Seven "first steps" to "avoid a climatic and ecological disaster". Greta Thunberg and three other young environmental activists launched this Thursday a new appeal to the leaders of the European Union to "face the climate emergency", in a forum signed by 150 scientists and many celebrities.
In a letter sent to the 27 heads of state and government of the Union, who meet Friday and Saturday for an extraordinary summit in Brussels, the Swedish teenager calls for the adoption of immediate measures.
Make ecocide a crime
The appeal calls in particular, "with immediate effect", to "cease investment in the exploration and extraction of fossil fuels, to cede all subsidies to these fuels and to completely and immediately exit fossil fuels". Or to work to make “ecocide” a crime before the International Court of Justice of the United Nations in The Hague.
For the authors, the Covid-19 crisis and the mobilization it engendered around the world shows "that the climate crisis has never been treated as a crisis, nor by politicians, the media, the world business or finance. "
Among the more than 3,000 first signatories from 50 countries, there are several renowned climate scientists, such as Hans Joachim Schnellnhuber, and Professors Kevin Anderson and Michael Mann. The NGO Greenpeace and former French Minister Nicolas Hulot also appear on the list.
International star signatures
The petition also has the backing of a slew of international stars, such as the American actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Joaquin Phoenix or the New Zealander Russell Crowe, the French Juliette Binoche and the musicians of the British group Coldplay.
Greta Thunberg (17), who stayed at home in Sweden during the Covid-19 crisis, co-wrote the letter with the German Luisa Neubauer (24), the Belgian Anuna de Wever and her compatriot Adelaide Charlier, both aged 19 years.
A videoconference is scheduled for this Thursday at the end of the day with the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said the spokesperson of the latter.
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