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Energy

 

The campaign to Phase out Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, and Other Fossil Fuels and Dirty Energy, Fight for the Transformation of Energy System towards a Swift and Just Transition to Clean and Renewable Energy for People and Communities

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The world has been undergoing unprecedented warming at the scale that IPCC scientists described was very alarming. The IPCC Special Report released last October 2018 raised that the world has only 12 years to avert catastrophic climate change. The report stressed the immediate and ambitious reduction of GHG emissions.

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At the central call for climate justice is the fight for the immediate phaseout of coal, the leading source of GHG emissions, which PMCJ in response to the science and Paris Agreement will be a total coal exit for the Philippines by 2030, to contribute in stabilizing global average the temperature at a precarious below 1.5 degrees C. The years 2018-2021, PMCJ will continue to banner the call for phase-out of coal-fired power plants and demand to all governments including the Philippines moratorium for the construction, application of new coal plants and projects and the stopping financial flows for the construction of coal-fired power plants.

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PMCJ will continue with the campaign to stop/limit the expansion of coal and other fossil fuels by leading in the fight against the construction and development of coal-fired power plants and other dirty and harmful energy. From 2015 to 2017, the coalition was successful in stopping and/or preventing the new coal-fired power plant applications of 16,515 MW equivalent to a total of 11 coal-fired power projects. These included the 3,551 MW form the 7 Power Supply Agreements (PSAs) of MERALCO which had been stalled since 2017.

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For PMCJ, the imperatives why it is intervening in the transformation of the energy system are 1) reduction of the carbon emissions of the country which will contribute to exacerbating the climate crisis, while 2) meeting the energy needs of people and communities, 3) the immediate impacts of the coal plants against the environment, health and human rights of people and communities, and 4) just transition to clean, renewable and democratic energy systems including a just transition of the society towards a low carbon economy. The demand for all countries to scale up their ambitions and do their fair shares will define the equity and historical responsibility of countries in the framework and agenda of the energy fight.

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Towards 2030, PMCJ will be guided by its frame and agenda for swift and just transformation of energy systems, push for the shift from fossil fuel energy to renewable energy (RE and clean), and expand energy access and public control of energy. It will aim to develop the just transition that will also include the immediate feasibility of alternatives including financing sources and mechanisms.​​