Media release – Extinction Rebellion, 11 November 2022
Walking a Highway to (Climate) Hell?
Saturday 12 November 1.30 to about 3pm
Park St (Royal Park/Regatta Grounds) to Silos & return. Launceston
This is Launceston’s part of the Global Day of Action at the mid-point of the Cop27 UN climate talks. To quote the UN’s Antonio Guterres, the whole world is on a ‘Highway to Climate Hell’.
Climate activists will join in a peaceful, colourful walk along the Boardwalk starting at Royal Park in Launceston on Saturday 12th November.
Everyone is welcome to join in for as long as they like, starting near the barbecue area and walking along the Boardwalk, to the Seaport, across the pedestrian bridge to the Silos, arriving about 2pm; the group will spend some time at the Silos and then walk back the same way (finishing about 3pm).
“The COP 27 meetings are trying to thrash out a fairer way to balance some global issues,” says local Ros Lewis, who will be part of the walk on Saturday. As I see it, we Australians must contribute if we are to have any claim to being a responsible nation on the world stage.
“Because we can actually afford it; it’s a matter of priorities.
“We have seen the floods in Lismore and fires in east coast Australia but Australia is not alone in suffering the consequences of rapid climate change.
Don’t forget the even worse floods in Nigeria (600 deaths).
There really were fires in Siberia.
And our Pacific neighbours live with daily threats.
It’s time to be global citizens and face up to our responsibilities at COP 27.”
References:
Oxfam’s 24 October report says that “in the first half of 2022 six fossil fuel companies combined made enough money to cover the cost of major extreme weather and climate-related events in developing countries and still have nearly $70 billion profit remaining.”
Siberia https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-climate-change-is-affecting-wildfires-around-the-world/
