![]() Limiting average global temperature rise to 1.5 or even 2 degrees Celsius is a ubiquitous talking point at UN climate conferences, diplomatic circles, and civil society demonstrations. We have seen such consequences increase over the past year, the hottest yet on record, replete with generational heat waves, floods, wildfires, and other unpredictable, extreme weather events. The UN’s IPCC report’s sixth assessment - a document synthesizing thousands of peer-reviewed scientific studies, papers, and reports related to climate - makes clear that the continued use of dirty energy is a dangerous threat to the continued livability of our planet, and that we must cease both the extraction and use of fossil fuels and their greenhouse gas emissions or face potentially irreversible negative consequences. ![]() territory - was the third island to do so. The Kingdom of Tonga and the Government of Tuvalu - both UN Member States - were the first two jurisdictions to sign Blue Planet Climate Agreements, both at last year’s UN Climate Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, COP27. Here at this most consequential climate conference in Dubai, we are thrilled that Palau and Curacao are joining our Alliance, and helping us spread the 100% renewable-energy message to others.” We demonstrated in our work in Hawaii that not only is it necessary, but that, importantly, it is quite possible. ![]() But too many succumb to the assumption that eliminating fossil fuels is too hard or even impossible. And foremost among them is the threat posed by the continued use of carbon-based fuels. “The clock is ticking on implementing real solutions to our planetary polycrisis. 9), Curacao's Permanent Representative to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Albert Martis, signed one, as well, after BPA had had fruitful talks with Curacao Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas. 6), Republic of Palau President Surangel Whipps, Jr., took part in a BPA panel and then signed the Blue Planet Climate Agreement with BPA founder Henk Rogers. Palau and Curacao thus became the fourth and fifth Small Island Developing States (SIDS) country or territory to sign such a document, officially joining our nonprofit Alliance in a growing movement to demonstrate to the rest of the world that a carbon-free-fuel future is indeed possible. That’s the thinking of Blue Planet Alliance, which this past two weeks in Dubai - at the UN climate conference known as COP28 - officially added two more countries to its growing list of Alliance members, which signed Blue Planet Climate Agreements, a document declaring each signee’s intention to commit itself on the path to a 100% renewable-energy future. Perhaps a bottom-up approach of slowly building a network of countries and organizations committed to systems change that, once it reaches an apex, will be unstoppable. How are we going to move forward on ending the use of carbon-based fuels when international climate negotiations are so fraught, and held back by negotiators who can’t even agree on the science that fossil fuels cause climate change?
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