June 1, 2017

Resist the fossil-fuel empire!

The standing test of climate commitment for all governments, including ours, is to pursue an energy policy direction that keeps fossil fuels in the ground and hastens the transition to 100% renewable energy.

By Chuck Baclagon

President Donald Trump’s pullout of the United States from the Paris Agreement is not only economically counterproductive and politically foolish. It threatens the survival of the Philippines and other climate vulnerable countries. Yet the sobering reality is that there are other battles that need to be won outside the agreement.

We must work on all fronts to mobilize political action and invest towards a low-carbon, resilient and sustainable future that will keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. We also have to stop the fossil fuel industry from corrupting the very institutions that are supposed to protect us from climate change.

The standing test of climate commitment for all governments, including ours, is to pursue an energy policy direction that keeps fossil fuels in the ground and hastens the transition to 100% renewable energy.

Filipino climate Jedis troop to the US Embassy in Manila to protest President Donald Trump’s impending decision to pull out the United States from the Paris climate agreement. The activists called for a global rebel alliance against “Trump the Hutt” and his fellow fossil fuel gangsters. Photo: AC Dimatatac/Manila Climate Rebel Alliance

Filipino climate Jedis troop to the US Embassy in Manila to protest President Donald Trump’s impending decision to pull out the United States from the Paris climate agreement. The activists called for a global rebel alliance against “Trump the Hutt” and his fellow fossil fuel gangsters. Photo: AC Dimatatac/Manila Climate Rebel Alliance

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