Worldwide—including in Europe—people are losing their homes, crops, and lives to floods, droughts, and fires. Those who contribute least to this climate crisis are hit hardest. Meanwhile, a small group of major polluters continues to make enormous profits at our expense and the planet’s.
Cabinet after cabinet continues to spare the major polluters instead of protecting people.
This must change, and it can. But we must choose now.
The campaigns for the parliamentary elections aren’t about the climate. That’s why, on October 26th, just before the parliamentary elections, nearly 50,000 people took to the streets in The Hague. We demand a good, livable future from the new government—for our children, for each other, for the planet we live on.
It was an inspiring, peaceful, and unexpectedly sunny day. We thank all participants for your energy, solidarity, and dedication! Special thanks to the speakers: Winnie Oussoren, Kjelld Masoud Kroon, Eva Bollen, Safi Graauw, and Michiel Servaes. The recorded stage program can be viewed here.
But our efforts don’t stop here. After this successful Climate March, climate action remains necessary: in the voting booth, and beyond. Choose future, choose climate!
Change is possible, and delay is no longer an option! ⌛
The Climate Crisis Coalition (KCC), a collaboration of 8 social and environmental organizations, is organizing a climate march on Friday,
The crisis is now! Issues are piling up in the Netherlands, and the global climate crisis is taking increasingly extreme
