The government put the 2021-30 plan to public consultation at the end of last week but the four-day duration is "extremely inappropriate" for a "strategic document" directly tied to the signing of the Paris Agreement which would have a long-term impact on society, the initiative said.
By setting such a short deadline, the government is deliberately preventing a substantial public consultation which should enhance the plan and include scientists and the civil sector in the creation of public policies, the initiative said, adding that under the law the minimum duration of public consultations was 30 days.
The initiative appealed to the government to prolong the public consultation so that a better development document can be created because, it said, "climate change, the loss of biodiversity and the pandemic are already globally affecting the integrity of the eco-systems and the well-being of human communities."
An effective and systematic climate policy includes the real decarbonisation of the energy sector, and there is no room for further development of either existing or potential production facilities for the extraction and exploitation of fossil fuels until 2035.