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March 24-26 in Vienna: Counter-conference to the European Gas Conference | attack

Climate catastrophe, rising energy and living costs and war: while many people can no longer afford to live, fossil companies are making record profits and destroying the planet.

Within the European Gas Conference from March 27th to 29th, 2023 in Vienna meet more than 300 representatives of the European gas lobby with financial institutions and politicians to decide on the future of Europe's energy supply. The meeting takes place at the invitation of OMV, advertises with 100 "private meetings" and is sponsored by the mineral oil giant BP and the Raiffeisen Bank, among others. A slap in the face to all people affected by energy poverty. The "Gold Pass" for three days of the conference costs over 5000 euros.

March 24-26: We spark alternatives!
We will no longer watch corporations and governments burn the future and plunge into the next crisis! We finally want to put energy supply and decisions about it in the hands of the many.

That's exactly what we'll talk about in the Power to the People Conference from 24 to 26 March 2023 in Vienna with numerous international experts.

There are enough ideas, concepts and lived practices of what another world could look like. Awaits you Program with diverse workshops, panel discussions, film screenings and many other formats.

The The opening is on March 24th at 18 p.m. in lecture hall C1, University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 2. Experts and activists from different countries report and discuss their struggles and visions for a just future: The Africa-wide campaign against gas projects and for climate justice (Don't Gas Africa), the English campaign against energy poverty (Don't Pay UK), the Jineolojî committee for the women's revolution in Rojava and the BlockGas action alliance.

Other main topics:
Climate Justice & Energy Crisis
Cost of living crisis & inflation
Militarization & War

The majority of the conference sessions take place around the Yppenplatz - you will also find an info point there.

Be there! We invite everyone whose goal is a solidarity, just and emancipatory world.

Written by Option

Option is an idealistic, fully independent and global social media platform on sustainability and civil society, founded in 2014 by Helmut Melzer. Together we show positive alternatives in all areas and support meaningful innovations and forward-looking ideas - constructive-critical, optimistic, down to earth. The option community is dedicated exclusively to relevant news and documents the significant progress made by our society.

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