Humanity Now Has 4 Years to Prevent 1.5°C of Global Warming
- On Saturday 20th July, Climate Clock group in Nigeria will conduct a Climate March, and Press conference to demand Increase in budget allocation for climate change, Just transition, and for more women representation in parliament and in climate change decision making, joining 25+ countries in a day of coordinated global action.
- The deadline on the Clock is sourced from IPCC data, the gold standard of climate science.
Climate March in Abuja during the Climate Emergency Day 2023
Abuja, Nigeria 22nd, July 2024: The Climate Clock countdown that tracks the deadline to stay below 1.5°C of global warming will drop from 5 years 0 days 00:00:00 to 4 years 364 days 23:59:59 for the first time in history on Monday, July 22nd 2024. To mark the clock ticking over at 5 PM WAT / 5 PM BST / 12 PM ET / 12 AM CST, Climate Clock groups across the globe will mark the third annual Climate Emergency Day in a direct call on our leaders to #ActInTime and prevent 1.5°C of global warming.
The Climate Clock group in Abuja, Nigeria will be Marching and conducting a Press Conference to demand from the government an Increase in budget allocation for climate change / Just energy transition and women’s inclusion in decision-making. This issue is particularly pertinent [as the IPCC recently warned about the catastrophic impacts for humanity if global temperatures continue to increase at their current rate. As youths in Nigeria, we’ve witnessed firsthand the impacts of climate change on our communities. The changing weather patterns have affected agriculture, leading to crop failures and economic hardships for many families.
The call for this year’s Climate Emergency Day 2024 is focused specifically on divestment from fossil fuels and investment in our collective future. According to the UN, fossil fuels account for over 75% of greenhouse gas emissions and 90% of carbon dioxide emissions, trapping the sun’s heat.
Climate Emergency Day aims to direct pressure toward those in power, demanding that leaders #ActInTime to prevent further catastrophic climate disasters.
The tick-over moment will inspire global action across the world leading up to Climate Emergency Day and beyond. In New York, where the monumental 80-foot digital clock face overlooks Union Square, the Climate Accountability Research Project (CARP) will unveil its list of the 24 ‘most-wanted’ Climate Criminals in North America and Canada.
To accompany this action, the monumental clock will display new messaging, including:
- “IT IS #TimeToEndFossilFuels” AND “#TimeToFundOurFuture”
- “THERE IS GOOD NEWS – IT IS NOT TOO LATE”
- “WE HAVE THE SOLUTIONS:”
- “A JUST TRANSITION TO 100% RENEWABLES”
- “GROWING REGENERATIVE AG, FUNDING CLIMATE FINANCE”
- “PROTECTING INDIGENOUS LAND, ACHIEVING GENDER PARITY”
- “FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT”
- “ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE – WE MUST FIGHT FOR IT – #ACTINTIME”
Across the world, over 25 Climate Clock teams will lead synchronized efforts addressing global and local issues, from Indigenous land sovereignty in Tanzania to the recent devastation of the Porto Alegre flooding in Brazil. The climate movement is demanding that governments and corporations #ActInTime to slow our trajectory towards the 1.5C° of global warming and enact system-wide solutions to the climate crisis, including the radical reduction of fossil fuel emissions and rapid deployment of renewable energy.
CLIMATE EMERGENCY DAY 2024 Abuja:
Event: On Monday July 22 2024, the Climate Clock will tick down below five years for the first time, a key milestone for humanity that will spark a wave of synchronized actions around the world, demanding an end to fossil fuels, and pushing leaders to #ActInTime to accelerate real climate solutions.
On this day, we will officially have 4 YEARS to dramatically reduce fossil fuel emissions to stay below 1.5C degrees warming. Every minute, every second counts. Actions will be taking place in over 2 dozen countries, In Nigerian capital, Abuja We will be having the following series of activities to mark the day:
Activity: Climate March
Date: 20th, July 2024
Time: 9 AM – 11 PM
Location: Millennium Park, Abuja.
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Activity: Courtesy Visit to the National Assembly
Date: 23rd July 2024
Time: 9 AM
Location: National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
Climate Clock is known for its 80-foot digital clock face in New York City’s Union Square, as well as its other large-scale clocks located across the globe in London, Rome, Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing and Harrisburg, PA. In addition, portable “action” clocks are in the hands of climate leaders worldwide, from Greta Thunberg to Bill McKibben to the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Phillip Davis, and displayed during final negotiations at COP27.
The Climate Clock is a global symbol of urgency, melding art, science, tech, and grassroots mobilisation to alert people to the climate emergency and help enact hopeful, doable solutions in line with global commitments to the Paris Agreement that aims to keep global warming below 1.5°C to preserve a liveable world for all.
Individuals and communities worldwide are encouraged to mark the moment the Clock ticks below 5 years for the first time. Find a training hub, a resource toolkit, and other information at ClimateEmergencyDay.com.
Twitter: @theclimateclock | Instagram: @climateclock.world | TikTok: @theclimateclock
#ClimateClock #ActInTime
Press Office Contact
Climate Clock has a global community of voices available for comment, including many local spokespeople and youth ambassadors.
Nigeria : Ibrahim Inusa bibimachina@gmail.com
Global: Gracie Bennett – gracie.bennett@kibbokiftagency.com, Climate Clock Global PR Lead at Kibbo Kift Agency.
About Climate Clock
The first Climate Clock launched in Union Square, New York City, in September 2020 and quickly went viral. It now has a global presence, with monument-sized Clocks installed in London, Rome, Seoul, Daegu and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and portable clocks in the hands of climate leaders across the world, from Greta Thunberg to Bill McKibben to the Prime Minister of the Bahamas Phillip Davis.
The Climate Clock urges governments, corporations, and people in power to #ActInTime for the climate crisis. It exhibits a ‘Deadline’ counting down the time remaining to prevent global warming from rising above 1.5°C and six ‘Lifelines’ tracking progress on key solution pathways, including the percentage of the world’s energy from renewable sources (13.7%), the amount of land currently protected by Indigenous peoples (43m km sq), the Loss & Damage Financing owed by G20 Nations to the most vulnerable nations ($32.7T), the percentage of women in national parliaments (24.5%), the total funds divested from the Fossil Fuel Sector ($40.51T), the global land area cultivated in accordance with regenerative agriculture practices (1,302,905 HA). The countdown is based on IPCC data, the gold standard of climate science.
The first monumental Climate Clock in New York was co-created by Gan Golan, Andrew Boyd, Katie Peyton Hofstadter, and Adrian Carpenter.
Climate Clock website: https://climateclock.world/
Climate Clock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climateclock.world/
Climate Clock TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theclimateclock
