In recent years, all around the world, the climate and environmental situation keeps deteriorating: floods, cyclones and tsunamis, droughts, and famines are increasing, leaving thousands of people homeless.
The latest reports from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and climatologists provide an alarming assessment of the current situation. We only have a few years to course-correct before it is too late. The situation, both globally and locally, demands deep and rapid changes, while it is still possible!
More than 1500 marches are organized worldwide. In Nice, a gathering is scheduled this Saturday at 2 PM at Quai des Etats Unis, Rauba Capeu point, with a parade towards Place Garibaldi via the Coulée Verte.
On September 23, at the UN, world leaders are meeting for an extraordinary climate summit. The negotiations should lead to an ambitious agreement in December 2015 in Paris, at the end of COP21 (21st Conference of the Parties).
For Marie-Luz Nicaise-Hernandez (spokesperson for EE-LV): “Today, we are calling on youth movements, citizen collectives, non-governmental organizations, and political parties to defend this cause alongside us. We must pressure governments to make clear commitments: to implement the energy transition, a pillar of the change in our societies; to abandon any programs harmful to the environment and populations; and to establish a genuine civic education: democratic, ecological, and promoting autonomy.
