As a result of final hour demands made by the United States during negotiation of the 1997 Kyoto treaty, military carbon emissions are exempted from climate negotiations.
But the U.S. military is the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels in the world and a key contributor to climate collapse!
U.S. climate envoy designate, John Kerry, is right; the Paris Agreement is “not enough.”
We're organizing around this new petition:
To:
John Kerry and the U.S. Congress
From: John xxxxxx
All emissions need to be included in order to justly meet international pledges made to protect the earth's climate. There must be no more exception for military pollution.
Add your name by clicking here!
After signing, please forward this email to everyone who cares about the earth.
Please share on Facebook and Twitter.
Background:
>> Inter Press Service: "U.S. Exempts Military from Kyoto Treaty"
>> Costs of War: "Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War"
>> Sky News: "John Kerry: First ever US climate envoy warns Paris agreement 'is not enough'"
>> World BEYOND War: "War Threatens Our Environment"
World BEYOND War is a global network of volunteers, activists, and allied organizations advocating for the abolition of the very institution of war. Our success is driven by a people-powered movement –
support our work for a culture of peace.
Opt-in for important, timely mobile messages.
World BEYOND War
513 E Main St #1484
Charlottesville, VA 22902 USA
Privacy policy.
Checks must be made out to "World BEYOND War / AFGJ" or we can't deposit them.
Switch to receiving only one e-newsletter every two weeks.
Should giant war-profiteering corporations decide what emails you don't want to read? We don't think so either. So, please stop our emails from going into "junk" or "spam" by "white listing," marking as "safe," or filtering to "never send to spam."
