Guest guest Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Avaaz.org - The World in ActionPaul Hilder - Avaaz.org Dear friends, The US, Canada and Japan are climate-wrecking at Bali - here's our global emergency petition to save the talks, add your name automatically by clicking below! " We call urgently for the US, Canada and Japan to stop blocking serious 2020 targets for emissions reductions, and for the rest of the world to refuse to accept anything less. " We're here at the climate summit in Bali -- but it's reached crisis point. Working late, negotiators were nearing consensus that developed countries should pledge post-Kyoto emissions cuts by 2020--a step which the scientists say is needed to avert the worst ravages of global warming, and which will help to bring China and the developing world onboard. But then the news broke: the US, Canada and Japan rejected any mention of such cuts. Every few hours the draft changes. We can't let three governments hold the world to ransom: so we're launching a global emergency petition before the summit climax in 48 hours. We'll deliver our message every way we can -- a stark full-page advertisement in the Financial Times Asia, stunts at the conference gates, direct to country delegations -- telling Canada, Japan and the US to accept the option of post-Kyoto targets, and the rest of the world to settle for nothing less. Please take a moment right now to sign the new global emergency petition : http://www.avaaz.org/bali_emergency/5.php Today marks the 10th anniversary of the expiring Kyoto pact, but Japan, the US and Canada don't seem to want a workable global deal to follow it. There is almost universal agreement in Bali that the idea of 2020 climate targets should be included, making possible a deal to bring the developing world onboard over time. As the news links below make clear, the US, Japan and Canada are destroying that delicate bargain, not even allowing the idea to be mentioned. We're doing everything we can. Tens of thousands of Canadian Avaaz members have launched an ad campaign telling their government not to betray them -- our Japanese members are emailing their leaders -- while our American members will send their own message to Bali as Al Gore and Congressional and local representatives land there, asking negotiators to ignore the official US delegation because it does not represent them. Coming from every country on earth, all of us can play a direct role in the Bali face-off by signing this global emergency petition -- delivered at the summit gates, in a full-page Financial Times ad, and direct to delegates. Add your name at this link, act now and spread the word -- we have just 48 hours: http://www.avaaz.org/bali_emergency/5.php With determination and hope, Paul, Ricken, Galit, Ben, Iain, Graziela, Milena and the whole Avaaz team PS This article explains a bit of what's going on: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/10/news/climate.php The New Scientist has more detail here: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/environment/2007/12/bali-draft-hints-emissi ons-targets-may_10.html We're in the thick of things here at Bali -- Avaaz was the only organisation allowed to demonstrate inside the fortified summit Saturday. As hundreds of thousands marched around the world, we brought over half a million voices to the heart of the decision-making venue, carrying big banners and scores of country flags. We've also been hosting the daily Fossil Awards of the Climate Action Network, the umbrella of all the NGOs here – see http://www.avaaz.org/fossils. http://www.avaaz.org/bali_emergency/5.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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