CLEANaction is a new WWF-backed coalition that aims to stop the much-needed shift away from fossil fuels from harming the natural world.
Avoiding climate catastrophe is still possible but we need urgent action on many fronts, including moving away from using fossil fuels to renewable energy.
However, any power generation, even using renewables, brings disruption to the natural environment on which we all depend. And, with wildlife populations falling on average by 68% since 1970, nature simply can’t afford yet more destruction.
That’s why we are one of the founding partners of CLEANaction. This new coalition will highlight the need for new renewable energy generation projects to be carefully assessed for their impacts on the natural world, and for the least damaging options to be prioritized.
Currently, many renewable energy developers are not aware about or do not consider the impacts of their projects on the natural world. We want to change things for the better, so that considering the impacts on nature becomes a requirement for any proposed energy initiative.
We’ve been working alongside partners from other organizations to create this new coalition. These include the Alliance for Rural Electrification, Birdlife International, ICLEI-Cities Biodiversity Center, the International Renewable Energy Agency and The Nature Conservancy.
LINKS BETWEEN THE CRISES
Did you know that the climate and nature loss crises are interlinked? Climate change is a key driver of nature loss, while action to reverse the loss of nature will help prevent even worse climate impacts on people and wildlife than are already inevitable.
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