2011: Kurt-Weill-Gesellschaft, Dessau, Germany.Knickerbocker Holiday performance and recording.
2016: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.1, Der Zar lässt sich photographieren, Mahagonny Songspiel, Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, Cello Sonata, String Quartet No. 2016: Kurt Weill Fest, Dessau, Germany.Recording of Mahagonny Songspiel, Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, music from Marie Galante. Die sieben Todsünden, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Die Verheißung, Chansons des quais based on Marie Galante, Suite from Der Kuhhandel. 2017: Kurt Weill Fest Dessau, Dessau, Germany.Street Scene, The Seven Deadly Sins in concert, a new suite of dances from The Firebrand of Florence, chamber concerts, lectures, readings, and community events. 2017: Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC.The Road of Promise, Zaubernacht, Mahagonny Songspiel, Street Scene, and other presentations. 2018: An academic year-long Kurt Weill Festival at University of Maryland, College Park, MD.We, the undersigned, call on governments around the world to adopt and implement a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, as a matter of urgency, to protect the lives and livelihoods of present and future generations through a global, equitable phase out of fossil fuels in line with the scientific consensus to not exceed 1.5✬ of warming. Phase out existing production of fossil fuels in a manner that is fair and equitable, taking into account the respective dependency of countries on fossil fuels, and their capacity to transition We call on governments to urgently commence negotiations to develop, adopt and implement a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty laying out a binding global plan to:Įnd new expansion of fossil fuel production in line with the best available science as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Environment Programme The fossil fuel system and its impacts are global and require a global solution. Invest in a transformational plan to ensure 100% access to renewable energy globally, support fossil fuel-dependent economies to diversify away from fossil fuels, and enable people and communities across the globe to flourish through a global just transition. The scientific consensus is clear that human activities are primarily responsible for global climate change, and that the climate crisis now represents the greatest threat to human civilization and nature. The burning of fossil fuels - coal, oil, and gas - is the greatest contributor to climate change, responsible for almost 80% of carbon dioxide emissions since the industrial revolution. To keep warming to below the temperature goal of 1.5✬, as reflected in the scientific literature and the IPCC’s special report on 1.5✬, global greenhouse gas emissions need to be at least 45% lower globally by 2030. Īccording to the most recent Production Gap Report, this requires an average decline in fossil fuel production of at least 6% per year between 2020-2030. However, the fossil fuel industry is planning to increase production by 2% per year. It is vital that the global transition towards a zero carbon world is equitable, based on countries' fair share of expected climate action, their historical contribution to climate change and their capacity to act. This means richer countries must reduce production of fossil fuels at a faster rate than poorer countries that require greater support to transition, including through the redirection of finance and subsidies from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
In addition to climate impacts, new research shows that the air pollution caused by fossil fuels was responsible for almost 1 in 5 deaths worldwide in 2018. These significant health and environmental impacts are derived from the extracting, refining, transporting and burning of fossil fuels and are often borne by vulnerable and marginalised communities. At the same time, centralised, fossil fuel-generated energy often concentrates power and wealth into the hands of a select few, bypassing the communities in which extraction occurs.
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