{"id":4920,"date":"2019-07-16T16:18:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T15:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stampoutpoverty.org\/live2019\/?p=4920"},"modified":"2019-07-30T12:19:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T11:19:09","slug":"climate-damages-tax-campaign-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stampoutpoverty.org\/live2019\/climate-damages-tax-campaign-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Damages Tax Campaign launched"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch the Climate Damages Tax launch\u00a0here<\/a>!<\/h2>\n

The Climate Damages Tax campaign launch was held in London on April 16th, with Caroline Lucas MP (Green Party Co-Leader), Barry Gardiner MP (Shadow Minister for International Climate Change), Foreign Minister for Vanuatu Ralph Regenvanu MP, Avinash Persaud (Head of Economic Reconstruction of Dominica post-Hurricane Maria) and Emele Duituturaga of the Pacific Islands Associations of NGOs.<\/p>\n

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L-R: Ralph Regenvanu MP (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vanuatu), Emele Duituturaga (Executive Director, Pacific Island Association of NGOs), Avinash Persaud (Head of Economic Reconstruction of Dominica, post Hurricane Maria), Barry Gardiner MP (Shadow Minister for International Climate Change), Caroline Lucas MP (Green Party Co-Leader)<\/p>\n

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Caroline Lucas MP pledges the Green Party\u2019s support for a Climate Damages Tax<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 photograph by David Sandison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cFossil fuel companies must become part of the solution they have created. We need to ask how much, and who pays?\u201d \u2013 Barry Gardiner at the Climate Damages Tax launch<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 photograph by David Sandison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cHurricane damages can be measured in dollars and cents but also in broken lives. The climate wars have started. This is the front line\u201d \u2013 Avinash Persaud at the Climate Damages Tax launch<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 photograph by David Sandison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cLast week Vanuatu declared a state of emergency yet again. We do not have the resources to respond. We need commitment from our more developed partners, those who caused climate change\u201d Ralph Regenvanu MP at the launch of the Climate Damages Tax<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 photograph by David Sandison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cVanuatu produces 0.0016% of world climate emissions and yet is disproportionately feeling the negative effects. We just can\u2019t afford what\u2019s happening in our country\u201d \u2013 Ralph Regenvanu MP at the Climate Damages Tax launch<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 photograph by David Sandison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWhere is the justice that those of us who are the least responsible for climate change loss and damage bear the greatest burden? Enough is enough\u201d \u2013 Emele Duituturaga at the Climate Damages Tax launch<\/p>\n

Find out more about the Climate Damages Tax<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watch the Climate Damages Tax launch\u00a0here! The Climate Damages Tax campaign launch was held in London on April 16th, with Caroline Lucas MP (Green Party <\/p>\n

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