NO TO GAS & LNG, THE SOLUTION IS RENEWABLE ENERGY!
To governments, banks, and corporations: Stop the expansion of gas and other fossil fuels! Phase out fossil fuel energy! Rapid, equitable and just transition to 100% renewable energy!
“The recent floods in Pakistan point to the worst impacts of climate change on the country, yet, in recent times Pakistan has emerged as the 19th largest consumer of fossil gas in the world. As much as we hold successive governments in Pakistan responsible for promoting the use of fossil fuels and neglecting to address climate change, we also hold the countries and corporations of Global North responsible for driving climate change in our region.”
“Fossil fuels cause adverse environmental and health impacts, are subject to volatile prices, supply disruptions, and geopolitics. Fossil fuels are controlled by rich countries and corporations who are more interested in profits, instead of delivering adequate and safe energy for people’s basic needs.”
“We need access to clean, adequate and affordable energy for people’s basic needs and for building just, resilient, and equitable economies. We must also rapidly transition to renewables to keep global temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius and save us from climate catastrophe.”
“The message of people and communities is that gas expansion is toxic and unsustainable for Asia. It will not stave off the impacts of climate change in the region, nor secure our energy supplies to develop the region’s economies, despite what fossil fuel financiers and banks that support them, like the ADB, are telling us. It would lock us in fossil fuel emissions for years, slow down the clean energy transition, and lock out any potential of countries to attain energy security and sustainable development.”
“Renewable Energy is the answer to ensuring universal access to clean and safe energy for women, communities and peoples of Asia, as well as addressing the climate crisis.”
“Fossil fuel companies, for their own survival, have been pushing gas as a transition fuel. Governments are building gas infrastructure to benefit these companies which will soon get stranded. Asia needs to be saved from this catastrophe as there is a concerted effort to even call this green.”
JOIN THE LATEST ACTION!
On Thursday, November 7, 2024, climate and environmental groups will come together as one collective force to amplify their call to #EndFossilFuels in a campaign dubbed the “Asia Day of Action Against Gas Expansion.”
