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Quotesheet : For national and international media use during September 2023 MobilisationNote: any quotes used within press release maybe slightly edited for clarity or length
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Name: First and LastTitleCountryOrganisation / Network /CoalitionQuote (50-75 words)LanguageEmail AddressComms person for media enquires Any remarks
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Mary RobinsonChairIrelandThe Elders“In solidarity, we join hands with those marching on the streets on 15 September, individuals from all walks of life demanding urgent and ambitious action on the climate crisis. Let us not be deterred by the magnitude of the challenge. Rather, let the audacity of our collective hope propel us forward as we demand governments act now, boldly and with urgency, on this existential threat. The era of fossil fuels must be relegated to the annals of history: we call on leaders to embrace the end of fossil fuels and commit to a full and immediate fossil fuel phase out. They must resolutely reject new fossil fuel projects and shift investment to renewable, clean technology. All countries must to commit to a radical transformation of global financial architecture to support climate action and sustainable development. We urge all nations to embrace a unified effort to reshape the course of history and ensure a just, equitable future for all.”Englishn/an/a
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Alin Tănase
Climate & Energy campaigner
RomaniaGreenpeace Central and Eastern Europe
“Offshore gas exploitation - without a climatic, environmental or even an economic justification - is an irreparable mistake, for which we will all have to pay.”
English, Romanianatanase@greenpeace.orgtharris@greenpeace.org
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Insung Lee
Climate and Energy Project Manager
South KoreaGreenpeace East Asia"This is a unique demonstration of people power, unity over division, and providing a platform for individuals to voice their aspirations for meaningful change. Our mission transcends mere government criticism: it is about collaboratively forging alternative solutions"
English, Koreainlee@greenpeace.orgtharris@greenpeace.org
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Mira Jägerenergy expertGermanyGreenpeace Germany"Instead of focusing efforts on expanding renewables, far too much money is still flowing into fossil fuel projects such as oversized LNG infrastructure in Rügen and Wilhelmshaven. In this way, the German government is cementing a dependency on fossil fuel, slowing down the energy transition, and blocking young people's prospects for a climate-friendly, secure future."English, Germanmjaeger@greenpeace.orgtharris@greenpeace.org
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Dr. Oulie KeitaExecutive DirectorMaliGreenpeace AfricaSome African countries with the least energy supply are the richest with oil reserves. And many peaceful and biodiverse regions have plunged into conflict with the coming of big oil. For the thousands of African youth marching to end fossil fuel expansion and the neo-colonial extraction that deepens hardship for African communities, this is a fight for their survival. It is a fight for our lives and wellbeing. And it's a fight they must win.English, French okeita@greenpeace.orgtharris@greenpeace.org
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Vanessa NakateClimate Justice Activist & UNICEF AmbassadorUgandaRiseup MovementFossil fuels have not delivered for humanity. They are now among the greatest threats to our health, our wellbeing and our survival. Yet so many national leaders still refuse to act like it. We need to start phasing-out fossil fuels immediately, and in a just manner. And we need massive investments in clean energy for everyone, especially the poorest parts of the world. Thousands of people are marching in New York and around the world to demand an end to the fossil fuel era.Englishvanessanakatepress@gmail.comvanessanakatepress@gmail.comWill be in New York, very limited media capacity
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David TongGlobal Industry Campaign ManagerNew ZealandOil Change International“It’s unthinkable to approve any new oil, gas, or coal extraction. The science shows that 60% of developed, operating fossil fuel reserves must stay underground to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The reality is that oil and gas companies must stop new exploration and extraction projects immediately, manage the decline of existing reserves to meet shrinking demand, and support workers to transition to other sectors. No major oil and gas company is pledging to do the bare minimum to prevent climate chaos. Our Big Oil Reality Check analysis finds that the climate pledges of BP, Chevron, Eni, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Repsol, Shell, and TotalEnergies are grossly insufficient compared to what is needed to make the world a place where we all breathe clean air, drink pristine water, trust that our homes are safe from unnatural disasters, and live a good life.”Englishvalentina@priceofoil.orgValentina Stackl
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Jean Suenergy justice director at the Center for Biological Diversity, Board Chair of Climate Action Network International, and co-coordinator of the NYC March to End Fossil FuelsUS(see title field)“The hottest summer on record is galvanizing people across the globe like never before to cry out for lifesaving climate action. Biden and world leaders needs to answer those cries by ending the era of fossil fuels. As leader of the world’s largest oil and gas producer and the greatest historic climate polluter, Biden has power like no one else to lead the world off the fossil fuels poisoning our planet and communities. It’s time he starts using them to become the climate leader we need.”
