UNESCO has the power to send an international signal to the Kenyan, Indian and Bangladeshi governments that they cannot continue to put coal and profit above the communities that live in and around these precious World Heritage Sites. They must put them on the endangered list and help stop these coal-fired plants. Please sign the petition to add to the pressure!
In Australia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Turkey and more, coal and climate change pose an immediate threat to some of the world’s greatest natural and cultural places. But UNESCO, the international body responsible for protecting these places, has gone silent.
We call on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to demand that governments comply with the Paris Agreement and stop coal and other fossil fuel developments that are fuelling climate change and destroying World Heritage sites around the globe.