小宮暁 様

本書簡に署名した団体は、東京海上グループに対して、世界の石炭事業およびその他の破壊的な化石燃料事業を拡大させる保険の引き受けを除外するよう要請します。これらの事業は、気候変動を加速し、世界中のコミュニティをますます壊滅的な影響にさらすことになるでしょう。

風力発電や太陽光発電などより安価でより良い代替エネルギーが存在するにも関わらず、私たち — そして次の世代 — を最も汚染されたエネルギー源に依存させ、ロックインすることに対して弁解の余地はありません。また、パリ協定に対する政府の約束に沿って、地球温暖化を1.5℃に制限する国際的な取り組みを弱体化させることで得られるものは何もありません。私たちの地球と社会の健全性は、今行動を起こすかどうかにかかっています。

貴社の同業他社 と同じように、新規の化石燃料事業、特に添付文書に記載されている事業（ただし、これらに限定されない）に対する保険サービスの提供を今こそ中止すべきです。気候関連のリスクについて単に調査をして報告することのみならず、即座に行動を取ることが必要です。世界中で計画されている環境的および社会的に悪影響を及ぼす化石燃料エネルギー事業への支援は、物議を醸すだけでなく、科学に基づくものと根本的に一致していません。直ちに化石燃料を段階的に廃止するために行動しなければなりません。

アントニオ・グテーレス国連事務総長が最近述べたように、「電力部門から石炭を段階的に廃止することは、1.5℃目標を達成するための最も重要な唯一のステップです…私たちは石炭を撤廃し、世界が求めているもの、つまり人々と地球の持続可能な開発と繁栄に整合した革新的なビジネスで繁栄する経済を築くことができます。 」

このような緊急性を踏まえ、私たちは東京海上に対して、化石燃料事業の拡大・開発・さらなる実現に向けた保険サービスを提供しないことを表明するよう求めます。これは、添付文書に記載されている事業を含みますが、これらに限定されるものではありません。また、東京海上が、新規の石炭・石油・ガスの拡張事業への保険サービスが直ちに除外されるようなパリ協定の目標に整合した方針を採用するよう要請します。

お忙しい中恐縮ですが、本書簡に関するご回答をいただけますよう、よろしくお願い申し上げます。

Signed by:

• 350.org Japan
• Asian Energy Network, Asia
• Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development, Asia
• Action for Ecology and People’s Emancipation (AEER), Indonesia
• Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation, Bahamas
• Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt, Bangladesh
• Center for Energy, Ecology and Development, Philippines
• Coastal Livelihood Environmental Action Network, Bangladesh
• Environics Trust, India
• First Peoples Worldwide, USA
• Friends of the Earth – Japan, Japan
• Global Catholic Climate Movement, International
• Green Innovation and Development Centre, Vietnam
• Growthwatch, India
• Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Japan
• Inclusive Development International (IDI), USA
• Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), India
• Indigenous Environmental Network, USA (Turtle Island)
• Insure our Future, international
• Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI), Indonesia
• Indonesian Forum for the Environment(WALHI) – West Java, Indonesia
• London Mining Network, UK
• Market Forces, Australia
• Oil Change International, USA
• Our Islands, Our Future Coalition, Bahamas
• People’s Coalition for the Rights to Water (KRuHA), Indonesia
• Public Citizen, USA
• #StopAdani Campaign, Australia
• #StopEACOP Alliance, International
• Solutions For Our Climate, Korea
• The Sunrise Project, Australia
• Trend Asia, Indonesia
• Waterkeeper Alliance, USA
• Waterkeepers Bahamas, Bahamas
• Waterkeepers Bangladesh, Bangladesh
• Urgewald, Germany

Dear Mr. Komiya,

Together we, the undersigned groups, are calling on the Tokio Marine Group to rule out offering insurance for expanding the world’s coal fleet and other destructive fossil fuel projects that will hasten the climate catastrophe and will place communities around the world at the frontlines of increasingly devastating impacts.

There is no excuse for locking us — and the next generation to come — into reliance on the dirtiest and most polluting energy sources, particularly when cheaper and better alternatives such as wind and solar are available. And there is nothing to be gained by undermining international efforts to limit global warming to 1.5C, aligned with the commitments made by our governments to the Paris Climate Accord. The health of our planet and our society depends on taking action now.

It is time for you to join your peers in ending insurance services for new fossil fuel projects, particularly — but not limited to — those projects listed in the annex. Simply studying and reporting on climate-related risks is not a substitute for immediate action. Support for environmentally and socially damaging fossil fuel energy projects being planned worldwide is not only controversial, but it is also fundamentally misaligned with what science demands of us. We must act to phase out fossil fuels immediately.

As the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres recently stated, “Phasing out coal from the electricity sector is the single most important step to get in line with the 1.5 degrees goal…We can power past coal and have economies that thrive on innovative businesses aligned to what the world is demanding — sustainable development and prosperity for people and planet.”

In light of the urgency at hand, we are calling on the Tokio Marine Group to confirm publicly that your company will not provide any services for expanding, developing or further enabling fossil fuel projects, including but not limited to those indicated in the annex below. We are also calling on Tokio Marine to adopt a policy aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement, that will rule out insurance services for any new coal, oil and gas expansion projects with immediate effect.

Thank you for your attention. We look forward to your response.

Signed by:

• 350.og Japan
• Asian Energy Network, Asia
• Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development, Asia
• Action for Ecology and People’s Emancipation (AEER), Indonesia
• Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation, Bahamas
• Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt, Bangladesh
• Center for Energy, Ecology and Development, Philippines
• Coastal Livelihood Environmental Action Network, Bangladesh
• Environics Trust, India
• First Peoples Worldwide, USA
• Friends of the Earth – Japan, Japan
• Global Catholic Climate Movement, International
• Green Innovation and Development Centre, Vietnam
• Growthwatch, India
• Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Japan
• Inclusive Development International (IDI), USA
• Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), India
• Indigenous Environmental Network, USA (Turtle Island)
• Insure our Future, international
• Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI), Indonesia
• Indonesian Forum for the Environment(WALHI) – West Java, Indonesia
• London Mining Network, UK
• Market Forces, Australia
• Oil Change International, USA
• Our Islands, Our Future Coalition, Bahamas
• People’s Coalition for the Rights to Water (KRuHA), Indonesia
• Public Citizen, USA
• #StopAdani Campaign, Australia
• #StopEACOP Alliance, International
• Solutions For Our Climate, Korea
• The Sunrise Project, Australia
• Trend Asia, Indonesia
• Waterkeeper Alliance, USA
• Waterkeepers Bahamas, Bahamas
• Waterkeepers Bangladesh, Bangladesh
• Urgewald, Germany