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KINGSLEY ODOGWUNational Coordinator &
Country Rep.
Fridays For Future Nigeria &
Climate Live Nigeria		NigeriaWhat we need now is a major structural shift in our energy system. In the past this would have included the shifts from biomass to coal and then to oil.
Today’s transition is primarily driven by the need to manage climate change and decarbonise our fossil-based economies with sustainable sources of energy, such as wind and solar. Every sector that generates, transports, or consumes energy will be impacted.
To meet the 1.5C global warming target set after the Paris Agreement and avoid the worst climate impacts, global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will first need to drop by half by 2030, then reach net-zero around mid-century. Therefore, a transition needs to happen fast and A Fossil Fuel non-proliferation treaty is the beginning of that transition that every Country should embrace now		EnglishE-mail: odogwukingsley@yahoo. com
Telegram:@KINGSLEYINLAGOS
Mobile:+234-708-294-4621.
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Asmaa HanafiCoordinator, Green SocietyEgyptGreen society/Art4climate /climate education coalitionNorth Africa and The middle east

Alexandria, Egypt 

Time to Clean energy to end fossil fuels.

Green society will  create a massive action on 15 September,2023 as a part of the global movements to end fossil fuels. Engineer Asmaa hanafi, the founder of green society said that " we can't breathe here! Heat waves attacked our daily lives.We can't accept the last announcement to import oil fuels "Mazot" to beat blackouts, it's time to move to clean and green energy" 

Green society will create an Art4climate workshop which inspired from pharaonic history to empower the local community to divest fossil fuels to go to Net zero. It will be a powerful action to the grassroots to fight the climate change crisis. Together, we can make a huge difference to be the future change makers.
Engineer Asmaa Hanafi, the founder of Green Society, said:
“We can't breathe here! Heat waves attacked our daily lives. We can't accept the last announcement to import oil fuels "Mazot" to beat power blackouts, it's time to move to clean and green energy"


English and ArabicAsmaahanafi22@gmail.com, +201022301723, www.Greensocietyeg.comHossna hanafy, hossna_hanfy@hotmail.com,+201226387370We fight for our future. It's time to end fossil fuels ,Green Friday was a massive day of action to move to clean energy , we were around 50 people who want to create a positive impact on the world -people who want to do some thing to end fossil fuels to make life around us better, people who are really taking steps for a greener future-like all of us in Green society
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Tasneem Essop Executive Director, Climate Action NetworkSouth AfricaClimate Action Network"July 2023 was the hottest month in climate recorded history. The unparalleled, deadly climate disasters sweeping the world seem to leave polluters unfazed. Historical emitters like Norway, the UK and the USA are announcing new fossil fuel projects even as floods, fires and heatwaves take over our lives.
We take inspiration from recent victories in the Yasuni region with the referendum to stop oil drilling.
When we the people use our collective power we can win. Let our resistance against fossil fuels in September send a loud message to the fossil fuel industry and their supporters that their time is up."
Englishtessop@climatenetwork.orgDharini
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Lauren MacDonald#StopRosebank campaignerUK#StopRosebank It is beyond hypocritical that countries like the UK, Norway, Canada, Australia, and the USA continue to allow huge new fossil fuel projects, while claiming to be leading on climate action.
We know there can be no new drilling if we want a habitable world, yet politicians in these countries are still bowing to the demands of this profiteering industry that will push as past critical climate limits if allowed. The UK government, for example, is currently considering approving the massive Rosebank oil field which would create more CO2 emissions than 28 of the poorest countries produce in a year.
Politicians in this tiny club of climate wreckers need to listen instead to ordinary people who are demanding real action now, which means stopping all new fossil fuel developments. Its time.
