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09 October 2009
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In Barcelona today, Canada was awarded “Fossil of the Day” by the global Climate Action Network. Teams of government negotiators from all around the world met in the Spanish city to discuss how to make the Copenhagen deal ambitious, fair and legally binding. The Barcelona meeting is pivotal to success in Copenhagen as it marks the last time negotiators will convene to discuss a deal before December.
However, environmental organizations from around the world were quick to pick up on Canada’s efforts to undermine a strong agreement, handing both Canada and Denmark the “Fossil” award which are given to countries that have performed “best” at blocking progress on negotiations.
“Canadian climate negotiators need to find space for another trophy on their mantle as they were recognized again for undermining the attempt to make an agreement in Copenhagen legally binding,” said Virginie Lambert-Ferry, a Greenpeace climate and energy campaigner who is in Barcelona monitoring the negotiations. "Canada's reprehensible position was underlined by Environment Minister Jim Prentice's recent comment that a more ambitious 25 per cent emission reduction by 2020 would be 'irresponsible'.”
Greenpeace activists also took action in Barcelona today to remind the negotiators that the world needs a strong and binding agreement in Copenhagen. They hung a banner on one of Spain’s most famous landmarks, the Sagrada Familia cathedral. The banner reads (in Spanish): “Save the Climate”.
However, environmental organizations from around the world were quick to pick up on Canada’s efforts to undermine a strong agreement, handing both Canada and Denmark the “Fossil” award which are given to countries that have performed “best” at blocking progress on negotiations.
“Canadian climate negotiators need to find space for another trophy on their mantle as they were recognized again for undermining the attempt to make an agreement in Copenhagen legally binding,” said Virginie Lambert-Ferry, a Greenpeace climate and energy campaigner who is in Barcelona monitoring the negotiations. "Canada's reprehensible position was underlined by Environment Minister Jim Prentice's recent comment that a more ambitious 25 per cent emission reduction by 2020 would be 'irresponsible'.”
Greenpeace activists also took action in Barcelona today to remind the negotiators that the world needs a strong and binding agreement in Copenhagen. They hung a banner on one of Spain’s most famous landmarks, the Sagrada Familia cathedral. The banner reads (in Spanish): “Save the Climate”.
