Media organizations must present the carbon price alongside the main stock market indices

Media organizations must present the carbon price alongside the main stock market indices

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24 June 2021
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Started by David Hunter

Rapid climate change threatens humanity's existence. Life, for humans and all species on earth, is dependent on the processing and absorption of carbon, the fundamental element of our world. Most scientists believe that excessive emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, through the burning of fossil fuels and other processes, is the primary cause of rapid climate change. To arrest the speed with which human activity is impacting climate change we need to modify our energy mix towards renewables such as wind and solar, minimise our carbon emissions and live more sustainably.

To help enable market-based solutions to the climate change challenge, carbon emission allowance markets have been developed, most notably in the EU, California and most recently the UK. These now deliver an independent market price for emitting carbon dioxide. As a result, businesses, governments and others that emit carbon-dioxide can now place an independent market value on that activity, encouraging them to offset their carbon-dioxide emissions and increasingly operate more sustainably.

We expect the carbon price and related carbon "footprint"s to be THE financial and consumer metrics of the coming decades, ultimately permeating all aspects of society. We expect the carbon generated in making and delivering products and services to be published widely, in full display on consumer packaging and in company reporting.

To accelerate collective awareness of our carbon footprints and its impact on the planet's future, we are advocating that major news outlets include a reference to the latest market "price" of carbon in their "financial markets review" slot at the end of the TV news, where today’s FTSE and S&P numbers are quoted. 

We believe that today's, and more critically future, generations depend on us making our own changes to the way we live to minimise our carbon footprint. In this the year of #COP26, highlighting the key carbon market price statistic in daily news and other bulletins could be a relatively small but important step in furthering understanding and awareness of the challenges that lie ahead. This in turn will likely support and encourage more rapid and impactful actions to help us address the critical climate challenge urgently for our and our children's collective benefit.

We thank you for your time in reviewing our petition and invite you to support our cause and this petition.

Yours faithfully

David Hunter and the Renewity team
https://Renewity.Earth

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