Global Climate Justice Movements Refuse to Be Overshadowed by Election of Climate Change Denier to U.S. Presidency

A collective statement issued by global climate justice organisations and movements at COP22 in Marrakech, expressing opposition to the election of Donald Trump and calling for continued global action to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C despite U.S. leadership.

• The signatories view Donald Trump as a representative of a "broken economic system" characterized by the concentration of wealth and corporate interests, which they argue has caused climate change and threatens global lives through the influence of big business in the White House.
• To address the global climate crisis and prevent a breach of the 1.5°C target, the movements demand five specific actions: ending all coal, oil, and gas extraction; committing to 100% renewable energy via decentralised community ownership; creating a just transition for marginalised people and extractive industry workers; welcoming climate-displaced people and refugees; and holding big business accountable.
• The statement calls for world leaders to provide climate finance and technology transfers, urging rich countries to increase their short-term 2020 targets to support poorer countries in prospering cleanly.
• The movements urge the international community to apply political, legal, and economic pressure on the U.S. to ensure it performs its fair share of action and to eliminate the influence of the U.S. in negotiations, which they claim promotes "weak and toothless" emission targets.
• The signatories express solidarity with Indigenous land and water protectors at Standing Rock and other U.S.-based environmental justice movements resisting fossil fuel expansion.

APA

admin (2016). Global Climate Justice Movements Refuse to Be Overshadowed by Election of Climate Change Denier to U.S. Presidency. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/global-climate-justice-movements-refuse-to-be-overshadowed-by-election-of-climate-change-denier-to-u-s-presidency/

Chicago

admin. Global Climate Justice Movements Refuse to Be Overshadowed by Election of Climate Change Denier to U.S. Presidency. Friends of the Earth International, 2016. https://www.foei.org/global-climate-justice-movements-refuse-to-be-overshadowed-by-election-of-climate-change-denier-to-u-s-presidency/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2016global, author = {admin}, title = {{Global Climate Justice Movements Refuse to Be Overshadowed by Election of Climate Change Denier to U.S. Presidency}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2016}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/global-climate-justice-movements-refuse-to-be-overshadowed-by-election-of-climate-change-denier-to-u-s-presidency/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }