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22 Jan 2020

Author:
350; Amnesty International; Business & Human Rights Resource Centre; Civicus; Global Call to Action Against Poverty; Global Witness; Greenpeace; ITUC CSI IGB; Oxfam

Activist leaders call on govts. & companies at Davos to declare climate emergency

‘Activist Leaders Call on World Economic Forum Delegates to Declare Climate Emergency’, January 2020

...We believe it’s time for decision-makers joining the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting to declare a Climate Emergency in their own countries and companies and urgently take the measures necessary to protect humanity and our planet, including some of our most vulnerable communities.

To maximise our chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, we must halve global emissions by 2030 and reach Net-Zero by 2050. This means governments, business, investors and civil society must work together to rapidly transform our economy by the end of the decade, with a just and carefully managed transition that tackles inequalities and upholds human and labor rights...

...It will require governments to pass laws requiring companies to respect human rights and implement due diligence to identify, address and disclose their social and environmental impacts and prevent and remedy the abuse that is currently endemic in their operations and supply chains. Companies will need to comply strictly with laws, put policies in place quickly and publish and implement clear and just transition plans...

...We appeal to...decision-makers, heavily represented at the Davos Meeting to heed this call: Declare a climate emergency, end fossil fuel exploration and extraction, end fossil fuel subsidies and make polluters pay the true cost of their activities.

We further implore these actors to respect the fundamental rights of activists working on these issues to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly...

In our opinion, any company that is not operating in a clear and transparent way to support transformative public policies, or failing to respect human rights and the environment, by identifying, disclosing and addressing its negative impacts, is not meeting its responsibilities to society...

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