Here is a minute from a recent Meeting for Worship with Special Attention to Business.
2019.08.03 We affirm our support for the Climate Action Strike on September 27, led by Manitoba Youth for Climate Action, and affirm our support for the seven demands of the strike:
1. Bold Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets—Legislate greenhouse gas emission reductions of 65% by 2030, reaching net zero emissions by 2040.
2. Separation of Oil and State—Reject all new fossil fuel extraction or transportation projects, eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and price pollution.
3. A Just Transition—Transition to renewable energy and sustainable transportation infrastructure, while guaranteeing opportunity for fossil fuel workers in the new economy.
4. Environmental Rights—Enshrine in law the fundamental right to a healthy environment. This would include, but is not limited to, the right to safe air, clean water, and healthy soil.
5. Rights of Indigenous Peoples—Commit to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in full.
6. Conservation of Biodiversity—Maintain and protect old growth forests, restore cut blocks, reduce habitat fragmentation, and strengthen the protection of at-risk species.
7. Protection of Vulnerable Communities—Recognize Canada’s disproportionate role in the climate crisis, and our subsequent responsibility to protect the most vulnerable. Include the addition of climate displacement as a basis for refugee status. Provide climate aid to lower and middle-income countries, as well as Arctic Canada, which inordinately experience the immediate impacts of global warming.
2019.08.04 We will participate in two separate multi-faith worship services to be held before the climate strike at 10:45 on September 27. We ask Elaine Bishop and Janet Ross, with Mark Burch, to engage in the planning and implementation of these services in a “plain and not priestly way.”
2019.08.05 John Samson Fellows will investigate transportation for Friends to attend the Climate Action Strike on September 27th. If you are interested in transportation.