Englishlauren@upliftuk.orglauren@upliftuk.org , CC holly@upliftuk.org
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Stephanie BrancaforteExecutive Director ItalyRinascimento GreenFossil fuel companies like ENI have held a disproportionate role in determining nations' energy and climate policies, to the great detriment of both. Energy prices are spiraling out of reach for many families, and if the climate were a patient, it should be in intensive care. We are taking to the streets across Italy and across the world to demand an end to the corrupting, polluting and violent fossil fuel era - and to throw our full support behind the renewable energy and circular economy solutions that are taking off and producing much greater well-being and economic opportunity. People are calling for a sane response to rising temperatures - including an immediate end to handouts and subsidies to fossil fuel companies.English, Italian (also French if needed)stephanie@rinascimentogreen.it or alessio@rinascimentogreen.itstephanie@rinascimentogreen.it or alessio@rinascimentogreen.itCoordinating the Italian coalition for the global days of action
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Lidy NacpilCoordinatorPhillipinesAsian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD)"We aren't just fighting for the communities living around Fossil Fuel infrustructure, the health and wellbeing of the entire human and ecological race is at stake. We are saying #fastfairforever because the fight against the fossil fuel industry needs to have equity and justice at it's heart, or it won't succeed. We need to rebuild our economies as post-carbon economies, before or by 2050. The September moment is a convergence of several internaltional moments, including the UNSG summit, and the African climate summit, where peoples from around the worls are demanding climate justice. In Asia we have proved that climate action leads to wins, and results. We acknowledge our victories, and that we can and need to still do more"
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Mohammed Lamin SaidykhanHead Building Power DepartmentThe GambiaClimate Action Network"The fossil fuel industry has launched a war against people and the planet, and we need to rise up and fight back. Fossil Fuel companies violate and infringe upon multiple human rights, especially those of indigenous people and local communities where they operate. Therefore it is critical to transition from fossil fuels to drastically change the unequal system in which the global majority lives. Major pollutors have refused to pay for all the damages they have caused, so we need to push harder and hold them accountable through mobilising our communities.
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Ivonne YanezEcuadorAcción EcológicaOn August 20, Ecuadorians voted to keep oil in the ground in Ecuadorian Amazonia. This is a declaration from the people that we want to be a post oil economy. This is a great victory, but we haven't won yet, because oil companies and Government don't want to adhere to the vote. What the Yasuni movement gives us is an opportunity. An opportunity to really consider what ecojustice, and a just transition really looks like, and to demand for that future. We need to be alert, be inspired but be active and not let this victory be stripped away. Be #FastFairForever and Furious.
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Eric NjugunaYouth climate justice organizerKenyaFFF MAPAWe can't just move from "big oil" to "big renewables", we need a principled transition that makes energy a public good, not a commodity to be exploited. Youth groups are joining this mobilisation to shutdown false solutions that get touted at international climate meetings, like the UNSG climate ambition summit and the African Climate summit. We need to focus on solutions that actually benifit communities. Young people are taking to the streets because they are tired of the lack of commitment to pay by historic pollutors, and to commit to loss and damage funds for the communities that have least contributed to the climate cisis but are on the frontlines of it's effects."
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Zeina Khalil HajjHead of organising and campaigning350.orgThe culprits of the climate catasptrophy are known, and they are currently making huge profits off the crisis they created. Fossil fuel companies like Exxon, Shell, Total and Chevron have made $33.2 Billion in profits in just the first quarter of this year. Fossil Fuel companies should be made to pay those profits towards clean energy investments and renewables. Access to energy ensures an equitable life, currently being denied to millions around the world by the fossil fuel industry. Access to clean energy is a just, and fair demand.
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Dave JonesGlobal Insights LeadEmber, Independant Energy Think TankBy 2030 solar needs to account for 40% of all global energy produced. So by 2035 we will cut fossil fuels by two thirds. But we need to make fossil fuels globally redundant. We have a small window to make this happen and governments need to support this opportunity. We are missing this window because fossil fuel companies are touting false solutions to take renewables off the table. Right now we need to focus on saying yes, not just no. Renewable Energy is a solution and it needs our help.
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Tzeporah BermanInternational Program Director at Stand.earth and Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
Canadasee title column“History is made by people who show up, and around the world we are joining hands and showing up to call for an end to fossil fuels, on the global days of action from 15 September to the march in NYC on September 17. This summer, we have seen the devastating effects of a changing climate and extreme weather from floods, extreme heat, droughts and the unprecedented deforestation in the Canadian wildfires. We must commit to stopping the destructive expansion of the fossil fuel industry and manage the wind down of oil, gas and coal production with a truly just transition. It is time for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, a bold yet simple idea to make that transition away from fossil fuels possible and ensure humanity's survival. Momentum is building for a Treaty with almost 100 cities supporting the proposal, the State of California - the largest economy in the world - endorsing last week, and now six Pacific Island Nations who are bringing the call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty to United Nations meetings in New York in September.”
