Jacqueline pleads for a cleaner economy in Australia

I

  represent the youth who face a climate-changed future. I haven't lived a year of my life that hasn't been above average temperatures in Australia.


Jacqeline Frechet - pleading
for a cleaner economy.

I have also grown up in a 25-year trend of economic growth; Australia was until recently number one on the human development Index, top of the global living standards. These phenomena seem like dichotomies — but in fact they are directly connected.

Next week, Australia will sign on to a new global climate agreement at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's 21st conference of the parties (COP21) in Paris.

“Australia's climate finance pledge of $1 billion is insufficient to meet the needs of the most vulnerable countries”

After two years of policy uncertainty choking a growing renewables market, now is the moment for Australia to ignite an economy-wide vision of a renewable-powered Australia — giving us certainty and hope for the youth of this country.

Read the comment by national youth delegate to the COP21 for Global Voices, Jacqueline Fetchet, in The Sydney Morning Herald - “Now is the moment to lead a new vision for a cleaner economy.”