Dear John,

In less than two weeks' time, on June 7th, the public will vote for new members of the European Parliament and new councillors in local authorities for the next five years. 

As the climate crisis accelerates, the political direction during these five years will be crucial, and it will have inevitable impacts on our everyday lives. Now is a crucial time to let candidates know that climate will influence your vote!

Stop Climate Chaos member organisation, Friends of the Earth, has a number of action opportunities for people who would like to raise their voice for climate action with election candidates. 

Friends of the Earth is hosting an online MEP Hustings at 1pm on Tuesday, 28th May. Please join it to assess the climate credentials of MEP candidates in your constituency and tell them that climate action is important to you. You can also take this e-action to urge council candidates to take Friends of the Earth’s Climate Pledge. 

Recent polls from across Europe indicate a surge in support for right leaning candidates who will not prioritise climate action. This is very worrying.

But there are things YOU can do to push things in a better direction.

Joining the online Climate Hustings on Tuesday, 28th May is a great opportunity to meet MEP candidates and tell them that climate action is important to you. 

Will you join the hustings to assess the climate credentials of MEP candidates? 

Alongside the European Parliament elections, local council elections are also taking place. Councils all over Ireland have an important role to play in fighting the climate crisis. Councils can play pivotal roles in building communities where people and nature thrive, with well insulated, affordable homes that are cheap and easy to heat, regular public transport, green spaces for all to enjoy, clean water to drink and clean air to breathe.  

If hundreds of us contact our council candidates today, we can help push climate action up the agenda in the councils formed after the elections. Take this e-action to ask your local election candidates to take Friends of the Earth's Climate Pledge.

Will you tell election candidates that you’re a climate voter?

I really hope you can take part in these actions to raise your voice for faster and fairer climate action.

In solidarity,

Oisín

Stop Climate Chaos is a coalition of civil society organizations campaigning to ensure Ireland does its fair share to tackle the causes and consequences of climate change.