What is the purpose of this petition?
In 2015, the international community came together to sign the largest climate treaty of all times: The Paris Agreement. This treaty is aimed at halting global emissions, before the tipping point of Catastrophic (virtually unstoppable) Climate Change is reached. However, as a recent UNEP report highlights, in order for the goals of the Paris Agreement to be met, every single coal plants in the world must be closed by 2050. Current projections point away from this - with plans for over 1600 new coal power plants, expanding coal power production will make it virtually impossible to meet the goals outlined in the treaty.
Next year, global leaders will come together for their annual climate talks, for the most important conference since Paris in 2015. Much importance is placed on the outcomes of next year’s COP, as this is where the rulebook for the actual implementation of the Paris Agreement (in 2020) will be finalized. However, the fact that this conference will be hosted by Poland, a country that get’s 80% of their electricity from coal, has skeptics raising their brows. The progress made at these conferences over the past few years has been painfully slow, even under the leadership of very ambitious and climate-conscious governments. Now, with the most vital conference being guided by a coal-country, things are not looking too encouraging.
That is why we need your help.
Essentially, the goal of this petition is to create the much-needed political pressure to push our leaders to take real action on phasing out of coal production. When this petition gains traction, it will be shared on larger and larger online platforms, with the hopes of eventually making itself to the President of next years’ climate talks in Poland.
Next year, global leaders will come together for their annual climate talks, for the most important conference since Paris in 2015. Much importance is placed on the outcomes of next year’s COP, as this is where the rulebook for the actual implementation of the Paris Agreement (in 2020) will be finalized. However, the fact that this conference will be hosted by Poland, a country that get’s 80% of their electricity from coal, has skeptics raising their brows. The progress made at these conferences over the past few years has been painfully slow, even under the leadership of very ambitious and climate-conscious governments. Now, with the most vital conference being guided by a coal-country, things are not looking too encouraging.
That is why we need your help.
Essentially, the goal of this petition is to create the much-needed political pressure to push our leaders to take real action on phasing out of coal production. When this petition gains traction, it will be shared on larger and larger online platforms, with the hopes of eventually making itself to the President of next years’ climate talks in Poland.
Exit Coal Now (ECN) is a global network of non-profit organizations with the common goal of ending the use of coal a an electric power source. ECN was founded in 2016 by Saving Our Planet.
