June 1: dozens of municipalities take to the streets in defense of climate justice
- The organizations that make up Climate Alliance, among which Ecologistas en Acción, are calling to mobilize for climate justice tomorrow, June 1.
- This call joins those that will be held in more than 10 European countries. In the Spanish State it will be carried out in several municipalities.
- Climate Alliance considers that the next European cycle must accelerate social, economic and political transformations that allow us to achieve healthy ecosystems, sustainable and healthy food systems, food and energy sovereignty, liveable cities and quality public services as soon as possible without leaving anyone behind. .
Climate Alliance, a climate platform of which Ecologists in Action is a part, calls on citizens to participate in the rallies and demonstrations that will take place throughout the territory on June 1 in defense of climate justice.
The AEMET predicts that next summer will once again exceed temperature records and disasters derived from the climate emergency, which disproportionately affect the most disadvantaged sectors. However, while temperatures rise and extreme phenomena become more frequent and intense every day, the world's governments continue to fail to live up to what citizens and the scientific community demand.
All of this occurs in a turbulent political context, marked by growing militarization contrary to the climate and respect for human rights, which leaves the genocide in Gaza unpunished. Attacks against the measures necessary to protect people and the planet are also increasing, and climate policies are being implemented that turn their backs on the communities that inhabit the territories hardest hit by the climate emergency. In the framework of the European elections, it is worth remembering that the commitments of governments and the entire EU must be more ambitious, in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as well as to prevent, mitigate and put an end to harmful practices by companies and organizations operating within and beyond European borders.
For Climate Alliance, time is running out: “Science shows that we have the necessary solutions to face the climatic, ecological and social emergency in which we live.” However, “large fossil interests insist on making negligent denialist statements, promoting disastrous greenwashing and proposals that only seek to block climate action to protect their profits.” For this reason, the organizations gathered around the international climate platforms call on all European citizens to reflect and participate in the concentrations called tomorrow, June 1, in more than 10 European countries, so that their voice is heard above the hoaxes and denialism.
With these actions, which will be held in several municipalities, the attempts to go backwards on climate issues will be denounced, moving away from a just and supportive transformation that leaves no one behind and fits within the limits of the planet. This is, according to the Climate Alliance, the only way to guarantee people and other living beings a future worth living. For the organizations that are part of the platform, in the coming years social, economic and political transformations must be accelerated to achieve healthy ecosystems, sustainable and healthy food systems, food and energy sovereignty, liveable cities and public services as soon as possible. quality.