A RESOLUTION OF ECPYOUTH, CALLING ON ECPM TO EMPHASIZE SUSTAINABILITY IDEALS IN ITS 2024 ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN
The Board of ECPYouth,
Reminding the climate targets set in the Paris Climate Accords and other binding and non-binding international agreements;
Considering the scientific consensus on the warming of the planet;
Deeply concerned with the human role in the deteriorating state of the climate;
Recalling the Biblical call to human stewardship over nature;
Considering sustainability is the 2023 annual theme of ECPYouth;
Noting further the upcoming European Parliamentary elections in 2024;
Taking note of previous ECPYouth resolutions and statements;
1. Reaffirms that environmental sustainability is a key political challenge for the preservation of a flourishing future of the world;
2. Encourages ECPYouth member organizations to adopt public statements about environmental sustainability, including but not limited to information dissemination, lobbying mother parties, and ways in which members can take action.
3. Calls upon ECPM to integrate sustainability targets into the 2024 European Parliamentary electoral campaign;
4. Calls upon MEPs affiliated with ECPM to actively promote policies that support environmental sustainability;
5. Calls upon for the utmost effort to meet the goals from the Paris Climate Accords; 6. Further invites other political youth parties to cooperate in order to achieve a sustainable future for future generations.