December 6th, 2008, is the day for international action for climate change. Around the globe, organizations and individuals are demonstrating, marching and protesting to send the message that they want action on climate change. The global effort is set to coincide with The United Nations Climate Talks in Poznan, Poland. The United Nations Climate Talks continue from December 1st to 12th, 2008.
The Global Climate Campaign, the collective name for all the organizations, groups and individuals around the world who have come together for the Global Day of Action on Climate, have the following statement as part of their call to action:
We demand that world leaders take the urgent and resolute action that is needed to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate, so that the entire world can move as rapidly as possible to a stronger emissions reductions treaty which is both equitable and effective in minimising dangerous climate change.
We demand that the long-industrialised countries that have emitted most greenhouse gases currently in the atmosphere take responsibility for climate change mitigation by immediately reducing their own emissions as well as investing in a clean energy revolution in the developing world. Developed countries must take their fair share of the responsibility to pay for the adaptive measures that have to be taken, especially by low-emitting countries with limited economic resources.
Climate change will hit the poorest first and hardest. All who have the economic means to act must therefore urgently and decisively do so.
The Global Day of Action on Climate will take place in more than 70 countries around the world and calls on world leaders to take urgent action on climate change.
To find an action near you: http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/
If you don’t have a march or protest in your area, take a moment to write, call or e-mail your politicians and let them know you support action on climate change.
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