Campaign for Renewable Energy
We need climate action NOW. Demand our elected officials commit to the immediate planning for — and introduction of — an equitable and just transition to renewable energy.
Climate change is the greatest threat facing humanity today. We must act now to protect our planet, future generations, biodiversity and entire eco-systems, by mitigating the disastrous effects of the climate emergency. Yet in order to do so, we also have to come to terms with the present and the certainties of our future, in order to be able to create viable solutions.
To help kickstart your climate activism, we have drafted email templates for you adapt and send to traditional institutions within your own communities, to insist they take action on climate.
Climate change cannot be addressed with one broad-brush email. However our drafts can encourage you to think about these topics within your domain, to research some statistics within your communities and take action.
The below email draft sets you on the path to demand that our elected officials commit to the immediate planning for — and introduction of — an equitable and just transition to renewable energy.
How to use this email template
ADAPT • Edit the <italics> words, sentences and/or paragraphs with your appropriate text, adding your own details as well as researched statistics, experiences and data
EMAIL • Your local state and federal elected officials.
Email draft
To whom it may concern,
My name is <Your name> and I am a constituent of your <suburb, municipality and/or state>. I am writing to you as a member of your electorate, increasingly concerned about the lack of clarity around the future of government support for renewable energy.
We are in the midst of a climate emergency. Yet this emergency is being over-shadowed by political paralysis. Clean air, water and a healthy environment should not be a partisan issue — yet I fear this is exactly what it has become.
Clean energy is a pathway to prosperity — economically, environmentally and socially — and a much-needed clean energy policy will shape the future of our electorate in seizing the common sense co-benefits of renewable energy.
Economics: Boosted by technological innovation and cost reductions, renewable energy is now primarily considered for its economic benefits in a growing number of countries. ‘Bloomberg New Energy Finance’ recently reported that renewables are now the cheapest form of new electricity generation across two thirds of the world — cheaper than both new coal and new natural gas power.
Environment: Burning fossil fuels produces large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) — and according to the ‘Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions’, CO2 accounts for 76 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. To counteract this environmental devastation, there are numerous sources of renewable energy — such as wind (on-shore, off-shore), solar, water (hydro, tides, waves), and geothermal - which will easily meet 100 percent of our energy needs without the burning of fossil fuels.
Social: There are opportunities for local value creation, for responding to growing energy demands and for reducing conflicts over scarce water, which are aggravated by fossil power generation. The rapidly expanding renewable energy world is opening up business models for many, including local communities and citizens.
Renewable energy is feasible, sensible and attainable. As a constituent of <suburb, municipality and/or state>, I urge you to urgently declare a climate emergency and commit to the immediate planning for — and introduction of — an equitable and just transition to renewable energy.
Our pressing need to commit to renewable energy cannot be understated. I assure you, I will be using my future votes to support elected officials who are committed to renewables and the climate crisis — and I will be active and vocal in my encouraging others within our electorate to do the same.
I await your response with anticipation.
Kind regards,
<Your Name>
<Your Name>
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