I wish to stand because I believe that the Earth is at a cross-roads. We can choose, as a society, to continue business as usual and end up with a planet which is barely habitable, and only for a small fraction of the current world’s population – or we can choose to follow climate science and move towards keeping the average temperature rise from pre-industrial levels to below 1.5C. But climate is not the only existential threat facing humankind. We have entered the 6th mass extinction in the history of the planet – and if we continue to lose nature at the current rate then we will soon find that we have lost crucial parts of the jigsaw of life that are essential to our survival. There are plenty of other crucial environmental issues to be tackled – including plastic waste, air quality, environmental justice. But the Green Party is about much more than the environment. We need a society that is truly equal.
People should vote for me because the Green Party is the only one that will campaign fearlessly on all these issues.
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