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Manuel Pulgar-VidalGlobal Lead Climate and Energy PeruWWF International The world is at a crossroads where choices we make this year will shape the world we will become. A failure to act decisively to end the fossil fuel age will condemn the world to increasingly catastrophic climate disruptions. Key decisions that we must agree this year must not be diverted by political headwinds and vested interests. We must see COP28 agreeing to phase out fossil fuels and set a new global goal for renewable energy. We need clear political signals and commitments from leaders at the Climate Action Summit that put us on track to a fairer, faster and greener fossil free future.”mpulgarvidal@wwfint.orgRobin Harvey rharvey@wwfint.org (based in the UK0Manuel will be in New York and available for interviews.
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Catherine AbreuFounder & Executive DirectorCanadaDestination Zero
Co-chair, Global Gas and Oil Network (GGON) International Policy working group		"It's time our climate treaties name the cause of the crisis - the fossil fuel industry is responsible for climate change. Deny, delay, deceive: these are the desperate tactics used by desperate men to cover up this truth. They have used these tactics to crush government action, and convince us to lay the blame for the devastation we're facing somewhere other than where it belongs. But international consensus that we need a just and equitable phase-out all fossil fuels is clearer than ever. The march to end fossil fuels, alongside the UN Secretary General's powerful Acceleration Agenda, is ringing an alarm that will wake the world. COP28 can and must deliver an agreement to rapidly shift away from fossil fuels to efficient, safe, renewable energy."
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Marcene Mitchell Senior VP, ClimateUSAWorld Wildlife FundWe're marching today because we have to move faster to transition to renewable energy sources and end the fossil fuel era. As the UN General Assembly meets and Climate Week begins, we need to commit to building a livable climate future for us and our planet.marcene.mitchell@wwfus.orgmatt.mcfarland@wwfus.orgMarcene will be in New York and will be partcipating in the March on Sunday
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Sandra PrüferParents for Future Bonn activistGermanyParents for Future & Mother Earth ProjectWe, as parents cannot remain silent as the fossil fuel industry robs our children of a livable future. Yet the fossil fuel juggernaut continues on like a runaway train with our children’s futures on the track. This is why we joined the growing call on governments to negotiate and implement a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. A clear, global plan to phase out fossil fuels is the first part of a better story for all children.German & Englishsprufer@yahoo.comsprufer@yahoo.com, + 49 1573 141 3648
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Tyrone ScottSenior Movement Building & Activism OfficerUKWar on Want & the Climate Justice Coalition The world is at a tipping point. Climate catastrophe is already devastating the lives and livelihoods of people across the world and primarily those in the Global South, who are least responsible for causing it. We must uproot the systems of exploitation and oppression which keep the majority of the world’s population in poverty while lining the pockets of corporates and rich shareholders. This is a watershed moment. How we respond will determine how the world is shaped for generations. We’re taking to the streets across the UK with one simple message: We demand an end to fossil fuels. We demand a fast and fair transition. We demand climate justice.Englishtscott@waronwant.orgtscott@waronwant.org
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Seble SamuelSeble Samuel, Head of Africa Campaigns & Advocacy for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty InitiativeEthiopiaFossil Fuel Non-Proliferation TreatyThe Africa Climate Summit has ended in deception. Fossil fuel interests have hijacked what was a unique opportunity for our continent to position itself as a climate and renewable energy leader. Despite this failure, the summit was a triumph for African movements (https://www.realafricaclimatesummit.org/) , holding firm to the imperative to collectively build an Africa free from fossil fuels. We are taking this collective energy and people power to every corner of the world for the global mobilisations to end fossil fuels from September 15-17. This international cooperation and solidarity is vital if we are to move away from fossil fuel dependence and catalyse an energy transition that is just. Global North political leaders gathering in New York must respond to the UNSG's calls for them to shoulder their climate debts owed to Africa and the vast territories and geographies around the world not responsible and terribly impacted by the climate crisis. The upcoming Climate Ambition Summit must mark the commitment of wealthy countries to support the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, the missing mechanism for a just transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy for all, on the scale of our planet, which is already on fire.
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Ariel SlipakResearch coordinator // Coordinador del área de InvestigacionesArgentinaFundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN)Si uno quiere expresar de manera sucinta el proyecto Vaca Muerta Sur se podría decir que está mal desde absolutamente todas las dimensiones: lo socio-ambiental, la biodiversidad, lo económico, la democracia, la generación de empleos de calidad, la transición energética justa y el cambio climático.
