[FLPERMACULTURE] Emergency petition to salvage Bali--US is dousing efforts

[Molly Brewton]

Dear All,

I hope it is OK to post this to the list.  It seems like A LOT is at stake 
in this particular effort, and the time-window is very short to act, so I'm 
going ahead and getting the word out.

There have been some unfortunate developments at the international 
conference at Bali on climate change:  US, Canada, and Japan are doing 
their best to undermine meaningful action on climate change.  This petition 
by Avaaz (a different one than I told the list about the other day) is 
asking delegates to push forward strongly anyway, despite the 
opposition.  See details below. They already have gotten nearly 100,000 
signatures in the past day and are trying to rustle up as many as they 
possibly can, within the period of the conference, so anyone you can think 
to send this to would be good.

Best,
Molly


>At 03:21 PM 12/13/2007, you wrote:
>>!  Dear friends,
>>
>>CRISIS IN BALI CLIMATE TALKS - get heard by negotiators, click below to:
>><http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/24.php/?cl=45724758>Sign the Global
>>Emergency Petition
>>24 hours to go, and crisis at the Bali climate talks. In the last day 
>>alone, over 150,000 of us have surged to the global rescue -- calling on 
>>the world not to give in to wrecking tactics by the governments of the 
>>US, Canada and Japan. We're putting a full-page ad in the Jakarta Post's 
>>summit edition where all the negotiators will see it, warning them to 
>>avert Titanic-like disaster -- and we're coming together with other NGOs 
>>to deliver millions of signatures for climate action to governments.
>>
>>I'm writing from the main hall at Bali, where Al Gore just said it's time 
>>for a global people power movement to step in. He's right. Our new global 
>>emergency petition brings us directly into the main battle at Bali -- and 
>>there's no question that delegates here are watching what we all do. So 
>>please -- drop everything for thirty seconds, click below to see the ad 
>>and sign the petition if you haven't already, forward this link to 
>>everyone you know:
>>
>><http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/24.php/?cl=45724758>http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/24.php 
>>
>>
>>If the world can muster well over 200,000 crisis signatures in the last 
>>24 hours for our actions tomorrow, we can show negotiators how urgently 
>>we care about setting a course for decisive climate action.
>>
>>Last week, things in Bali looked good: near-consensus on a delicate 
>>framework of 2020 targets for rich countries, in return for which China 
>>and the developing world would do their part over time. IPCC scientists 
>>have said such targets are needed to prevent catastrophe. But Japan, the 
>>US and Canada are banding together to wreck the deal. The rest of the 
>>world is starting to waver, so we must do all we can – just click this 
>>link to sign the petition, then forward this message to all your friends 
>>and family:
>>
>><http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/24.php/?cl=45724758>http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/24.php
>>
>>As US citizens tell the summit to ignore the Bush administration, our 
>>Canadian members are running a wildfire campaign against their 
>>government's obstruction, including nationwide ads. Meanwhile, we're 
>>bringing petitions from Greenpeace, Oxfam, LiveEarth, Stop Climate Chaos, 
>>Friends of the Earth, Al Gore, GetUp, MoveOn and Alliance for Climate 
>>Protection together with our own massive campaign to deliver a roar more 
>>than 2 million-strong to global decision-makers here.
>>
>>It's our world. We won't let them wreck it.
>>
>>With hope and determination,
>>
>>Ben, Graziela, Ricken, Galit, Paul, Milena, Pascal and the whole Avaaz team
>>
>>PS here's the latest news from the summit -- some are proposing to go 
>>ahead without the US, Japan and Canada, where governments may soon change:
>><http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsSPRL0Ls3FU8uh_BEfykURF-Zqg>AFP latest
>><http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBTCrOwOrOXV9BkLBDRmtO3XWbHQD8TGI4580>Associated 
>>Press latest
>>
>>For more about Avaaz's campaigning and achievements so far, see 
>><http://www.avaaz.org/en/report_back_1>http://www.avaaz.org/en/report_back_1
>>
>>The <http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40444>IPS newswire says, 
>>"Whereas traditional rhetoric and diplomatic gimmicks characterise the 
>>official UN climate change conference, environment activists are drawing 
>>the focus for their witty and irreverent take... In the forefront is a 
>>community of global citizens named Avaaz."
>>
>>To read more about obstructionism by the US, Japan and Canada, check out 
>>the daily Fossil Awards – our "truth squad" (New York Times) voted on by 
>>more than 430 NGOs in the Climate Action Network, and hosted by Avaaz: 
>>www.avaaz.org/fossils
>>
>>But don't forget to sign the global emergency petition and spread the 
>>word today!
>><http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/24.php/?cl=45724758>http://www.avaaz.org/en/bali_emergency/24.php
>>
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