{"id":24041,"date":"2019-09-03T03:27:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T01:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=24041"},"modified":"2020-03-08T15:58:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T14:58:28","slug":"this-september-is-critical-for-our-climate-heres-what-you-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/24041\/this-september-is-critical-for-our-climate-heres-what-you-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"This September is critical for our climate. Here\u2019s what you can do."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have no time to waste. The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/23932\/greenpeace-reactive-on-amazon-forest-fires\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Amazon is burning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.uk\/news\/what-climate-change-means-for-the-antarctic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ice caps and glaciers are melting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and our access to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/23685\/deforestation-meat-production-driving-climate-crisis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">food and water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is under threat.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September will be a month of action, packed with moments that will be pivotal in our efforts to take on the climate emergency. There\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/climate-emergency\/\">something<\/a> every one of us can do.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>1. Putting climate polluters on notice<\/b><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone  caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/b08d4d69-gp0stt1dd_medium_res-1024x684.jpg\" title=\"Thousands of Belgian students, for the seventh Thursday in a row, march through Brussels in order to draw attention to climate change. \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Eric De Mildt\" alt=\"Thousands of Belgian students, for the seventh Thursday in a row, march through Brussels in order to draw attention to climate change. \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Eric De Mildt\" class=\"wp-image-23787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/b08d4d69-gp0stt1dd_medium_res-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/b08d4d69-gp0stt1dd_medium_res-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/b08d4d69-gp0stt1dd_medium_res-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/b08d4d69-gp0stt1dd_medium_res-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/b08d4d69-gp0stt1dd_medium_res.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Thousands of Belgian students marching through Brussels to get leaders to act on climate change.<div class=\"credit icon-left\">  \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Eric De Mildt<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenpeace is launching a new global petition &#8211; an open letter calling on politicians, businesses and financiers to recognise that we\u2019re in a climate emergency and to act like it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the fossil fuel companies to the forest destroyers, and all those who bankroll them and to the politicians who are failing to act &#8211; we will hold them to account for this crisis. The message: act now or stand down.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/climate-emergency\/\">Sign up here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>2. Peaceful civil disobedience<\/b><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another huge and enthusiastic turnout for our peaceful civil disobedience training in Auckland today. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/makeoilhistory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#makeoilhistory<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/peoplepower?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#peoplepower<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MdM0tKLbti\">pic.twitter.com\/MdM0tKLbti<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceNZ\/status\/1167605083783098370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenpeace New Zealand has hosted peaceful civil disobedience trainings with grassroots movements and students across the country. Protesters have already been mobilising against Austrian oil giant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/what-is-omv-guide-2019\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OMV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its plans for exploratory oil and gas drilling off New Zealand\u2019s coast.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is just one of the people-powered movements that are critical in the lead-up to the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Climate Action Summit, where politicians will be called upon to come with concrete plans not speeches to address the climate crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/act\/volunteer\/\">Find out how you can get involved with your local office.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b><b>3. <\/b><\/b><b><b>Hold the car industry to account<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone  caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/d80089e8-gp0sts045-1024x684.jpg\" title=\"Bike &quot;Ride of Silence&quot; for Safe Urban Infrastructures in Germany. \u00a9 Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez Laser \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"Bike &quot;Ride of Silence&quot; for Safe Urban Infrastructures in Germany. \u00a9 Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez Laser \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-24042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/d80089e8-gp0sts045-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/d80089e8-gp0sts045-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/d80089e8-gp0sts045-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/d80089e8-gp0sts045-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/d80089e8-gp0sts045.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Cyclists demanding clean air in Germany.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez Laser \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/23992\/how-car-companies-are-speeding-us-towards-a-climate-crash-and-what-we-can-do-to-stop-them\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thousands of protestors will confront industry players<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 11-15 to call for them to embrace <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a climate-friendly future and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reimagined clean energy transport systems.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/act\/clean-air-now\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out more here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>4. Stand up for climate justice and human rights<\/b><b><\/b><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone  caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2017\/11\/GP0STQAR2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Candlelight Commemoration 3 Years after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines \u00a9 Roy Lagarde \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-1069\"\/><figcaption>Commemorating Typhoon Haiyan on the third anniversary of its landfall. \u00a9 Roy Lagarde \/ Greenpeace\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In New York, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/23274\/announcing-the-first-ever-global-summit-on-human-rights-and-climate-change\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People\u2019s Summit on Climate, Rights and Human Survival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on September 18-19 will aim to put people and fundamental rights at the core of our response to the climate emergency.