Safe Climate supports CHOGM protest

Safe Climate Perth endorses the Chogm Action Network protest planned for October 28. The protest is calling for "Justice and climate action not racism and war".

The need for genuine climate action is one of the pressing issues of our time. While previous CHOGM summits have paid lip service to the need for climate action, words have not been matched by deeds.

The leading powers in the Commonwealth - including and especially Australia - are among the biggest greenhouse polluters in the world.

Australian governments are planning at most only token measures to reduce emissions and still maintain strong support for the polluting fossil fuel industries. For instance, there are no plans to divert the approximately $10 billion currently paid in subsidies to fossil fuel industries to renewable energy instead.

Safe Climate Perth believes Australia should move to 100% renewable energy by 2020. This has been shown to be possible by the Beyond Zero Emissions Zero Carbon Australia plan.

This is the kind of action that is required to make the significant emission reductions that are needed. We plan to bring this message to the Chogm Action Network rally.

We also resolve to donate $150 towards the publicity costs of the rally.