Consumers International (CI), the global coalition of consumer groups, is calling on governments to set scientifically sound targets for greenhouse-gas reductions.
The organisation, of which Consumer NZ is a member, has joined the “TckTckTck” campaign. The campaign name is intended to signal that “time is running out”.
TckTckTck is lobbying for an ambitious, binding and international climate-change agreement to emerge from UN negotiations in Copenhagen in December.
The Copenhagen talks are expected to draft and ratify a treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol. CI wants governments to implement mandatory targets for major and sustainable reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. The starting point “must be scientifically sound targets for emission reductions across the economy and a commitment to broader sustainable human development”, it says.
This means a shift to a low-emissions future that includes radically higher levels of energy efficiency and radically lower use of fossil fuels. CI says the consensus is resoundingly clear: climate change is real, it’s caused predominantly by human activities and it will have far-reaching consequences for the environment and human lives unless we act swiftly to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
To find out more about the TckTckTck campaign, go to www.tcktcktck.org.
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Why has Consumer joined what is a political campaign? This is a very divisive issue, with the science on both sides of the argument being questioned. Why has Consumer accepted questionable science?