4th edition of Rise for Climate – European march
Categories: Event
Date: 27/01/2019
Time: 14 h 00
Location: Schuman Roundabout
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After the great march of December 2nd, our mobilization for the climate resumes this year. Sunday January 27th will be the first “climate action day” with several actions taking place in Belgium and France.
Rise for Climate, which organized monthly rallies from September to November, will continue with a march in Brussels.
Local actions will also take place in Mons (27 January), Liège (4 February) and we expect in other Belgian and European cities. This mobilization will be in collaboration with many French cities such as Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Avignon.
The march in Brussels will start at 13:00 at Gare of Nord in front of the European Council building and proceed to the European Parliament on Place du Luxembourg (practical details are still subject to changes pending consultation with police).
The objective of the march is to challenge the Belgian government as well as the heads of state and government who will attend the European Council summit in Brussels on March 21st and 22nd. The march participants will call on them to meet the target set by the European Parliament of a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. We also endorse the Climate-Finance Pact proposed by the economist Pierre Larrouturou and the climatologist Jean Jouzel for Europe to invest 1 trillion euros per year to fund the ecological transition.
A civil disobedience action “Pas de loi climat ? Pas de rue de la Loi !” will be organized by Act for Climate Justice just before the march at 13h. This action aims to challenge Belgium notably by adopting an ambitious climate law.
The march of December 2nd was historic. We showed how many of us demand change. Yet COP 24 was a failure for Belgium and for the world, says Kim Lê Quang of Rise for Climate. “Despite the threat of a global cataclysm and of wars over natural resources, the Paris agreements are still not respected by Belgium nor a majority of countries.”
“A massive mobilization once in a while, like that of 2 December, is clearly not enough” asserts Marie Hayens. “So we will be pressuring continuously and also outside Brussels. Our mobilizations may not be as large, but they will be more insistent.”
“The stakes are huge” adds Gaetano Boutcher. “By 2050, we expect between 250 million and one billion climate refugees who will likely be the first victims of the mass extinction of which many scientists are warning.” Our mobilizations have the support of Stromae, Jean-Pascal Van Ypersele, Greta Thunberg, Angèle et Charlotte, Philippe Geluck, Félicien Bogaerts.
