Jessica Beagly, policy advisor for the Global Health and Climate Alliance (GHCA), is speaking. “Without a ban on fossil advertising, nothing will change” Isn’t it time to tackle the fossil industry in the same way as the tobacco industry? Jessica Beagly, policy expert at the Global Health and Climate Alliance (GHCA): “Without a ban on fossil advertising, nothing will change.”
Because she regularly makes the comparison between the fossil industry and the tobacco industry when it comes to air pollution, we would have liked to hear her opinion on a law that bans fossil advertising, just like tobacco. WHO Director Maria Neira had agreed to speak, but unfortunately had to cancel because she was out of range at the time of the session. As long as ads from the fossil, aviation and automotive industries continue to invade our public spaces and brains, massive behavioural change needed for a sustainable future will never come in time.” Reclame Fossielvrij is campaigning for a law that bans fossil ads. These emissions could have easily been avoided. “Globally, these advertisements cause the extra emissions of about 75 large coal-fired power plants every year. “One important reason: the fossil industry is still allowed to promote itself and its harmful products with advertising.” Martine explains that people see an average of 5,000 advertisements a day, among which is a lot of fossil advertising.
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“How is it possible that the fossil industry keeps extracting more and more oil and gas while people are dying and the earth is on fire?”, Martine Doppen, campaigner at Reclame Fossielvrij (Fossil Free Advertising), opened the webinar with a speech and a presentation. (deepl translation – our apologies for mistranslations) Martine Doppen, moderator and campaigner at Advertising Fossil Free: “As long as fossil advertising continues to invade our public spaces and brains, mass behavioural change will never come in time.” It was organised by Advertising Fossil Free, Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2), Medicus Mundi International (MMI), Klimawandel und Gesundheit (KLUG), Zorg voor Klimaat. The webinar was organised as a civil society side-event prior to the World Health Assembly that starts today. The WHO can play an important role in this by researching the effect of fossil advertisements on health and climate damage.īelow is a report of the zoom webinar “A tobacco law for the fossil fuel industry” on Thursday. The conclusion: banning fossil advertising is best done in countries or regions where the right to health is enshrined in the constitution. But they were looking for quicker ways to do this than through the multilateral coordination within the WHO. The speakers agreed on the need for a law that sends fossil advertising after the Marlboro man. Mastodon personal work on Twitter but prefer Mastodon keybase.io/tonĭon't try to find me on Facebook or WhatsApp.What role can the World Health Organization play in a global convention banning fossil advertising? In the webinar “Tobacco Law for the fossil fuel industry”, a policy expert from the UK, an activist from the Niger Delta, a lawyer from the UK and a doctor from Egypt explored the possibilities. ( PGP pub key) or use (encrypted webmail) Contacting me is easy and appreciated! I prefer e-mail. Key-words: open data, open government, fablabs, making, complexity, networked agency, networked learning, ethics by design. I am passionate about increasing people's ability to act (knowledge), and their ability to change (learning). I explore the tools and strategies that help us navigate the networked world. I write about how our digital and networked world changes how we work, learn, decide and organize. Based in the Netherlands, living in Europe, working globally. Blog In terdependent Thoughts maintained since 2002 by Ton Zijlstra.
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