In 2022, the Break Free From Plastic movement published a new report, making the case for turning off the petrochemical industry’s plastic production tap to reduce European Union’s dependency on fossil fuels and Russia. The report came in light of the Russian war on Ukraine and it exposed, in a brutal way, Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels, particularly Russian oil and gas. In the midst of an energy crisis, EU governments demanded far more action — and adaptation — from individual citizens than from industry sectors that consume the lion’s share of fossil feedstock and fossil energy, while they also completely overlook the huge potential to reduce fossil fuel consumption by tackling unnecessary use.
The petrochemical industry is the largest global driver of the increased demand for oil and gas, fueling the climate crisis and its disastrous impacts on the most vulnerable communities and ecosystems. Yet, this extremely high fossil fuel-consuming industry has remained a complete oversight in the EU public energy and climate debates. This is despite clear and feasible pathways to reduce consumption of one of its main products: plastic.
Join us for our new podcast series, hosted by Sarah Diedro Jordão and with special guests from the Break Free From Plastic movement and beyond.
Transcript: Coming soon!
Recorded in April 2023.
Read the Winter is Coming report: https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/winter-is-coming/
Amadeo Ghiotto and Delphine Lévi Alvarès co-authored the report, with support from Andy Gheorghiu (Andy Gheorghiu Consulting), and review by Lili Fuhr (CIEL), Tom Harrison (GGON), Carroll Muffett (CIEL), Joan Marc Simon (Zero Waste Europe), Sarah Baulch (The Pew Charitable Trusts), and Jozef Vandermeulen (FairFin).
This podcast series was created by Amadeo Ghiotto (Greenpeace) and Bethany Spendlove Keeley (Break Free From Plastic)
Our audio editor and podcast consultant is Anja Krieger.
The Music is from the YouTube Audio Library:
Accralate - The Dark Contenent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100341
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Cover design elements by Bryan Mathers, Visual Thinkery.
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