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Ararat Declaration
We express our grave concern about the devastating effects of climate change. Climate change will cause extreme droughts, water crises, food shortages, wars, mass migrations, sea level rises, extreme weather events and flooding on a scale unheard of since the story of Noah was first told. All natural life on this planet will irreversibly alter, destroying the lives and livelihoods of billions of persons.
As our public leaders, we hold you responsible for averting this impending disaster.
We remind you, that your mandate is to protect our lives, homes, our communities and our natural resources from both man-made and natural threats. You shall not, either in policy or deed, do anything which imperils the wellbeing of those whom you represent. We deem leadership without such ability or commitment to be meaningless and void.
We call on you to urgently co-operate globally to avert this catastrophic climate change, which can only be achieved if global warming is kept below a 2 °C increase above pre-industrial levels. This requires immediate implementation of a radical program to halt the rise of greenhouse gas emissions within the next ten to fifteen years. Furthermore you must resolutely commit to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% from 1990 levels by 2050.
All states, cities and other communities under your responsibility must proactively and without delay contribute to these global emission reductions in any way they can. They can not and shall not wait for others to take desirable or needed measures. The minimal contribution of each must be defined equitably, as a function of their historic contribution to climate change and mitigation capacity.
Therefore, we call on industrialized states to lead this global program, realizing at least an 80-90 percent cut of their 1990 emissions by 2050.
In the face of climate change we ask that you:
1. Explictly accept and enforce the fundamental right of every person under your responsibility to protection of his security of life, home, health, community and access to vital natural resources.
2. Explicitly accept and enforce your obligation to inform any person under your responsibility of the threat to his security that climate change poses and of your contribution to its global mitigation.
3. Effect an ‘Energy Revolution’ by a radical program of efficiency measures and the comprehensive uptake of and investment in renewable energy. By 2050 over half of global energy needs must be met by sustainable renewables. In addition, nuclear and inefficient fossil fuels energy infrastructure will urgently be decomissioned globally, all involved subsidies and investments to be discontinued.
4. Make sustainable, renewable energy available to everyone. A quarter of the world’s population currently has no access to a modern energy supply, driving and sustaining poverty.
5. Educate, empower and guide all communities, individuals, corporations and other entities under your responsibility to bring about any changes of behavior, regulation, products and processes which equitably, effectively and sustainably contribute to climate change mitigation.
6. Refrain and effectively, peacefully dissuade others to refrain from the operation of dangerous and destabilizing forms of energy production such as those which involve nuclear technology.
7. Immediately enter into an agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. This agreement will oblige states to implement these climate change mitigation principles, measures and targets and create an effective monitoring and enforcement mechanism.
8. Provide access to effective legal remedy to all persons, communities, organizations and states affected by climate change or representing those who are affected.
Greenpeace May 31, 2007
As our public leaders, we hold you responsible for averting this impending disaster.
We remind you, that your mandate is to protect our lives, homes, our communities and our natural resources from both man-made and natural threats. You shall not, either in policy or deed, do anything which imperils the wellbeing of those whom you represent. We deem leadership without such ability or commitment to be meaningless and void.
We call on you to urgently co-operate globally to avert this catastrophic climate change, which can only be achieved if global warming is kept below a 2 °C increase above pre-industrial levels. This requires immediate implementation of a radical program to halt the rise of greenhouse gas emissions within the next ten to fifteen years. Furthermore you must resolutely commit to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% from 1990 levels by 2050.
All states, cities and other communities under your responsibility must proactively and without delay contribute to these global emission reductions in any way they can. They can not and shall not wait for others to take desirable or needed measures. The minimal contribution of each must be defined equitably, as a function of their historic contribution to climate change and mitigation capacity.
Therefore, we call on industrialized states to lead this global program, realizing at least an 80-90 percent cut of their 1990 emissions by 2050.
In the face of climate change we ask that you:
1. Explictly accept and enforce the fundamental right of every person under your responsibility to protection of his security of life, home, health, community and access to vital natural resources.
2. Explicitly accept and enforce your obligation to inform any person under your responsibility of the threat to his security that climate change poses and of your contribution to its global mitigation.
3. Effect an ‘Energy Revolution’ by a radical program of efficiency measures and the comprehensive uptake of and investment in renewable energy. By 2050 over half of global energy needs must be met by sustainable renewables. In addition, nuclear and inefficient fossil fuels energy infrastructure will urgently be decomissioned globally, all involved subsidies and investments to be discontinued.
4. Make sustainable, renewable energy available to everyone. A quarter of the world’s population currently has no access to a modern energy supply, driving and sustaining poverty.
5. Educate, empower and guide all communities, individuals, corporations and other entities under your responsibility to bring about any changes of behavior, regulation, products and processes which equitably, effectively and sustainably contribute to climate change mitigation.
6. Refrain and effectively, peacefully dissuade others to refrain from the operation of dangerous and destabilizing forms of energy production such as those which involve nuclear technology.
7. Immediately enter into an agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. This agreement will oblige states to implement these climate change mitigation principles, measures and targets and create an effective monitoring and enforcement mechanism.
8. Provide access to effective legal remedy to all persons, communities, organizations and states affected by climate change or representing those who are affected.
Greenpeace May 31, 2007
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