It Takes Roots

Biden must demonstrate real commitment to climate leadership by first stopping fossil fuel extraction in the U.S. and taking drastic action to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Biden must stop all new fossil fuel projects — beginning with Line 3 and Dakota Access Pipeline — and commit to rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions at source, while supporting workers and communities impacted by economic transition.

Communities at the frontlines of pollution, fossil fuel extraction, and climate crisis must be at the center of the domestic and global response to climate crisis. To lead and address the climate emergency at the scope and scale required, the U.S. must immediately:

1) Stop approving fossil fuel projects, beginning with ending the Enbridge Line 3 and Dakota Access Pipeline projects.

2) Stop supporting false carbon market-based solutions being incorporated into nature-based solutions and regenerative agriculture language that commodifies forests, and soils into carbon offset regimes.

3) Take responsibility for the historic U.S. role in creating the climate crisis by committing to pay its fair share to global climate solutions, through investments in solutions led and governed by communities in the Global South.

By taking these measures that we can begin to get the Earth back in balance and address the climate crisis in a way that does not bring further harm to the frontline communities, while wealthy, greenhouse gas-generating corporations continue to evade responsibility.