*[Enwl-eng] COVID-19 and the climate

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                        COVID-19 is no excuse to give up on climate action!

                        Political leaders have called on the EU to abandon 
its years-in-the-making Green Deal in favour of coronavirus bailouts for 
fossil fuel corporations and the banks that invest in them.

                        We've got just days to change minds -- and demand 
COVID-19 emergency spending that protects both the planet and the people 
living on it.

                         Sign the petition


            We can’t go back to business as usual after the COVID-19 crisis 
ends.

            A return to “normal” means more pollution-choked skies, more 
pesticide-soaked fields, more disappearing forests… and potential 
consequences thousands of times deadlier than this pandemic.

            But not everyone understands that yet. As banks, airlines and 
fossil fuel corporations lobby for bailout money, a group of 
parliamentarians is already trying to pressure the EU to push back the Green 
Deal -- a years-in-the-making plan to slash emissions, bring back 
biodiversity, and complete a fair and just energy transition -- in order to 
"support businesses" in the wake of the coronavirus.

            The EU environment committee is meeting in just two weeks to 
discuss COVID-19 and the Green Deal. Before they destroy all the progress 
we've made, we must demand the EU use this chance to double down on its 
green goals -- by creating an emergency spending plan that invests in both 
people and the planet.

            Tell the EU: We need a green COVID-19 recovery!

            Environmental organisations have already written to the 
presidents of the European Commission, Council and Parliament with these 
demands -- now it's up to us to rally public support behind them:

              a.. Make distribution of stimulus funds and bail-outs 
conditional on consistency with the European Green Deal
              b.. Reform fiscal rules to ensure continued public investment 
in decarbonising the economy
              c.. Launch large-scale sustainable initiatives to employ 
people affected by the downturn
              d.. Accelerate EU sustainable finance policies
              e.. Limit future health crises by acting globally against 
climate change and biodiversity loss
            Add your name now -- demand a coronavirus recovery plan that 
benefits people and the planet.

            COVID-19 is testing our society like nothing else before it. And 
while some greedy corporations and governments are taking advantage of the 
upheaval to further their own selfish agendas, you and the rest of the 
SumOfUs community are rising to the challenge.

            We’ve already seen how your pressure helped get UK private 
hospitals to turn their beds and equipment over to the NHS, and pushed 
companies like Uber and Amazon to offer some measure of sick leave to 
delivery drivers on the front lines of the pandemic. But that’s just the 
beginning.

            It’s time to think about the world that awaits us once we leave 
our houses again -- and how we can use this chance to make it better, and 
greener, than we ever imagined.


             Sign the petition
            Thanks for all that you do,
            Fatah and the team at SumOfUs



            More information:

            Covid-19 economic rescue plans must be green, say 
environmentalists, The Guardian, 24 March 2020
            Joint NGO open letter on COVID-19 and sustainability, Politico, 
26 March 2020








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            From: Fatah Sadaoui, SumOfUs
            Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 6:04 PM
            Subject: COVID-19 and the climate








 
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