Dear friends,
Donald Trump has declared war on planet Earth.
He's approving pipelines, firing up coal mines, and
insiders say
he's got an Executive Order ready to pull the
US out of the Paris climate agreement that is our best
shot at a clean, safe future.
When it comes to
climate, we can't afford screw-ups like this. Our climate
is delicate, unstable -- the last ice age hit us in just 6
months. We're not talking about storms or floods, but an
apocalypse that threatens everything we love! THIS is what
most scares scientists about climate change.
But
we've got the battle plan that, if we win, will neutralise
Trump's attack:
- Work with American mayors and local leaders to
collectively honour the US's commitments in Paris, even if
Trump doesn't.
- Build a huge campaign to eliminate $1 trillion in
taxpayer subsidies for big oil and coal, and invest it
instead in clean energy.
- Pass laws in the top car-manufacturing countries
requiring all new cars to be electric.
- Get the world's major companies and corporations to go
100% clean energy.
If 10,000 of us donate just a
small weekly donation, we can spend the next two years going
all in on this plan and more -- and make sure Trump won't
mean the end for planet Earth.
Chip in a weekly
donation to help humanity win our war for survival.
2016
was the hottest year, by far, in recorded history -- climate
change is accelerating, and the US President doesn't even
believe in it. Just as we thought that crazy climate deniers
were fading into history, they're back, with their hands on
the levers of power in the country that emits 14% of the
world’s carbon! A massive, global movement will be needed to
stop them.
We can do that like no one else.
From the head of the UN to heads of state, all recognize
Avaaz's massive role at the centre of the fight against
climate change. We changed the game with the People's Climate
Marches and fought tooth and nail for the Paris climate
agreement that laid out the path to a 100% clean future. Now
we need to rise again, to save the Paris deal, and with it all
our people.
If we come together quickly to get local
leaders, governments, and companies to take the next crucial
steps toward ending the fossil fuel era,
we'll show the
deniers that the clean energy revolution is happening, whether
they like it or not. 100% electric cars, 100% clean
electricity generation, and the end of ridiculous subsidies
for big oil and coal -- chip in a small weekly donation, and
let's make it happen:
Climate
change is the kind of issue Avaaz was born to address. A
global problem that we can only solve together, and only if
people across the world join hands to press their governments
to solve it. Our movement has risen beautifully to this
challenge, and our pressure is working. Let's ratchet it up to
meet the challenge posed by this new threat.
With hope
and respect for everyone in this amazing movement,
Danny,
Ricken, Emma, Alice, Diego, Spyro and the whole Avaaz
team
MORE INFORMATION
2016 locked into being
hottest year on record, Nasa says (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/18/2016-locked-into-being-hottest-year-on-record-nasa-saysLast
Ice Age took just SIX months to arrive (Daily Mail)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1227990/Ice-Age-took-just-SIX-months-arrive--10-years.htmlTaking
a Call for Climate Change to the Streets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/nyregion/new-york-city-climate-change-march.html?_r=0Global
Carbon Dioxide Levels Surge Past Climate Change Milestone
(Huff Post UK)
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/global-carbon-dioxide-levels-surge-past-climate-milestone_uk_580f7debe4b0fce107d21b55Victory!
The end of fossil fuels has begun... (Avaaz)
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/climate_story_loc/Trump
advances controversial oil pipelines with executive action
(CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/24/politics/trump-keystone-xl-dakota-access-pipelines-executive-actions/
