Consultation: | Young Greens AGM 2021 |
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Agenda item: | B Motions of Policy and Organisation |
Proposer: | Josh Morris-Blake (Brighton and Hove Green Party) |
Status: | Submitted |
Submitted: | 06/17/2021, 12:03 |
B4: Fighting for the Mock COP26 Treaty
Summary
When the COP26 conference would have been running last year, over 330 youth delegates representing over 140 countries gathered online at Mock COP26. The conference culminated with a global declaration to world leaders with 18 ambitious, yet realistic policies covering 6 important themes; climate education, climate justice, climate-resilient livelihoods, physical and mental health, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and biodiversity. They are now mobilising a movement of young people globally to campaign for their leaders to show this ambition and implement parts of the Mock COP26 Treaty.
This motion proposes that the Young Greens insert the full Mock COP26 Treaty into its Record of Policy Statements (RoPS).
Motion Text
Notes
That current UK government climate policy is not consistent with limiting
global heating to well below 2°C, let alone limiting it to 1.5°C as
required under the Paris Agreement [1]
That COP 26 represents the best last chance for world leaders to agree on
the radical policy necessary to achieve decarbonisation and global climate
justice
That the Young Greens have a proud history of showing solidarity with
youth-led movements seeking to achieve climate justice
That the key objectives of the Mock COP26 Treaty are compatible with the
policy of the Young Greens and Green Party
Believes
That the UK government must drastically increase its ambition in climate
policy, in line with 1.5 degrees of global heating and incorporating the
principles of global climate justice to account for the UK’s historical
greenhouse gas emissions
That as hosts of COP 26, the UK government should be leading by example
and listening to marginalised groups such as those in the so-called Global
South and young people who will be disproportionately affected by the
effects of climate breakdown
That the Young Greens should support the aims of Mock COP26 as a civil
society group organising for a climate-justice led COP 26
That the Mock COP26 Treaty represents what an ambitious, yet realistic COP
26 could look like
Resolves
That the Young Greens insert the attached Mock COP26 Treaty into the
Record of Policy Statements
Please find the Treaty here: 20200112-MOCK-COP-Declaration.pdf
(mockcop.org)
Sources
Additional Links
Conference Declaration - Mock COP - this is the shortened version for
reading
Supporters
- Kirsty McMillan (Richmond and Twickenham Green Party)
- Fola Adedeji (North Surrey Green Party)
- Dylan Lewis-Creser (North Northamptonshire Green Party)
Comments
Joshua Morris-Blake:
Although this motion is under my name, it is supposed to be a Motion from the Under 18 Young Greens - a technical issue on the submit page meant it didn’t work properly, so now it’s under my name.
Anyway, enjoy!