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3 days to stop climate chaos |
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Posted by Trayan
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Dear friends,
This Thursday, the environment ministers from
the G8, the world's biggest contributors to climate change, will be
meeting in Germany. The outcome of this meeting is crucial to world's
response to global warming.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/climate_action_germany
Avaaz.org has been invited to attend
this meeting to present our climate change petition. A strong voice for
action could help set the agenda for the G8. To help seize this
opportunity, click below:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/climate_action_germany
The G8 is a summit of world leaders from the "Group of 8"
largest economies. Together, these countries account for 50% of global
greenhouse gas emissions--the gasses that cause climate change. The full
G8 summit is coming in June, but the agenda and outcome of this type of
high-profile event is usually set far in advance--at meetings like the one
this Thursday.
This year, the president of the G8 is German
Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her environment minister, Sigmar Gabriel, is in
charge of the ministers meeting Thursday. And at 4 pm on March 15th, we
have a personal meeting with Mr. Gabriel to present our petition for
binding emissions targets to stop catastrophic climate change.
Merkel has indicated an interest in making climate change a top
priority. With a significant global petition, we can make the case that
the world is ready for aggressive leadership on climate change--and pave
the way for truly historic commitments at the G8 summit this June.
It's a rare opportunity to have a global impact. Add your voice to
the petition now:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/climate_action_germany
50,000 people from 131 countries have already demanded
action. Our goal is to reach 100,000. Please sign the petition, forward
this email to friends and family, and post the link on your blog--we only
have a few days to make this statement count.
If we add our voices
together, now, 2007 can become the year we took the first step to save the
world.
With hope,
Ricken, David, Iain, Lee-Sean, Galit,
Graziela, and the rest of the Avaaz.org team
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