Reported by: Agande Richard Aondofa | Edited by: Henry Owen | Stone Reporters News
Amnesty International has warned that fossil fuel–driven disasters are putting human rights at grave risk, as millions of people around the world continue to lose their lives, homes, and livelihoods to hurricanes, wildfires, and floods.
In a powerful statement, Amnesty International said that these “unnatural disasters”—caused and intensified by the burning of fossil fuels—are disproportionately affecting people who have contributed the least to the climate crisis. The organization emphasized that everyone has the right to life and to live in a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
The rights group accused world leaders and fossil fuel corporations of misleading the public by suggesting that personal lifestyle changes, such as recycling or avoiding single-use plastics, are enough to solve the climate crisis.
“Powerful decision-makers want us to believe that small individual actions can stop disasters caused by climate change. But we’re not falling for it,” Amnesty International stated.
The organization called for a global, just, and fair phase-out of fossil fuels, urging governments to accelerate investment in renewable energy and proven green technologies that do not harm people or the planet.
Amnesty International reaffirmed its commitment to climate justice, vowing to continue pressuring governments and corporations to act decisively, and warning that inaction will not go unnoticed.
“We will continue to campaign for climate justice with people across the world and make it clear to those in power that inaction on climate change is a violation of human rights,” the statement concluded.
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