"More than 400 experts on climate change have published an open letter to the leaders of the #UK’s political parties, [before] the General Election on 4 July."
"Climate change has largely been ignored by Party Leaders so far in this election campaign, demonstrating that they have failed to grasp just how much it is affecting lives and livelihoods in the UK."
"British people are worried and polling consistently shows strong support for politicians to act."
"The #UK is pulling out of a treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over their #climate policies.
The [#EnergyCharterTreaty] allows fossil fuel investors to sue states for lost profit expectations in an opaque corporate arbitration system set up to protect fossil fuel investors in the former Soviet economies in the 1990s."
"After several member states like Germany, Poland, and France withdrew from the [Energy Charter Treaty], member state representatives agreed to a collective EU withdrawal from the agreement.
“The Greens, along with the majority of the Parliament, have called for a coordinated exit of the EU and its member states from this anachronistic treaty that is very difficult to change,” Finnish MEP Ville Niinistö said.
"European Union countries unanimously agreed on Thursday to quit an international energy treaty over concerns that it protects fossil fuel investments and undermines efforts to fight #ClimateChange.
The 1998 Energy Charter Treaty (#ECT) allows energy companies to sue governments over policies that damage their investments. In recent years, some companies have used it to launch billion-dollar lawsuits against measures to shut or restrict fossil fuel projects."
> Pis encore, “comme en France, tout un chacun, une fois rentré dans ses pénates, serait en droit de débrancher tout ce qui le lie à son travail”, s’émeut le journal proche des Torys. “On ne décrochera plus son téléphone, on ne répondra plus à un seul e-mail, et tant pis pour les impératifs d’une économie mondiale qui, elle, tourne 24 heures sur 24.”
Pourtant le droit à la déconnexion est essentielle à l'équilibre mental.
En même temps la mentalité n'est clairement pas la même que dans notre pays.
De ce que je sais, si à l'heure de fin de travail, tu restes pour t'avancer pour le lendemain, c'est mal vu, car en fait c'est considéré comme finir du taf en retard. En effet chez eux, c'est un peu comme aux US, prio à l'économie et au capital...