While millions across the US and globally face energy insecurity and rising costs of living, major oil and gas corporations continue to post unprecedented earnings driven by the war in the Middle East and an energy system rigged in their favor.
Soaring prices for fuel, fertilizer and food could be the last straw for millions of families in the global South already pushed into poverty by climate change. Governments must act now to stop oil and gas companies profiting from the war— by taxing their windfall profits to finance protections for ordinary people.
World leaders arriving in Belém at the end of this week for the Leaders Summit ahead of COP must scale up ambition and act with urgency - there’s no time to lose.
REImagine Asia emphasizes the need for rich countries and polluters to pay their climate debt so that developing countries in Asia can achieve energy sovereignty.
Reforms are not enough to meet the moment. Commitments to phase out fossil fuels and accelerate renewable energy must be reflected in the formal negotiated outcome.
Expanding fossil fuels in the Amazon not only undermines the spirit of the mutirão, it betrays it.
