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'September 8-9, leaders of 21 nations- responsible for half the world's

greenhouse gases- meet at the APEC summit in Sydney, Australia. Some leaders

support binding global targets which experts agree are needed to avert

climate catastrophe. Others are campaigning for a weak voluntary

alternative: hot air and hope.

 

This is already the biggest global climate petition, but we need more

signatures to win over waverers and save the next Kyoto Protocol -- please,

add your name today! At the summit, we're sending the petition to leaders

and negotiators and mounting ‘target’ spectacles in Sydney, the Great

Barrier Reef and all round the world. We will be heard.

 

 

 

Petition To World Leaders: Climate change is the greatest threat facing our

world today - and we are almost out of time to stop it. You must tackle this

problem now, decisively and together. Start working toward a new global

agreement this year. Set binding global targets for emissions to avert

catastrophic climate change. Take bold action immediately - and we will join

our efforts with yours.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/apec_petition/i.php

 

Avaaz.org

 

Dear friends,

 

This weekend, leaders of 21 nations--including the USA, China and Japan--are

meeting at the APEC summit in Sydney, Australia. The summit has become the

epicentre of a vital debate: whether to set binding global targets to avert

catastrophic climate change, or to retreat to voluntary " aspirational goals "

amounting to nothing more than hot air.

 

We've teamed up with Australian allies GetUp to create spectacles in Sydney,

the climate-endangered Great Barrier Reef and around the world—heading off

an " Axis of Global Warming " through a media firestorm, and sending our

petition to key leaders. Can you help us break the half-million barrier this

weekend? You've already signed the petition, but you can help by forwarding

this email to five more friends to ask them to add their voices:

 

http://www.avaaz.org/en/apec_petition/i.php

 

Over 400,000 people have already signed, and on Friday we're launching a

massive 144-square metre floating canvas " target " at Sydney's iconic Bondi

Beach where it will be taken out to sea by surfers. Next stop, Saturday,

swimmers will float this banner over the Great Barrier Reef -- which current

predictions suggest will be killed off by climate change before 2030.

Thousands of people from every continent have joined in by uploading climate

target pictures of their own.

 

George Bush of the US and Australia's John Howard are seeking to derail our

efforts for a new global climate deal, and to convert the waverers. But both

are lagging behind their publics, with elections expected soon. We need to

reinforce the efforts of leaders like New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen

Clark, whose chief of staff has confirmed to Avaaz she will be working for

binding targets at APEC. Let's win over the undecided countries, and add

hundreds of thousands more voices round the world: only binding targets can

prevent a climate disaster.

 

http://www.avaaz.org/en/apec_petition/i.php

 

The APEC summit isn't just a talk-shop. It's the kick-off to a string of

top-level meetings in the coming months, all leading up to a landmark

conference in Bali, Indonesia which will begin to write the next Kyoto

Protocol. What happens in Australia could set the direction, for good or

bad. But thanks to the worldwide movement that has been growing all

year--from the G8 to Live Earth--we now have a real chance to shape the

outcome.

 

Scientists agree, now is humanity's window of opportunity to stop a climate

catastrophe. The world can't afford to miss this chance -- so please, spread

the word today.

 

With hope,

 

Ben, Ricken, Iain, Graziela, Galit, Paul, and the Avaaz team

 

PS: Here are some links for more information on the issue of climate change

at APEC, as well as the Summit's implications for the rest of the world:

 

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/03/africa/apec.php

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6976617.stm

 

http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/

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Avaaz.org - The World in Action

 

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Ben Wikler - Avaaz.org

nikkigreen

Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:56 PM

Climate deal in danger

 

 

Dear friends,

 

Sign the climate petition and get us to half a million signatures

for the APEC summit - we need binding global targets, not hot air and hope:

Click here to sign the petition now!

This weekend, leaders of 21 nations--including the USA, China and

Japan--are meeting at the APEC summit in Sydney, Australia. The summit has

become the epicentre of a vital debate: whether to set binding global targets to

avert catastrophic climate change, or to retreat to voluntary " aspirational

goals " amounting to nothing more than hot air.

 

We've teamed up with Australian allies GetUp to create spectacles in

Sydney, the climate-endangered Great Barrier Reef and around the world—heading

off an " Axis of Global Warming " through a media firestorm, and sending our

petition to key leaders. Can you help us break the half-million barrier this

weekend by adding your name--and emailing five friends to ask them to sign as

well? Click here now to add your name:

 

http://www.avaaz.org/en/apec_petition/j.php

 

Over 400,000 people have already signed, and on Friday we're launching a

massive 144-square metre floating canvas " target " at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach

where it will be taken out to sea by surfers. Next stop, Saturday, swimmers will

float this banner over the Great Barrier Reef -- which current predictions

suggest will be killed off by climate change before 2030. Thousands of Avaaz

members from every continent have joined in by uploading climate target pictures

of their own.

 

George Bush of the US and Australia's John Howard are seeking to derail

our efforts for a new global climate deal, and to convert the waverers. But both

are lagging behind their publics, with elections expected soon. We need to

reinforce the efforts of leaders like New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark,

whose chief of staff has confirmed to Avaaz she will be working for binding

targets at APEC. Let's win over the undecided countries, and add hundreds of

thousands more voices round the world: only binding targets can prevent a

climate disaster.

 

So click this link, then ask your friends to sign as well:

 

http://www.avaaz.org/en/apec_petition/j.php

 

The APEC summit isn't just a talk-shop. It's the kick-off to a string of

top-level meetings in the coming months, all leading up to a landmark conference

in Bali, Indonesia which will begin to write the next Kyoto Protocol. What

happens in Australia could set the direction, for good or bad. But thanks to the

worldwide movement that has been growing all year--from the G8 to Live Earth--we

now have a real chance to shape the outcome.

 

Scientists agree, now is humanity's window of opportunity to stop a

climate catastrophe. The world can't afford to miss this chance -- so please,

add your name today,

 

With hope,

 

Ben, Ricken, Iain, Graziela, Galit, Paul, and the Avaaz team

 

PS: Here are some links for more information on the issue of climate

change at APEC, as well as the Summit's implications for the rest of the world:

 

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/03/africa/apec.php

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6976617.stm

 

http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/

 

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