cyber actors wrote: First assessment of the action 5 minutes of respite for the planet.Friends of the Earth and the Cyber @ctors Association warmly thank all the people and organizations who participated in the Five minutes of respite for the planet, organized by the Alliance for the Planet and coordinated by Friends of the Earth. A clear signal to presidential candidates.
Thanks everyone! The Electricity Transport Network (RTE) recognizes: "This decrease corresponds to the consumption of lighting and standby devices of around 3 million households". French electricity consumption fell by more than 1% between 19:55 p.m. and 20 p.m., the equivalent of the total consumption of the city of Marseille or the production of a nuclear reactor.
It is an unambiguous signal to decision makers and presidential candidates. Anne Bringault, director of Friends of the Earth, says: “The action exceeded all of our expectations, and mobilized far beyond militant networks. This popular event confirms that people are very concerned and ready to act concretely, as recalled by the TNS Sofres poll according to which 86% of French people are ready to reduce their electricity consumption ”.
The action was carried out on the eve of the publication in Paris of a new United Nations report on climate change, which promises to be alarming for hundreds of millions of people.
Cyrielle Den Hartigh, Climate Officer for Friends of the Earth, explains: “In the midst of the presidential election, citizens are the ones who demand the political to act. Solutions exist to fight against short and long term waste and to reduce our emissions. Buildings are the second sector emitting greenhouse gases in France, after transport. The insulation of 500 homes per year will allow a massive reduction in emissions. It is a realistic, profitable and job-creating measure ”.
Thousands of apartments and houses have gone out, but also the Eiffel Tower, the Fourvière basilica in Lyon, Notre Dame de la Garde in Marseille, the Arc de Triomphe in Montpellier, the Capitole square in Toulouse, the cathedral from Reims, the Colosseum in Rome, the University of Montreal in Canada, the Chamber of Deputies in the Netherlands and Germany, and many places in more than 20 countries.
Twenty people in Nice: for the other cities you can complete
http://www.cyberacteurs.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=27Forty in Quimper with the presence of activists from the RIAC 29 and the CLCV, the fanfare A bout de souffle, which animated the small convivial demonstration filmed by France 3 Iroise: the inauguration of the new local Cyber @cteurs at 18 rue Sainte Catherine for a double premiere was a success. We hope to make it a new tool at the service of a local associative dynamic but with the idea of developing in all cities of France places that serve as relays for all associations working in the direction of sustainable development (decrease friendly in the north, sustainable development in the south).
see the news from France3 Iroise from Friday 2 February (in JT local editions: Iroise-Brest)
http://jt.france3.fr/"sudden drop" in electricity consumption of about 800 megawatts
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/ ... 0.cxi2oaihClimate change: rising dangers for future refugees
http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/info/afp_som ... hp?rub=sciSpain: cutting their current, they save 2.5% energy.
Press release from the Réseau Action Climat-France and its member associations
IPCC verdict imposes stronger political response
http://www.cyberacteurs.org/forum/viewsujet.php?t=3153To know more :
Five minutes of respite for the planet and the habitat-climate campaign: see
www.amisdelaterre.orgThe Alliance for the Planet: see
www.lalliance.fr