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Greenpeace activists outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, where environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg is due to appear charged with failing to comply with a condition imposed under Section 14 of the Public Order Act, November 15, 2023
ENVIRONMENTAL campaign Greenpeace UK has called for Westminster action after a United Nations report said governments are abjectly failing to meet carbon emissions targets.
The UN report covers 196 countries that were part of the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change, warning: “Current national climate plans fall miles short of what’s needed to stop global heating from crippling every economy and wrecking billions of lives and livelihoods across every country.”
Greenpeace called on the government to take action.
Policy director Dr Doug Parr said: “Together with ending all new oil and gas licences, the Labour government must at least triple renewables and double home energy efficiency rates by 2030, as well as properly support workers to transition away from polluting industries.
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
