Fossile brændstoffer betyder øget luftforurening og ugæstfrit klima på kloden, og derfor lancerer WWF under navnet Seize Your Power en kampagne, der skal få regeringer og internationale institutioner til at øge investeringer i bæredygtig energi, skriver den verdensomspændende organisation onsdag.
With a global call to action urging governments and financial institutions worldwide to increase investment in renewable energy by at least US$40 billion over the next 12 months, WWF today launched its new international campaign under the slogan Seize Your Power.
“We are running out of time. We know that if we continue to rely on fossil fuels we will face a future of worsening air pollution and an increasingly inhospitable climate. It is now our collective responsibility to commit to the future we want”, said Jim Leape, Director General of WWF International.
“We call on political and financial decision-makers to seize their power to make the switch to clean and sustainable renewable energy and end the inertia of coal, oil and gas,” he added.
The launch of the WWF Seize Your Power campaign on World Environment Day witnessed a sweep of local and global, online public actions to signal the start of the campaign.
The action centred on signing a pledge that enables supporters to call for increased investments in renewable energy and the phasing out of investments in coal, oil and gas.
The pledge, which can be found on www.panda.org/seizeyourpower, calls on financial institutions and governments worldwide to act immediately, by making stronger commitments to increased financing for renewable technologies and policies and to directly invest more money in sustainable energy powered by wind, water and sun.
From today, WWF will campaign to seek major public commitments from governments and international financial institutions to make new investments of $40 billion USD beyond business-as-usual in the renewable energy sector. The public campaign will feature in more than 20 countries, where WWF is targeting public finance, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.
Læs hele pressemeddelelsen her: http://wwf.panda.org/?208925/WWF-calls-for-major-investment-in-clean-and-renewable-energy-with-launch-of-new-global-campaign
Se WWF’s kampagne side her: http://action.panda.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1773&ea.campaign.id=20637&src=panda_org_seizeyourpower
