350.org welcomed COP31 PresidentDesignate Murat Kurum’s call to urgently increase the pace of global electri?cation, made at the Copenhagen Climate Ministers’ Meeting recently. Climate campaigners, however, urged governments to heed this call for electri?cation by raising revenues through windfall taxes on fossil fuel pro?ts, accompanied by concrete plans to phase out fossil fuels. Clémence Dubois, 350.org Campaigns Manager, said: ‘There is no doubt that electri?cation is urgently needed and a permanent tax on the fossil fuel industry can bridge the gap between promise and reality. G7 governments are sitting on the answer to the crisis of unaffordable energy. Fossil fuel companies are making their biggest pro?ts yet, while households around the world can’t afford their energy bills.
tax those windfall pro?ts and use revenues to accelerate electri?cation and deliver energy justice.