'This is directed at world leaders,' says Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a climate activist with youth movement Fridays for Future in Manila, the Philippines
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Climate protesters were set to take to the streets in more than 50 countries from Friday, September 15, to Sunday, September 17, in a weekend of demonstrations to demand that governments phase out the burning of fossil fuels heating the planet.
“This is directed at world leaders,” said Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a climate activist with youth movement Fridays for Future in Manila, the Philippines. Governments spent a record-high $7 trillion in subsidies to oil, gas and coal last year, according to an IMF analysis. The burning of fossil fuels is the main cause of climate change, but countries have never agreed in UN climate talks to phase out fossil fuels – though they have committed to phase down use of coal power.Governments reliant on oil and gas revenues, and those planning to use fossil fuel-based energy to improve poor communities’ living standards, are expected to push back on the proposal.
Despite having plentiful solar energy resources, Africa received only 2% of global investments in renewable energy over the last two decades, the International Renewable Energy Agency has said.
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