Global Greens Parliamentarians Association (GGPA) members participating in the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change call for an accelerated timetable to move away from fossil fuels.
"While we await the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on the pathway to 1.5 degrees Celsius due in October 2018, it is already known that the current impact of countries achieving their targets still leaves us far from achieving the Paris Agreement's goal. The Nationally Determined Contributions must be 'ratcheted up,' as is anticipated in the Paris Agreement," said the GGPA group at COP23.
To avoid catastrophic levels of climate change much more must be done. While global negotiators focus on technical work and clarity around road maps, rules and work plans, the Global Greens call for action.
The following goals are endorsed by Global Greens at COP23:
1) Coal Phase-out on an accelerated basis. As coal is phased out of electricity, it must not be replaced by other fossil fuels. Renewable energy can replace fossil fuels.
2) Innovative financing, including through Green Bonds, to mobilize money to advance renewable energy replacing coal. There is no need and no role for nuclear energy to replace carbon energy.
3) Establish a global carbon tax on international aviation and shipping. If international shipping and aviation were a country, it would be the 7th biggest emitter of GHG.
4) Ensure at least $100 billion/year is provided for climate finance as promised by industrialized countries in the Copenhagen Accord. Climate finance would be supported by funds generated from the global carbon tax on international shipping and aviation.
5) Commit to a global programme to replant the world's mangrove forests. Globally as much as 35% of mangroves have been clear-cut for tourism and shrimp ponds. Replanting mangroves assist the world's fisheries, protects tropical coastal communities from extreme weather events, fights poverty, aids biodiversity and sequester carbon. Unlike other forest offsets, mangroves do not run the risk of burning down as the forests are rooted in water.
6) Commit to significant enhancements of industrialized nation support for Adaptation and Loss and Damage.
The group of GGPA affiliates at COP23 includes:
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