The war in Ukraine should’ve been a moment
for world leaders to kick their long-standing addiction
to oil and gas.
Just months after making ambitious targets
and pledges at COP26, the G7 were given the
chance to pivot from dependence on Russian oil and
gas to a future of renewable
energies.
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Instead, the exact opposite
happened.
The world’s most powerful leaders, far from
taking a stand and making the right decision for the
planet, are rushing to continue the same
climate-wrecking practices, supporting the
fossil fuel industry to maintain its stranglehold on our
energy markets and supporting spending huge amounts of
taxpayers’ money to build more fossil gas
infrastructure that we don’t need and our
planet cannot afford.
COP26 was filled with the members of the G7
making much-needed promises and pledges to tackle
environmental destruction.
Vladimir, we know we can depend on
people like you to keep the pressure on and hold world
leaders accountable.
We won’t stop campaigning for a world where
our leaders stop listening to the fossil fuels lobby and
put people and the planet above profits.
We have you, the people and the planet
behind us to help turn that tide.