Advisory: December 12, 2018 at 6pm CET
Nuclear Power Violates Climate Justice, Human Rights
Environmental and Climate Justice Leaders Call Out Nuclear as False Solution
Call On COP24 to Refuse Ambition-Killing Demands of Nuclear Promoters
Katowice, Poland – NEWS ADVISORY – Nuclear power makes climate change worse, and must not be promoted under the Paris global climate treaty, say environmental and climate justice leaders. Yet COP24 has seen a marked escalation in the promotion of nuclear power by countries and corporate interests that are resisting urgent action on climate. At the press conference, climate and environmental justice leaders from Africa, Asia, and North America will call on climate negotiators to refuse calls for nuclear power and false solutions to climate change, and to focus on a rapid transition to a carbon-free, nuclear-free world, powered entirely by sustainable, renewable energy sources.
Speakers at the press conference will include:
Makoma Lekalakala – Director, Earthlife Africa Jhb (awardee, 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa)
Ayumi Fukakusa – Campaigner, Friends of the Earth-Japan
Leona Morgan – Founder, Diné No Nukes
LOCATION: Press Conference Room Katowice – Area F Theatre
LIVESTREAM: https://unfccc-cop24.streamworld.de/upcoming
Contact: Kerstin Rudek, Don’t Nuke the Climate +49 1590 21 54 831 kerstin.rudek@gmx.de
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