On Saturday 14 November, we are organising a rally opposite the European Council, in conjunction with the international demonstration taking place during COP31 in Antalya and the decentralised demonstrations taking place around the world.
Meet at 4.30 pm at Schuman, 175 Rue de la Loi! Bring your emergency blankets and placards to call on the European Union to scrap the European Green Deal, tax the fossil fuel colossal profits and for a Fossil Fuels Non Proliferation Treaty! Climate breakdown is accelerating, and Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average. Its main cause has been well understood for more than fifty years, yet governments have failed to take the action needed to confront powerful private interests, starting with the fossil fuel industry, and fundamentally transform our economic model. Instead, most have chosen inaction, leaving citizens to face extreme weather events and bear the costs of the transition without meaningful support.
Fossil fuels are not only making the planet uninhabitable. The dependence on fossil fuels makes Europe’s economy vulnerable. The US and Israel wars in the Middle East are devastating lives and have turned Europe’s fossil-fuel dependency into a deeper energy and cost-of-living crisis. Food and energy bills have been soaring for people, while oil giants pocket billions in excess profits from the energy crisis. COP31 in Turkey must become a turning point. We will take to the streets to demand an exit from fossil fuels, a ban on any new investment in fossil fuel exploration and production, and a permanent tax on fossil fuel colossal profits, using the revenue to fund a just transition.
At COP31, polluters should not take part in the discussions, and we will instead make them pay!
