Asking for a climate income to tackle climate change.
G20-Leaders-Follow-the-Money (1)Citizens Climate International is asking G20 leaders to ‘’Follow the Money”…….’It is similar to the #G7 #SteerUsToSafety campaign where you all asked friends and family to send letters and secured 1194 letters from 80 countries. We know that German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz, the G7 was informed directly of all your work. Together across the…
In an amendment to the European Parliament Resolution on COP27 today EU members of Parliamentarians Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Future asked European states to work on developing a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. They are calling for European states to: End expansion of new fossil fuels projects Phase out current production in line with 1.5ºC…
A Guardian report on the 5th October examines the predictions of a chapter in the current IMF half yearly World Economic Outlook report. It has a chapter titled Near-Term Macroeconomic Impact of Decarbonization Policies. The chapter models the cost of delaying the tackling of climate change until ‘conditions are right’ and current global inflation has…
The current solutions to the cost of living and energy crises are based on borrowing money from future taxpayers and doubling down on fossil fuels; despite the IEA and IPCC warnings that we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground to stand any chance of staying below a 1.5 degree global temperature rise. Francesco…
Worldwide adverse weather events this summer have reinforced the moral imperative of Loss and Damage funding, in particular the damage caused by flooding in Pakistan, a nation which contributes less than 1% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. Last year there were several papers which argued for the solution of a global Climate Income policy to…
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a policy that provided the finance needed to tackle the energy-bill crisis whilst, at the same time, tackling climate change? Well there is, and all it requires is a small change to a policy already implemented and already supported across the political spectrum—we should continue to provide government…
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a policy that provided the finance needed to tackle the energy-bill crisis whilst, at the same time, tackling climate change? Well there is, and all it requires is a small change to a policy already implemented and already supported across the political spectrum—we should continue to provide government…
When Canada’s climate income policy (Climate Action incentive Payment) was implemented in 2019 it became evident that householders did not equate the tax rebate with compensation for the rising price of fossil fuels. Political opponents could therefore argue that the policy was harming families, although despite this the policy has survived two elections. The government…
Citizens’ Climate Lobby believes in the art of the possible, we seek a dialogue with whoever holds the reins of government to build political will for a liveable world. Who knows what the next few months may bring, it is possible that we may have a Conservative Prime Minister who will be ideologically opposed to…
Over 500 Climate Advocates From 49 Countries Urge G7 Leaders to Steer Us to Safety Letter calls on G7 leaders to rapidly redirect financial flows, adopt a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty & finance climate resilient development Every day, we are feeling and witnessing the effects of climate change—drought, wildfire, floods, extreme heat, hurricanes, sea-level rise,…
