Today we have joined forces with the OMBLES to create posters that communicate why the richest polluters must #PayUp for the climate crisis they are creating .. The deeply unjust reality is that the richest people, corporations and countries are driving the climate crisis through their carbon pollution, while those living in poverty, marginalized groups, and low-income countries are paying the price.
As the Make Rich Polluters Pay campaign moves into its second year, we are demanding that the biggest polluters pay for the climate crisis they are creating and the cost of building a fairer future.
One Minute Brief of the Day:
Create posters that communicate why the richest polluters must #PayUp for the climate crisis they are creating #MakeRichPollutersPay.
Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs and with the hashtags #MakeRichPollutersPay + #PayUp with a link to makerichpolluterspay.org
Deadline 6pm BST. Remember to add your Twitter handle in the top-left of your submissions.
Prizes:
1st Place: £250
2nd Place: £150
What is the cause, who is being harmed, and who is benefitting?
The richest people, corporations, and countries are destroying the world with their climate pollution. Wealthy countries have grown rich through burning carbon and their historical emissions dwarf those of low-income countries. Big fossil fuel corporations continue to pollute our climate without restraint. They make bumper profits, pay little tax, and use their influence to rig the system in their favor. Meanwhile, the lavish lifestyles of the richest 1% produce as much carbon pollution as the poorest two-thirds of humanity.
While the richest are plundering the planet and polluting for profits, everyone else is paying the price.
Time is running out. If no action is taken, the richest will continue to burn through the carbon we have left in just a few years, destroying any chance of ending poverty and securing a liveable planet for future generations.
Objective
As governments will agree on a new climate finance goal at the UN Climate Summit in November 2024, we want to raise awareness of who should be paying for the costs of the climate crisis. We can raise the trillions of dollars needed to fight the climate crisis if government’s tax the richest polluters..
A more equal and sustainable world is possible. One where any of us at risk from the climate crisis have what we need to survive extreme weather and build a better future.
The question we want to pose to the creatives engaging in this brief
The climate crisis is here and now, wrecking the lives of millions of people worldwide. Yet, a more equal and sustainable future for all of us is still possible. We know that the resources we require for climate finance are attainable if the richest polluters paid their fair share.
How do we communicate to public audiences that the richest polluters must #PayUp for the climate crisis.
More info here: https://makerichpolluterspay.org/
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