous communities.
🛢️Without consulting local populations, @Perupetrosa promoted 31 areas with potential for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation to international investors meeting in Texas.
👀An investigation from @Ojo_Publico reveals that of the 31 areas, 25 are located in the #Amazon and overlap with 435 indigenous communities in Loreto, Ucayali and Madre de Dios, and two reserves for indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation #PIACI ojo-publico.com/4416/nuevas-ar…
🇨🇴 Colombia's leadership for a world free of fossil fuels and for a just energy transition is important at the national, regional and global levels. The recent commitment of the Ministry of the Environment is an important signal for the region and the world.
Follow the thread 🧵:
At the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, @susanamuhamad, defended that there should be limits to the exploitation of #oil and #gas 👇
@susanamuhamad said that "to reduce emissions on the scale we need and to have a just energy transition, it is necessary to stop the proliferation of fossil fuels, especially oil and gas exploration in climate pillars such as the Arctic and the Amazon."
El liderazgo de #Colombia por un mundo libre de combustibles fósiles y para la transición energética justa es importante a nivel nacional, regional y mundial. El reciente compromiso de @MinAmbienteCo es una señal importante para la región y el mundo. Sigue el 🧵:
En el Foro de Ministros y Ministras de Medio Ambiente de América Latina y el Caribe, la Ministra de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Colombia, @susanamuhamad, defendió que se pongan límites en la frontera de la explotación de #petróleo y #gas 👇
@susanamuhamad dijo que "para la reducción de emisiones en la escala que necesitamos y una #TransicionEnergetica#Justa, es necesario frenar la proliferación de combustibles fósiles, sobre todo la exploración de petróleo y gas en pilares climáticos como el Ártico y el Amazonas"