Lisää ääntä - Emergency call for the future
The upcoming EU elections in June 2024 will determine how the environmental crisis and social injustice will be addressed in the next crucial years. Lisää ääntä -campaign will put climate and environmental issues at the heart of the electoral debate. Now is the time to make a noise for the future!
Environmental crises are already here: tipping points are being crossed, the continental ice sheets are melting and rising sea levels will soon cover entire countries. Biodiversity loss is accelerating, species are becoming extinct, soils are becoming uninhabitable and water resources are running out. The humanitarian crisis is huge and the people most affected are indigenous peoples, people of the global south, women and the poor. Leaders promised to stop global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius. Last year was already 1.48 degrees hotter.
Over the past few years, our cries for the future of the planet have been lost among other crises. We have seen what decision-makers are capable of when they want to solve other crises, but they still do not take the environmental crisis seriously. We need decisions that will secure the future. We need to make our voices heard.
Next summer's EU parliament elections are critical for the future of the planet. Unlike individual countries, the European Union has the power to act globally on behalf of the climate and the environment. Unfortunately, the opposite can also be true: an environmentally hostile European Parliament can water down environmental action on the planet as a whole. The next EU elections are not until 2029, and emissions should be radically reduced already by 2030. These elections will decide whether we stop global warming at 1.5 degrees or accelerate towards destruction.
We have no choice. Climate change and biodiversity loss must be stopped, and this must be done with respect for human rights. In these EU elections, we must give our votes to those who are strongly committed to protecting the climate and the environment. Together we can make a difference and change the course towards a more sustainable future. Join us to ensure that this really happens.
All we need is more noise.
The EU elections will be held in Finland on 9 June 2024.
Advance voting will take place in Finland from 29 May to 4 June 2024 and abroad from 29 May to 1 June 2024.