A Message for 20th of September

This is an emergency. We’re heading towards a possible collapse of civilisation. We face an environmental emergency that could bring down civilisation. We’re in dire straits. Greenland and both the Poles are melting. Forests are burning from Siberia to Australia to the Amazon. If not suffering record-breaking heat waves and devastating droughts, countries are confronted by powerful hurricanes and deadly floods. We're seeing natural disasters happening across every part of the planet. We're seeing entire communities being decimated by extreme weather events. Climate change is the greatest existential threat we face since the advent of global nuclear war.

People are starting to pay attention. They are finally treating the crisis like a crisis. Our planet is in jeopardy — let's act like it is.

While politicians say there is a need for policies to mitigate climate change, people call out for action, for deeds, not words. Protests have emboldened the youth worldwide. They are speaking out against complacency. It is their future that they are trying to protect from the land-grabbers who set rain-forests alight in search for profit. The youth of today wish a livable world of tomorrow to inherit.

The Socialist Party cannot let the idealism of the younger generation be poisoned by cynicism and apathy. We cannot permit them to be disappointed and reduced to despair by failure. We offer answers to the issues they seek to redress. This is our opportunity to stand alongside our children and grandchildren for a better future for all people. 

Unlike the toxic rise in nationalism and right-wing ideologies, many of this new generation of youth concentrate their concern upon the World and its environmental problems. They promote the benefits of a collective future, not one based on individual self-interest. The young eco-activists are understanding that to solve the climate crisis, people must lay aside all what divides us and substitute unity and sharing as society's prevailing values.

These are the principles upon which a new world will be built.