Break Free is a call to action, a worldwide movement, that intends to push governments and fossil fuels industry to fight against carbon pollution and climate change. 350.org created this movement also as a platform so people and organizations around the world can take action and fight for a clean energy future.
Last year, 195 world nations agreed, for the first time, to limit global carbon pollution and limit warming below 2 degrees Celsius - also driving efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Subsequently, Break Free will push governments around the world to do what it takes to keep their word, and go even further.
As Break Free 2016 call for action mentions:
"The biggest reason that we need to Break Free is that the planet is heating up faster than anyone expected. February 2016 was the most abnormally hot month in history, by a heart-stopping margin. Scientists didn’t expect this kind of temperature increase for decades. Parts of the Arctic were 16 degrees Celsius warmer than they should be. The fossil fuel industry is pushing our climate to the brink faster than anyone expected. That’s why people on every continent have been making plans for a wave of action from May 4 to 15, 2016. By the thousand, we will show the world that now is the time we need to Break Free from fossil fuels."
Stay tunned and get more information about Break Free 2016 movement here and check which countries are getting envolved, here.