Countdown to Copenhagen - Regina Rally for Climate JUSTICE!

A new climate treaty is being negotiated at the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7 to 18, 2009. Civil society is calling for a fair, ambitious and binding climate change agreement that cuts greenhouse gas emissions NOW. Join in solidarity with millions of people worldwide on this day of ACTION and send a message to world leaders that a deal must be reached!

Be a part of the call for climate JUSTICE!

An unprecedented global alliance of civil society organizations, trade unions, faith groups and citizens calling for a fair, ambitious and binding climate change agreement. Fair includes reducing developed country emissions by at least 4 by 2020, enabling and supporting poor countries to adapt to the climate crisis, reduce their emissions and ensure technology sharing while protecting marginalized communities in both rich and poor countries. Ambitious includes ensuring that global greenhouse emissions peak no later than 2017 and then decline steeply on a pathway to ensure concentrations at less than 35Uppm ( in the atmosphere as soon as possible, and creating a pathway to dean, green jobs and clean energy for all. Binding includes agreeing to a legally binding international agreement that can be verified and enforced. For more information visit http://kyotoplus.org  

The KYOTOPIus public engagement campaign is asking for an urgent solution to the global warming crisis. It is a national, non-partisan, petition-centred campaign dedicated to improving Canada’s c change policies. Their petition states that “global warming is the greatest threat to life on earth. Entire populations and ecosystems are threatened by devastating impacts such as drought, heat waves, fires, floods, storms and rising sea levels. Scientists have warned the United Nations that only urgent action can avert uncontrollable, runaway climate change. In addition, green solutions will create thousands of jobs and build a strong economy.” The campaign asks the Government of Canada to act now to make climate change our highest priority. To sign onto the petition visit http://kyotoplus.ca.

Canada now stands out as one of the last major industrialized countries opposed to targets for deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and one of the biggest blockers of climate change negotiations. Today, Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions are approximately 3 higher than the Kyoto target. Let’s change that in Copenhagen