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The People\u2019s Summit aims to galvanize the human rights community to urgently scale-up its efforts on climate justice. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/act\/climate-justice\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get yourself involved here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b><\/b><b>5. Join young people striking around the world<\/b><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone  caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/b7e558eb-gp0sttjiu.jpg\" title=\"International &quot;Fridays for Future&quot; Demonstration in Aachen (Petr Zewlakk Vrabec). \u00a9 Petr Zewlakk Vrabec \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"International &quot;Fridays for Future&quot; Demonstration in Aachen (Petr Zewlakk Vrabec). \u00a9 Petr Zewlakk Vrabec \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-24044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/b7e558eb-gp0sttjiu.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/b7e558eb-gp0sttjiu-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/b7e558eb-gp0sttjiu-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/b7e558eb-gp0sttjiu-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/b7e558eb-gp0sttjiu-510x307.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><figcaption>School strike for climate in Aachen.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Petr Zewlakk Vrabec \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big things are happening in the world of climate politics, and young people are demanding action from global leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two student-led events will occur either side of the September 23 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/climatechange\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UN Secretary-General\u2019s Climate Action Summit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where our politicians need to stand up and raise their national climate action plans in line with the Paris Agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The student strikes and mass mobilisation events will be held on 20 and 27 September. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fridaysforfuture.org\/join\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out how you can join.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>6. Stand with us for forests<\/b><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone  caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/1a857dce-gp0stts2q.jpg\" title=\"Forest Fires in Altamira, Par\u00e1, Amazon (2019). \u00a9 Victor Moriyama \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"Forest Fires in Altamira, Par\u00e1, Amazon (2019). \u00a9 Victor Moriyama \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-24045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/1a857dce-gp0stts2q.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/1a857dce-gp0stts2q-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/1a857dce-gp0stts2q-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/1a857dce-gp0stts2q-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/1a857dce-gp0stts2q-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>Aerial image of burning in the Amazon, Brazil.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Victor Moriyama \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fires in the Amazon have focused world attention on how deforestation and climate change are threatening forests. From the Amazon to Russia and Indonesia, biodiversity is under threat and our forests are increasingly vulnerable to fires. <a href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/39922\/petition\/1\">Join us to demand forest protection.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 5-year anniversary of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/news\/greenpeace-new-york-declaration-on-forests-commitments-are-welcome-but-immediate-action-is-needed\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Declaration on Forests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will occur month and will expose how some of the world\u2019s largest companies have failed on their promise to remove deforestation from their <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agricultural<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> supply chains and why they need to radically transform their business model.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>7. Help protect our oceans<\/b><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone  caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/3422aa6a-gp0sttovg.jpg\" title=\"&quot;Protect the Oceans&quot; Message in the Sargasso Sea. \u00a9 Shane Gross \/ Greenpeace\" alt=\"&quot;Protect the Oceans&quot; Message in the Sargasso Sea. \u00a9 Shane Gross \/ Greenpeace\" class=\"wp-image-24046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/3422aa6a-gp0sttovg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/3422aa6a-gp0sttovg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/3422aa6a-gp0sttovg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/3422aa6a-gp0sttovg-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/3422aa6a-gp0sttovg-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>The Greenpeace ship Esperanza in the Sargasso Sea as part of the year long voyage to protect the oceans.<div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Shane Gross \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on September 25 will reveal the alarming climate impacts in its special report on the ocean and polar regions, reinforcing the need for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/blog\/why-we-need-a-global-ocean-treaty-and-how-well-get-it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Oceans Treaty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need to protect our oceans. Without them, we don\u2019t have a planet that can sustain life as it is today.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/40938\/petition\/1?_ga=2.213986327.1867973996.1567161013-1780477407.1456368880\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save our oceans.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is that all? No, not even close, but we can\u2019t list them all. We\u2019re working with allies and grassroots movements to build momentum as a new era of climate activism emerges to say enough is enough.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s something for each of us to do. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/climate-emergency\/\">Add your name to the movement now<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aaron Gray-Block is the global climate political communications lead with Greenpeace International<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have no time to waste. 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