Ending the fossil fuel era: how we win a just transition - Dundee event

The fossil fuel industry is stealing our future and making record profits while they’re doing it. It’s time to stop them. Activists and governments from some of the most climate vulnerable countries are spearheading the demand for a Fossil Fuel Treaty: a global exit plan to end the era of oil, coal and gas. This is a fight for the future and for the transition to clean, green energy that leaves no worker, community or country behind.

On Thursday 24 October Global Justice Now and Parents for Future are hosting renowned Filipina youth climate justice activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan in Dundee for a discussion about how we can challenge plans for damaging new fossil fuel projects around the world and how a Fossil Fuel Treaty could help us win a globally just transition.

Mitzi will be joined by a panel of speakers to consider how we can campaign locally to build the international movement to transition from toxic fossil fuels and plan for a greener, cleaner future. The speaker panel will include:

• Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Filipina youth climate justice activists
• Rosie Hampton, Just Transition campaigner for Friends of the Earth Scotland
• Claire Larkin, Director of Parents for Future Scotland

The event will be chaired by Liz Murray, Head of Scottish Campaigns at Global Justice Now

More about Mitzi Jonelle Tan

Mitzi is on the steering committee of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and has been instrumental in pushing the campaign forward since its inception. She has been a strong advocate for an anti-colonial and intersectional approach to the climate crisis and is committed to systemic change and collectively building a world that prioritises people and the planet, through organising, global solidarity, and collective action.

The event will take place in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Dalhousie Building at Dundee University.