El riesgo de derrame en el Golfo y el riesgo para la Península de Valdez es elevadísimo. Afecta a la ballena franca austral y a los pingüinos magallanes, la biodiversidad en general. Desde lo económico se generarán pocos empleos asociados solo a la construcción, por un plazo corto y el potencial de destrucción de empleos del turismo y la pesca es mayor.		Español / Englishslipak@farn.org.arBelen Felix 54 9 11 34214728
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Ebony Willey MartinUSAGreenpeace USAEbony Twilley Martin, Executive Director at Greenpeace USA, said: "The Climate crisis is here. We have 100-year floods occurring every 5 years, our oceans are boiling, and communities are suffering from the health impacts of this crisis. The number one driver of the climate crisis is oil and gas. We can't continue to talk in silos and hope someone hears us. During this climate week, we say it loud so that everyone hears: we MUST phase out oil and gas. We must phase our fossil fuels. We march together because time is a luxury we can’t afford. We ask you to march with us--for our grandparents, our parents, our communities and our children. We march for our future."
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Suely AraujoSenior specialist in Public Policy of the Observatório do Clima and former president of the Ibama (Brazilian Federal Environmental Agency)BrazilObservatório do ClimaAt the UN General Assembly, the Brazilian president will have a great opportunity to assert himself as a leader in climate and environmental debates. He will certainly address the important advances his government has made since January 2023 to rebuild and improve environmental policy. No doubt they are doing a great job but the ideal scenario would be to go further. Lula must commit to supporting and demanding solid actions to reduce the use of fossil fuels. There is no solution to the world's climate crisis without vigorous cuts in the production of coal, oil and other fossil fuels. Brazil can and should be a leader in this debate in the Pan-Amazon, in the G20 and in the international community in general. So far, the production of fossil fuels is the Lula government's main contradiction in environmental policy. It makes no sense to promise clean energy and, at the same time, support the expansion of oil exploration in Foz do Amazonas and other environmentally sensitive regions. This contradiction calls for an urgent resolution.PT/ENGsuely@oc.eco.br"Solange
55 11 98108-7272"		Will be in NY
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Andy Gheorghiuco-founder of the German Climate Alliance Against LNGGermany"German banks are co-financing US LNG terminals (partially owned either by the German government or by German federal states) and German companies (partially owned either by the German government or by German federal states) are enabling fracked gas projects through long-term contracts they've signed with US LNG companies. This happens despite the well known wrecking climate impacts and the structural human rights violations connected to the US-European LNG trade and the so-called "climate champion" Germany should be called out on this involvement", says Andy Gheorghiu, co-founder of the German Climate Alliance Against LNG.English, GermanAndy Gheorghiu <andy.gheorghiu@mail.de>
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Lilith Diaw FFF activist / spokespersonGermany (striking in Karlsruhe)FFF Germany“While people are losing confidence and hope in a safe future, being flooded almost daily with new media reports of floods, storms and fires that make the extent of the climate crisis very clear, the German governing “traffic light” federal coalition wants to weaken the climate protection law that Fridays for Future fought for. They don’t have a common climate policy vision. The government obviously has no plan on how to protect people from the climate crisis and to create social security. This Friday, we’ll take to the streets in over 250 cities across the country because we, as the people, have the right (as ruled by the Federal Constitutional Court) that climate protection is not just a green facade, but will in reality secure our future," says Lilith Diaw, a Fridays for Future student.German / Englishpresse@fridaysforfuture.de
Patsy Islam-Parsons, +49 431 5357 983
Fluent in EN & DE
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Darya SotoodehFFF activist / spokespersonGermany (striking in Berlin)FFF Germany"Instead of taking big steps towards a socially just transition, ruling coalition parties keep arguing over little things in the face of multiple crises. The “traffic light” coalition distresses people in our country, on top of being miles away to live up to their international responsibility. It is clear that a just world cannot be built on coal, oil and gas. On 15 September, we will be joined by people from all generations and professional groups, putting pressure on the government from all spectrums of society. Because the momentum to build a sustainable and just society and economy finally out of the crisis must not be squandered by internal administration squabbles," says Darya Sotoodeh of Fridays for Future Germany.German / Englishpresse@fridaysforfuture.de
Patsy Islam-Parsons, +49 431 5357 983
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“While people are losing confidence and hope in a safe future, being flooded almost daily by new media reports of floods, storms and fires that make the extent of the climate crisis very clear, the German governing “traffic light” federal coalition wants to weaken the climate protection law that Fridays for Future fought for. They don’t have a common climate policy vision. The government obviously has no plan on how to protect people from the climate crisis and to create social security. This Friday, we’ll take to the streets in over 250 cities across the country because we, as the people, have the right (as ruled by the Federal Constitutional Court) that climate protection is not just a green facade, but will in reality secure our future," says Lilith Diaw, a Fridays for Future student.
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