Environmental and Climate Organizations, Green Party, and idol singers also “take a response to the climate crisis”
The 22nd is the 51st “Earth Day”. At night, it’s a good day to turn off the fluorescent lights and take a moment to think about the earth and all the lives that have nestled on it. Leaders of 40 countries around the world, including Presidents Joe Biden and Moon Jae-in, who are likely to be the busiest in the world, also take time to meet with video to discuss the joint human response to fight the enemy of the climate crisis on Earth Day. Environmental activists, idol singers, and those who dream of green politics are also celebrating the day in their own way. Earth Day, the voices of concern for the well-being of the Earth have been gathered.
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Green Alliance “Korea Earth Day is one of the event challenges… Establish a specific policy”
The Ministry of Environment designates the 22nd~28th as Climate Change Week and conducts the campaign. This event is’Restore Our Earth: Right Now, From Me! 2050 is carbon neutral (net carbon emission is 0)’. It implies that in order for our society to become a carbon-neutral society, climate action must be taken from me right now. However, it is pointed out that it is not an event that really matters. In a statement released on the occasion of Earth Day, the Green Coalition “(in government and corporate events) is full of idle slogans and declarations. “The majority of contents encourage individuals to practice low-carbon,” he pointed out, “The difference from the previous year is that we have started to use’carbon neutrality’ as a nonsense phrase.” He then emphasized that “in order to prevent carbon neutrality from being demolished to a simple misrepresentation, it is necessary to establish and inform specific climate policies that support it.” At the same time, as a result of the World Climate Summit to be unveiled on this day, he urged to raise the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 by more than half compared to 2010. The international community has pointed out that the world should reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% or more by 2030 compared to 2010. Currently, Korea’s target is a target (536 million tons) of 18.5% reduction compared to 2010, so the target is pushed upward. Are receiving.
On the afternoon of October 5, last year, members of a civic group youth climate action and political mothers are holding a press conference in front of the Seocho governor of the Korea Electric Power Corporation in Seocho-gu, Seoul against KEPCO’s new coal power plant project in Vietnam. At a press conference that day, they argued that a new coal-fired power plant in Vietnam will accelerate the climate crisis by emitting large-scale greenhouse gases, and argued that the power plant construction plan must be withdrawn. yunhap news
Climate Crisis Emergency Action “Responding to the climate crisis is based on the principle of justice and human rights, not by spreading companies”
Climate Crisis Emergency Action, a joint organization of more than 200 civil society organizations, also said, “To take responsibility for Korea’s enormous greenhouse gas emissions and accumulation, the national greenhouse gas reduction target in 2030 should be strengthened to a level of reducing at least 50% compared to 2010. I do” he emphasized. He also pointed out that there is a need for a “just change in which those who have been excluded and oppressed are the agents of the transformation”, worrying about the points that can be overlooked in the process of responding to the climate crisis. “The government and companies that have monopolized their power should take the greatest responsibility for causing the climate crisis.” The situation can never be tolerated.” He urged them to respond by establishing the principles of’justice’ and’human rights’ in responding to the climate crisis.
Green Party “Attendance at the Climate Summit without Reflection is Deceptive”
The Green Party, which is undergoing internal maintenance ahead of local elections in 2022, also issued a statement. The Green Party said, “Korea has declared carbon neutrality in 2050, but setting the national GHG reduction target in 2030 is inadequate. A total of seven new coal power plants are built in Samseok, Gangneung, Seocheon, and Goseong, and there are five new airport plans, including Heuksan Island, Jeju 2 Airport, Ulleungdo and Saemangeum Airport. The new airport on Gadeok Island has even created a special law that exempts from the preliminary feasibility study and started promoting it.” It also pointed out the situation of investing in overseas coal power plants, such as Vung Ang 2, which is being built in Vietnam, and Jawa 9 and 10, Indonesia. He pointed out, “It is a deception to attend the climate summit without reflection while coal power plants and airports are being built at home and abroad.” After the World Climate Summit on this day, President Moon is known to announce the suspension of investments in overseas coal power generation in Korea. However, due to controversy over environmental destruction and low economic feasibility, there are evaluations that the announcement of the suspension of investment in coal power plants, which companies and financial institutions are no longer investing in, is empty.
A total of 31 idol singers, including Oh My Girl Hyojeong and B2B Seo Eun-kwang, launched the campaign’Kstars4climate’, a campaign that encourages citizens’ actions to resolve the climate change problem. Gifu Media Hub
K-pop idols also “climate change is live”, “climate change is a boomerang”
A total of 31 idol singers, including Oh My Girl Hyo-jeong and B2B Seo Eun-kwang, also launched the campaign’Kstars4climate’, a campaign that encourages citizens’ actions to resolve the climate change problem on Earth Day. Popular K-pop idols such as Day6, Wonpil, The Boyz, ATEEZ, and Weekly participated in this campaign by donating their talents. Even for idol singers in their teens and twenties, the climate crisis is their problem. AB6IX Kim Dong-hyun explained that “Climate change is the tears of mankind”, ATEEZ Yunho explained that “climate change is a red light”, The Boyz Young-hoon said “Climate change is live”, and Weekly Park So-eun explained that “Climate change is a boomerang”. . The campaign was sponsored by the British Embassy in Korea and the Climate Media Hub, which hosts the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in November this year. Park Hyun-min, former editor-in-chief of Big Issue Korea, was designed in general. The campaign video featuring idol singers will be released on YouTube, such as S&S, the British Embassy. Three additional videos will be released until June. By Choi Woo-ri, staff reporter