Greenpeace on the UNEP Overshoot Report published today
Addressing global heating requires a consistent phase-out of fossil fuels through state regulation and the financial liability of the fossil fuel industry, as ecological sinks are no excuse for delays.
Those who must pay the costs of climate damage are the perpetrators: oil and gas companies whose business model has been destroying the planet for decades.
The text responds to the UNEP Overshoot Report and emphasizes the urgency of the 1.5-degree target, particularly for Pacific island states. It argues that ecological CO2 sinks must not be an excuse for delayed emissions reductions. Greenpeace calls on the federal government for a clear agenda on electrification and accelerating the phase-out of fossil fuels, in order to strengthen economic sectors such as green tech. In addition, it calls for climate protection to be enshrined in the Basic Law as a collective task. The criticism is directed at the black-red coalition, which must focus on transformation and sufficiency. According to the text, the costs of climate damage should be borne by the perpetrators, in particular oil and gas companies, whose business model is destroying the planet.
Worldview
what this means- What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?
- Greed, consumption, an insatiable desire for more; Exploitation, oppression, unequal conditions
- Where does the evil reside?
- in the economy, politics, or social structures
- What helps against it?
- just social or political conditions; contentment, fasting, voluntary sacrifice, letting go
- What is human being according to this text?
- self-determined, the author of one's own actions
- Where is history heading?
- it is getting worse, an order is coming to an end
- What does the text base its claim on?
- on argument, logic, science
- To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?
- also to animals, plants, and all of creation
- Where is the text's criticism directed?
- at others, at society, at other groups
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What the text calls for
- Klimaschutz als Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ins Grundgesetz aufnehmen (social)
- Auf Transformation und Suffizienz setzen (social)
- Kosten der Klimaschäden von Verursachenden bezahlen lassen (social)
Measured
- Basic stance
- -1 from -2 to 2
- Insistence
- 2 of 3
- Reach
- 4 of 5
- Concreteness
- 2 of 3
- Boundary
- 2 of 3, named: Öl- und Gaskonzerne
- Time
- past 1, present 3, future 2