Climate strikes: people do not want to be left behind and governments should listen to them

The document highlights the disconnect between mass public demand for urgent climate action, evidenced by the September 20, 2019 strikes, and the lack of citizen engagement in the drafting of EU national energy and climate plans (NECPs). It asserts that current NECPs are insufficient to meet Paris Agreement goals and calls for the establishment of permanent, multi-level public consultation platforms to ensure a rapid and just transition to zero-carbon societies.

• EU governments' draft national energy and climate plans (NECPs) are insufficient for achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and were developed without broad citizen involvement in the decision-making process.
• The climate strike movement on September 20, 2019, demonstrated a global and European-wide demand for urgency, expanding from youth school strikes to include adults, businesses, trade unions, and academia.
• To achieve a just transition to zero-carbon societies, EU governments should implement public consultation as an integral part of policy design and create permanent multi-level platforms for regular discussion to inform NECPs.

APA

Ruggiero, A. (2019). Climate strikes: people do not want to be left behind and governments should listen to them. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2019/09/25/climate-strikes-people-do-not-want-to-be-left-behind-and-governments-should-listen-to-them/

Chicago

Ruggiero, Agnese. Climate strikes: people do not want to be left behind and governments should listen to them. Carbon Market Watch, 2019. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2019/09/25/climate-strikes-people-do-not-want-to-be-left-behind-and-governments-should-listen-to-them/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{ruggiero2019climate, author = {Ruggiero, Agnese}, title = {{Climate strikes: people do not want to be left behind and governments should listen to them}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2019}, month = sep, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2019/09/25/climate-strikes-people-do-not-want-to-be-left-behind-and-governments-should-listen-to-them/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }