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Petition to Save Our Future...basically

Want to be heard by world leaders at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development? Sign THIS PETITION to collect 100,000 youth signatures which will be added to a huge global petition organized by TckTckTck and Earth Day Network, along with other partners.  Together, we will tell the world that our FUTURE MATTERS and will demand that leaders make decisions that protect our planet and its resources for the youngest and future generations.

We have been relying on fossil fuels for over a century and now is the time to change. For every year that we wait, for every hour that we stall, the future and the survival of the youngest generation—and that of generations to come—is jeopardized. Please add your name to this petition, which we have posted on change.org, and invite your friends to do the same.

Let us be the generation that fought back.

Sign the Petition HERE!

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Here’s the full text of the petition: 

To be delivered to the world leaders at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development

Dear World Leaders:

We, the youngest generation, raise our voices in unity with Earth Day Network’s “Global Energy Petition.” Our generation has been, and will be, the most affected by the impacts of climate change. Yet, without the ability to vote, and without the money to pay powerful lobbyists in Congress, we lack the influence required to make our future a priority to lawmakers. This petition allows our voice to count.

We demand the following:
a. A safe future—We demand that our governments adopt renewable energy and energy efficiency targets that will reduce global carbon emissions.
b. Equitable distribution of energy—We demand that all people, in all regions, have access to renewable energy and energy efficiency technology.
c. An end to subsidy money for fossil fuel corporations—Oil and coal companies are among the richest corporations on the planet, richer than certain countries combined. They do NOT need government money and it makes it unfair for solar and wind and other renewable energy companies to compete.

The window for action is narrowing while the impacts of a changing climate are only intensifying. We, the youth, hereby call upon you, our world leaders, to “lead as if our future matters” by setting us on the path to sustainability, a path built by green jobs, and a path filled with clean air, clean water, and intact ecosystems for generations to come. We have been relying on fossil fuels for over a century and now is the time to change.

For every year that we wait, for every hour that we stall, the future and survival of the youngest generation—and that of generations to come—is jeopardized. Now is not the time for incremental action. At this defining juncture in human history, we ask you—our world leaders—to commit to providing the security and opportunity for our generation that you were given by your predecessors.

We call on you to accept the responsibility you have to protect the people you lead and the planet we share.

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